CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Sophomore Stevan Veselinovic entered Friday's competition holding the Charlotte track & field program record for men's hammer throw, only to break it with a monstrous toss of 66.91 meters (219'6") on the second day of the 2017 49er Classic at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Complex.
The Serbian topped the field of 45 by more than 5 meters and came a mere 0.55 meters away from matching Dragan Majstorovic's Serbian national record in the event which he set in Minsk, Russia on July 27, 1990.
Seniors Justice Briscoe and Dejah Hayes, alongside junior Caroline Sang, all entered the record books as well with program top-10 performances on the today.