Eldred Henry competes in the 17th Pan Am Jr. Championships Shot Put in Medellin, Colombia, where he placed 4th for the best ever finish by a BVI athlete in the competition. PHOTO: Liga de Atletismo DeAntioquia
Eldred Henry brought the curtains down on the 2013 track and field season with the best finish ever by a British Virgin Islands athlete in the Pan American Jr. Championships, when he placed fourth in the 6K Shot Put on Sunday evening, in the 17th edition of the competition held in Medellin, Colombia.
Henry’s performance came after equaling Samantha John’s 2009 fifth place finish in the 800m, when he heaved the Discus out to a Jr. National Record throw on Friday night.
Henry, who will begin his studies as a Central Arizona College freshman on Wednesday, tossed the 6k ball 17.75m. “I felt pretty good in the beginning and had a good warm up and a few good practice throws. My first throw was my best which was 17.75m,” he noted. “My second throw of 17.50 didn’t come together the way I wanted it to but it was still pretty good. Then, it started to rain and that threw me off my game completely. I was slipping in ring and the ball had no grip due to the fact that it was wet and it went down hill from there. But, the good thing is my first throw was able to keep me in the fourth place position throughout the competition.”
