Braheme Days, Jr.
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bridgeton, New Jersey | January 18, 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 299 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Braheme Days, Jr. (born January 18, 1995) is an American shot putter.
He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1]
Prep
Braheme won his first National HS Shot Put title at the NBIN meet in New York, New York with a throw of 21.00m(5.45k)
The Press of Atlantic City named Days their Boys' Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2011,[2] as well as Indoor Athlete of the Year 2012.[3]
He was a USA Today All-American track and field selection in 2012.[4]
NCAA
He eventually signed to the UCLA Bruins in February 2013.
Braheme is the current American Junior Record holder in the shot put with a distance of 21.16 m (69 ft 5 in)(6k). Braheme placed tenth in shot put at 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in 18.76 m (61 ft 6 1⁄2 in). Braheme placed fifth in shot put at 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 20.03 m (65 ft 8 1⁄2 in).[5] Braheme won shot put at 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in 19.36 m (63 ft 6 in).
References
- ↑ Records-a-plenty on day two at World Youths | Athletics Weekly - the best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport Archived September 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Press boys' track and field Athlete of the Year: Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Sports
- ↑ Bridgeton shot putter Braheme Days Jr. uses hard work to become The Press Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year - pressofAtlanticCity.com: High School Sports
- ↑ "2012 All-USA boys' and girls' track teams revealed". USA Today. July 21, 2012.
- ↑ Braheme Days TEAM UCLA, NCAA DI, Pac-12 Conference, MPSF, DI West Results, TFRRS, retrieved July 18, 2016
External links
- Braheme Days, Jr. profile at IAAF
- UCLA Bruins bio
- DyeStat profile for Braheme Days