Sarah Mitton throws 19.16 metres to set Canadian indoor shot put record

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., threw 19.16 metres in New York on Saturday to set an indoor Canadian record in women's shot put. Her training partner, Brittany Crew, held the previous mark of 18.81.

Nova Scotian broke previous mark set by training partner Brittany Crew

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S.. set a new Canadian indoor shot put record with a throw of 19.16 metres on Saturday at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge in New York. (Twitter/@runnerspace)

Sarah Mitton threw a Canadian indoor record in the women's shot put on Saturday in New York.

The 25-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., won the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia College at The Armory with a throw of 19.16 metres.

That broke the previous mark of 18.81 set by Mitton's training partner Brittany Crew in 2020.

Mitton, who made her Olympic debut last summer in Tokyo but didn't advance out of the qualifying round, shattered her own personal best indoor throw of 18.00, and even topped her own outdoor best of 18.89 set last year.

Crew holds the Canadian outdoor record of 19.28, set in 2019.

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