Englin Grabs Silver at Pan-Am Juniors
7/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
July 30, 2005
WINDSOR, Ontario, Canada - University of Missouri's Nate Englin completed a tremendous freshman season as a Tiger Track & Field athlete on Friday by winning the Silver medal at the Pan-American Junior Games in Windsor, Canada. Englin was part of a 1-2 American sweep of the men's shot put in a Pan-Am Games that pits the best athletes from North and South America under 20-years-old in the three-day meeting.
Englin's (Shoreview, Minn.) best throw of 64 feet, 4 inches (19.61m) ranks as the third-best in the World in 2005 with the junior implement of 13.2 pounds. Fellow American Ryan Whiting, an incoming freshman for Arizona State, won the Gold with a heave of 64-9¾ (19.75m).
"It felt great to do what Ryan and I did," said Englin. "It's all about keeping with that American shot putting tradition that we were able to uphold here. I was a little nervous until I took my first two practice throws and then it started to come to me. My first throw wasn't the best, but I seemed to improve in every other throw. It was a great atmosphere, a lot of people in the stands and a great facility, just an amazing feeling."
Englin capped a spectacular start to his Tiger career. Before grabbing Silver at both the Pan-Am Juniors and USATF Junior Championships, Englin grabbed All-Big 12 status at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. At the NCAA Regionals, Englin was part of a national-high four shot-putter contingent from Missouri and placed a surprising ninth, coming inches from the at-large selection pool for the NCAA Championships.
For complete results from the meet, visit panamwindsor.ca
Event 36 Men Shot Put 6 kg
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Meet Record: * 19.95m 7/18/2003 Garett Johnson -USA, Barbados
Pan Am Jr: # 19.95m 7/18/2003 Garrett Johnson - USA, Barbados
World Jr: ^ 21.96m 1/18/2002 Edis Elkasevic - CRO, Zagreb
Name Year Team Finals Points
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Finals
1 Whiting, Ryan 86 United States 19.75m
18.58m 19.35m 19.12m 19.75m 18.86m 19.63m
2 Englin, Nathan 86 United States 19.61m
15.93m 17.54m 18.55m 19.02m 19.61m FOUL
3 Helf, Kyle 86 Canada 18.21m
17.17m 17.24m 17.09m 17.71m 17.92m 18.21m
4 Barnes, Michael 86 Canada 18.20m
17.24m 17.77m 17.81m 18.20m FOUL FOUL
5 Hood, Camoi 86 Jamaica 17.34m
16.31m 16.57m 16.14m 17.26m FOUL 17.34m
6 Woolery, Hickel 86 Jamaica 16.57m
13.96m 14.89m 16.57m 16.57m 15.88m 16.14m
7 Shallow, Adonson 86 St. Vincent and 15.70m
FOUL FOUL 0.01m FOUL FOUL 15.70m
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