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COLUMBIA – Raven Saunders continued her string of impressive performances in her senior season Saturday by shattering the state meet record in the shot put.
Video: Raven Saunders' 55-8.25 Shot
The Burke Bulldog set a new state record in the girls shot put on three of her six throws at the SCHSL state meet, tossing the shot 55 feet, 8 ¼ inches on her final throw. The previous state standard in the event was 44 feet, 8 inches.
Saunders appeared to be struggling at times during the event Saturday, foot-faulting on one toss and sending two other throws out of bounds. Then, prior to her final throw, she got some advice from her coach, Herbert Johnson.
“I was talking with my coach about a couple of technical things,” Saunders said after the final record throw. “I got my technique down and I knew it was going to be a really good throw when it left my hand.”
The throw was...
