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#PennRelays2023 | Shot put win for Kobe Lawrence

Published:Thursday | April 27, 2023 | 4:53 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer -
Kobe Lawrence
Kobe Lawrence

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:

Calabar High’s thrower Kobe Lawrence picked up the first win for Jamaican athletes at the Penn Relays on the opening day of competition today.

Lawrence improved on his second-place finish last year to win the high school boys' Championships of America shot put with a heave of 20.93 metres. Shaquan Dunn of St Jago was third with 18.07 metres.

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