Jill earns a trip to Berlin!
From the Woodland Record:
Woodland native and Olympian Jill Camarena placed second at the USA Outdoor Track and Field championships on Friday (June 26) in Eugene, Oregon. Jill qualified for the IAAF World Championships to be held August 15 to 23 in Berlin. Texan Michelle Carter won the competition and Kristin Heaston of Walnut Creek finished third. Carter, Heaston and Camarena made up the 2008 U.S. Olympic shot put team – Camarena was the only one of the three to reach the final round. She finished twelfth.
Click here to see the USATF press release.
Click here to see the official Women Shot Put Finals at USATF.com:
1. Michelle Carter, Nike: 18.03m 59-02.00
16.83m, 17.82m, 17.84m, 18.03m, 17.94m, 17.84m
2. Jillian Camarena, NYAC: 17.94m 58-10.25
FOUL, 17.94m, FOUL, 16.95m, 17.52m, 17.37m
3. Kristin Heaston, Nike: 7.88m 58-08.00
17.38m, 17.88m, FOUL, 17.41m, 17.26m, 17.38m
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2 comments:
And Jill didn't have to depend on the kindness of the City of Woodland taxpayers to fund a special program (like the boxing program???) to earn her place in our hall of fame.
She's is, and always will be, someone the City of Woodland can be proud of.
Well didn't Bob Gillette help her and her coach go to the Olympics, with a check for $5000 Sure was nice if he did. See there is some nice people still left in the world.
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