Maggie Ewen and Adrian Piperi combine for 134-2 (40.90m) total to hold off Ryan Crouser and Jessica Woodard at 132-11 (40.52m) in inaugural indoor mixed shot put showcase; Chase Ealey wins women’s competition at 64-1.25 (19.54m), with Danniel Thomas-Dodd elevating own Jamaican indoor record to 64-0.50 (19.52m)
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
Photos by Ava Kitzi
DES MOINES, Iowa – There weren’t any American or World indoor records to celebrate Wednesday night during the inaugural team shot put competition as part of the 113th Drake Relays.
But there were a trio of significant individual achievements from Ryan Crouser, Chase Ealey and Danniel Thomas-Dodd, along with an impressive showcase from the American pairing of Maggie Ewen and Adrian “Tripp” Piperi at the Drake Fieldhouse.
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Crouser surpassed 200 career 22-meter performances and Thomas-Dodd improved on her own Jamaican indoor national record with a sixth-round mark of 64-0.50 (19.52m), with Ewen and Piperi producing a combined effort of 134-2 (40.90m) to secure the team victory.
Despite Crouser winning the men’s competition with an opening-round mark of 73-6.75 (22.42m), it wasn’t enough for he and teammate Jessica Woodard to maintain their first-round advantage against Ewen and Piperi.
Woodard was unable to improve on her first-round performance of 59-4.75 (18.10m), and the American duo placed second at 132-11 (40.52m).
Crouser, competing after suffering a sprained MCL in his left knee last week, achieved three 22-meter performances in his series, increasing his career total to 31 indoor efforts and 201 overall.
The rest of the shot put competitors in the world have accumulated only 29 all-time indoor 22-meter marks.
Crouser now has more career 22-meter performances than Joe Kovacs, Tom Walsh, Ulf Timmerman, Christian Cantwell, Randy Barnes and Alessandro Andrei combined.
Piperi was runner-up in the men’s competition with a sixth-round mark of 70-4.50 (21.45m), with Ewen producing a second-round effort of 63-9.75 (19.45m) to take third in the women’s showcase.
Ealey achieved fourth- and sixth-round marks of 64-1.25 (19.54m) to edge Thomas-Dodd for the women’s victory.
Ealey and Nigerian athlete Chuk Enekwechi took third in the team competition with a combined performance of 132-4 (40.35m).
Thomas-Dodd improved on her 2018 indoor national mark of 63-0.75 (19.22m) and just missed matching her 2019 Jamaican outdoor record of 64-1.75 (19.55m).
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