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#Carifta2022 | Jamaica's Shaw destroys discus record

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 6:26 PM
Carifta Under-17 discus champion Dionjah Shaw celebrates a record-breaking throw in the event inside the National Stadium this evening.
Gladstone Taylor
Carifta Under-17 discus champion Dionjah Shaw celebrates a record-breaking throw in the event inside the National Stadium this evening.

The records just keep coming for Jamaica's Dionjah Shaw.

After lowering the Class Three discus record at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships for Edwin Allen, Shaw set a new mark of 45.32m to win the Girls' Under-17 discus title at the 2022 Carifta Games on inside the National Stadium earlier.

Shaw's effort erased the decade-old Carifta Under-17 mark set by Jamaica's Paul Ann Gayle (43.99).

Her teammate Rehanna Biggs ensured a one-two finish, earning a silver with 42.41 while Adriana Quamina of Trinidad and Tobago got bronze in 35.23.

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