![]() girls national record with a throw of 54’-10”. Twenty-four years later (2003), his daughter, Michelle Carter (Red Oak, Texas), set the U.S. Consequently, many sports authorities and pundits credit Carter’s 81′-3 1/2″ shot put throw as being one of the greatest sports feats in history. However, most sports observers recognize the throw as a high school record. The NFSH has not recognized the throw as a record because it did not occur at NFSH sanctioned meet. ![]() Later that year, Michael Carter threw 81’-3 1/2” at the Golden West Invitational, a track and field meet held in Sacramento, CA featuring the top high school athletes in the country. The boys and girls national shot put records were held by a father and daughter tandem: In 1979, Dallas, Texas Jefferson High School’s Michael Carter (who went on to become an Olympic Silver Medalist and all-pro defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers) heaved the shot an astonishing distance of 77’-00″.The oldest national high school event record still untied or broken is the girls long jump: In 1976, Kathy McMillan (Raeford Hoke County, North Carolina) leaped 22’-1 ¾”.For more information about the NFSH, visit their website at Interesting High School Track and Field Records Notes: The United States high school track and field national records listed below are maintained by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSH).
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