How to Use shot put in a Sentence
shot put
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He was later named to the 2007 All-City Track team in the shot put.
— Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021 -
His 3-point shot put the Heat up by eight points with 1:33 left.
— Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2020 -
The shot put went 66 feet, a U.S. Olympic trials record.
— Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 July 2021 -
Arnett enters as the No. 2 seed in the shot put and the No. 7 seed in the discus.
— Dave Melton, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021 -
The freshman won the discus event at the Best of the West May 5 and took second in the shot put.
— Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022 -
Manley won the shot put at the Comet Relays with a 58-4.
— cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022 -
The two-run shot put the Tigers in front, 2-0, from the onset of the series opener.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2023 -
The junior won the 3A state championship in both the shot put and the discus.
— Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 7 July 2021 -
Crouser already owns the world record and an Olympic gold medal in the shot put.
— oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2021 -
Ryan is committed to shot put through the 2024 Paris Olympics.
— Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022 -
Enterprise’s Dale Grimes won the boys’ shot put with a 40-09 throw.
— Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2022 -
Brooke throws shot put, discus, weight throw and the hammer throw.
— Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020 -
The Mariners had one other winner, Owen Skelly in the shot put at 38-7.
— Bill Blewett, baltimoresun.com, 27 May 2021 -
The shot put the Diamondbacks ahead, 3-1, in the second.
— Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2021 -
In the morning, Raven Saunders of the United States captured the silver medal in the shot put.
— BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021 -
Staats also finished third in the 55 and fourth in the triple jump, while Hall placed third in the long jump and seventh in shot put.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024 -
There's the car that flipped over, the near-plane crash and the 12-pound metal sphere that whacked him on the head during a high school shot put event.
— Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022 -
At Morgan Township, the shot put ring is flood-prone, and the discus area has a fence near the 120-foot mark that gets in the way.
— Dave Melton, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021 -
Her father, Nicholas, drove her from Texas to compete in the shot put and discus.
— Richard Obert, azcentral, 13 June 2020 -
Athletes to watch: Josh Cinnamo of Lakeville holds the world-record throw of 16.8 meters in shot put.
— Christina Long, Star Tribune, 16 June 2021 -
Victor Santana won the shot put, while Holland won the long jump.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022 -
Cox started his meet on Friday by winning the shot put with a throw of 60-5.
— Tim Bielik, cleveland, 4 June 2022 -
Before the this season began Hunter broke the state shot put record by three feet.
— Amna Subhan, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2021 -
CJ Marthins won the shot put with a personal record distance of 54-½, and won the discus.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022 -
That’s when the second push to focusing on shot put came.
— Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 July 2021 -
But Rastetter took the snap, faked a throw to the right and then shot put a pass to a wide-open Tyler Kluver, who stumbled and fell at the 2.
— Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017 -
In the girls’ shot put, Cathedral junior Kennedy Clark won with a toss of 38-feet, 11-inches.
— Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021 -
Jones was 2½ inches behind Hanson in the shot put and more than 11 feet back in the discus.
— David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2022 -
Ryan Crouser took his third consecutive gold medal in the men’s shot put.
— NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Saunders, 28, began throwing shot put and discus in the ninth grade and set the all-time national high school girls record in the shot put, according to Team USA.
— Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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