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Sami Destroys School Record In Season Opener

Related Topics: Cortney Hutmacher, Mohammad Sami

USAFA — Colorado track and field senior kicked off the 2022-23 indoor season on the highest of notes, destroying the Colorado school record in the women's weight throw by nearly a foot and a half.

Sami won the women's weight throw at the Air Force Holiday Open here Friday with a toss of 19.56 meters (64-2.25). The mark was a two-and-a-half foot personal best, with Sami's previous best at 61-8.25. She shattered the CU record set by Cortney Hutmacher back in 2006 of 62-8.5, beating it by more than a foot.

The CU women picked up three total wins in the first day of the season with winning the 60-meter hurdles in 8.