Pan Am Junior Championships Women’s Hammer Results

The Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships kicked off on Friday in Edmonton. The first day of action featured the women’s Hammer throw and Haley Showalter (Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch, CO) leading the competition from start to finish for the win. Despite her firm grip on the lead, she was challenged up until the end. America’s Lena Giger, a freshman at Stanford University, came within two feet of Showalter with a personal best of 57.99 meters on her last attempt. This toss earned her silver over Colombia’s Myra Gaviria Maldonado. Sabrina Gaitan (Sprayberry, Marietta, Ga), representing Guatemala, was just inches off her season’s best and placed fourth. The meet continues throughout the weekend with the men’s hammer taking place Sunday morning.

2015 Panamerican Junior Track & Field Championships - 7/31/2015
                   Foote Field, Edmonton, AB                   
 
Event 39  Women Hammer Junior
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 Top 8 to Final                                                
  WJR Leader: ^ 70.39m  5/23/2015   Reka GYURATZ, HUN          
JR World Rec: $ 73.24m  6/24/2005   Wenxiu ZHANG, CHN          
 Meet Record: # 64.80m  2005        Arasay TONDIKE, CUB        
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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  1 Haley Showalter           97 United States           58.45m
      58.45m  58.19m  56.89m  FOUL  57.06m  FOUL               
  2 Lena Giger                96 United States           57.99m
      FOUL  FOUL  54.33m  FOUL  57.95m  57.99m                 
  3 Mayra Gaviria Maldonado   97 Colombia                57.78m
      55.19m  FOUL  FOUL  57.78m  56.18m  54.16m               
  4 Sabrina Denise Gaitán Ba  97 Guatemala               56.35m
      53.12m  FOUL  53.28m  55.58m  53.41m  56.35m             
  5 MARIA VICTORIA VILLA CAR  97 Mexico                  55.72m
      54.53m  54.20m  52.32m  55.72m  54.28m  49.46m           
  6 Yenni Elizabeth Mina Qui  97 Ecuador                 55.36m
      FOUL  55.36m  FOUL  51.65m  52.71m  54.24m               
  7 Danna Marcela Restrepo R  96 Colombia                54.39m
      FOUL  FOUL  54.39m  FOUL  53.96m  53.32m                 
  8 Ana Lays Bayer            98 Brazil                  53.79m
      FOUL  50.75m  52.71m  53.79m  52.13m  FOUL               
  9 Natasha Akbarizadeh       96 Canada                  51.70m
      50.87m  51.70m  51.56m                                   
 10 Freshlian Luna            97 Puerto Rico             48.29m
      FOUL  48.29m  FOUL                                       
 11 Tynelle Gumbs             96 British VI              39.60m
      FOUL  39.60m  FOUL                                       
 -- Cyerra Cassell            97 Canada                    FOUL