UConn’s Ella Karp from Washington Township popped the best shot put by a Huskies freshman in nine years Saturday in her first college meet.
Karp threw a lifetime-best 45-9 ¾ and finished 1st in the Harvard Classic at Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass.
That’s the best throw by a Connecticut freshman since Divine Oladipo threw 53-10 ¼ in a meet in Birmingham, Ala., in February 2017.
Karp’s previous PR was a 45-1 ¼ to win the Tri-County Conference meet this past May at Delsea. Her indoor PR was 43-3 ¾ when she placed 2nd at Easterns this past March at the Armory.
Karp opened with a 42-11 ½ and after a foul a 43-1 ¾. After a 42-11 ½ she closed with two 45-footers – a 45-2 ½ for her first PR of the day and then the 45-9 ¾ on her final attempt.
Another UConn freshman from South Jersey, Brook-lyn Roberts from Winslow, was 5th with a throw of 41-1 ¾ on her 3rd attempt. She won the state Group 3 title at the Bubble in February when she set her lifetime-best 43-5.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 