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#PennRelays2023 | Camperdown’s Brittania Johnson takes shot put title

Published:Friday | April 28, 2023 | 11:52 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer -
Brittania Johnson
Brittania Johnson

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:

Camperdown High’s thrower Brittania Johnson continued her unbeaten form in the shot put this season by winning the high school girls’ Championships of America event today at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Johnson, who was fourth last year, had a winning heave of 14.04 metres. Rochelle Solomon of Edwin Allen finished second with 13.57 metres, as Juliet Smith of Immaculate Conception took the bronze medal with 13 00 metres.

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