February 22, 2008
ROHR HAS NATIONAL-LEADING S-R WEIGHT THROW,
CANTWELL HAS WORLD FIRST
Rohr tops Cantwell’s weight throw record at UCM
WARRENSBURG,
Mo.—Thank goodness it’s Friday. A week after Nick Adcock broke Mizzou’s
school record in the heptathlon last Friday in Ames, Iowa, junior Chris
Rohr (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) and Tiger post-collegian Christian Cantwell
put on quite a show at the Central Missouri Classic in Warrensburg,
Mo., today. Rohr added nearly four feet to his personal best in the
weight throw with a toss of 73 feet, ½ inches (22.26m) to break
Cantwell’s school record and add his name to the top of national
leaderboard. Meanwhile, Cantwell, throwing to prep for Sunday’s USATF
Indoor Championships, threw an indoor personal best of 72-9¼ (22.18m)
in the shot to and becomes the first to ever record all six throws over
70 feet in an indoor competition.
It was a monumental day for Rohr, Mizzou’s only two-time All-American in the event.
“All-around
it was just a great competition,” said Rohr afterwards. “It all started
with Nate [Englin]’s PR, and we all had fun with it. We we’re real
professional about it, and we all know there is more to come for all of
us.”
