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BullFrog Dad
03-01-2005, 12:06 PM
This is from the '04 season. I bet their shot put experience helped build a strong relationship. Red Oak TX sr Michelle Carter, who set a national indoor record in shot put of 54-9.5 at the Nike Indoor Championships last month, smashed the outdoor record with a throw of 54-4.5 Saturday 4/26 in the Texas 4A region 2 championships. Carter had two more throws -- 53-10 and 53-9.5 -- better than the old record (53-7.75 Natalie Kaaiawahea CA 1983), giving her the best 3 throws in US high school history. This makes the US high school shot put record a Carter family affair. Michelle's dad Michael holds the boys record with perhaps the most unbeatable record in the book, a prodigious 81-3.5 at the Golden West Invitational in 1979. Michael Carter went on to a Super Bowl and all-Pro career in football with the San Francisco 49ers. There is still another Carter thrower in the wings. Michelle's younger sister D'Andra, a sophomore, was second in the shot put at 40-2. Michelle and D'Andra also went 1-2 in discus at 153-11 and 148-10.

District303aPastPlayer
03-01-2005, 12:23 PM
81 freakin feet? man, some people cant throw that in the discus intheir first couple of years...