2014 U20 Female Shot Putting

Stamatia Scarvelis making noise and keeping Raven Saunders company with a 15.87m (52' 1") this weekend (Jan 04). We've seen multiple videos of her throwing 16.75m+ (55'+) in training so it seems this is just the beginning.

• chronological (oldest to newest) videos from @pagelshot

After staving off Maggie Ewen's forays last spring, looks like Olympian Michelle Carter's US American high school record of 16.73m (54' 10¾") will be receiving another barrage of threats in 2014.

Raven Saunders could find 16.75m if she can refine her spinning and rip a big one. But in reality, coach @pagelshot 's padawan, Stamatia Scarvelis, is making major headway toward 17m and seems to be the favorite to take the record.

Will there be a chance for the two Americans to compete? They live on far sides of the continent.

Stamatia might come to New York for indoor nationals, but her HS team is three weeks into outdoor season by that date. It's a maybe right now.

This is the other reason indoor may not last too long this year. Stam's discus is looking very good and she has solid goals there as well. Yesterday at Simi Valley All-Comers meet (yes, it was 75 degrees in Southern California)

@pagelshot a couple questions:
1.) Are you Ken Pagel?
2.) Did Stam throw shot put at the meet?

1.) I am Kent Pagel, and my wife is Ramona Pagel. We do throws....
2.) I'm not sure throw is the right word, more like played with the shot. She wasn't feeling very well when we got to Simi Valley that morning and couldn't take a full warm-up. It was a rough week of finals and not much sleep or appetite. She improved through the day and had a pretty good discus for how she felt. She did throw 50'8" in shot and 160'7" in discus. She finished off a half pound bacon cheeseburger at Red's BBQ afterwards so the world was returning to normal again. Westmont College California Indoor Qualifier this Saturday.

Shot put champion Stamatia Scarvelis picks UCLA

Stamatia Scarvelis goes 53' 8¾" (16,37m) and moves to #4 on the US American girl's high school shot put all-time list. Video here.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203179180222950

Let's hope @pagelshot drops the video on YouTube so we can all see it.

It soooo early! Is she near a way-to-early peak for the year or is this the beginning of a record season?

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It soooo early! Is she near a way-to-early peak for the year or is this the beginning of a record season?

Better than average chance she's on her way to 16,50m. @pagelshot has been around the block many times and knows when the medals are being handed out and it ain't in February.

Stam's goals are pretty specific and she is on the right track for them; a 3rd California State Championship in the shot, a 2nd USAF Jr's Championship, and a good performance at Jr Worlds. As Dirk noted, none of them are in February. We backed off just a little bit the past two weeks for this meet, and will do so for Indoor New Balance. She'll be back in the weightroom hitting it hard Monday.

I was very lucky to have Tom Tellez as my college coach, one of the Giants in our sport. He believed that the most specific form of training for field events was competition, and peaking is determined by mental factors and training regiments. He also believed you face competition when possible, and Simplot was excellent for that, with both Stam and Ashlie throwing pr's.

Here we go. the top two U20 Americans matching up at the New Bala in NYC this weekend. High school seniors Raven Saunders and Stamatia Scarvelis have both gone near 53′ 8″ (16,35m) this season.
They're both on the entry list. Let's hope the weather allows them both to arrive at the nce National IndoorNew Balance Armory in one piece and ready to throw 54' 11" (16.75m).

Quote from Throwholics News

U20 high school senior Raven Saunders has made the most of her cross country match-up with SoCal glider Stamatia Scarvelis by spinning out to 17,26m (56′ 7½”) in NYC. Saunders moves to the top of the American high school list, moving ahead of Olympian Michelle Carter’s 16,73m (54′ 10¾”). series: • 17,26m • 17,06m • 15.79m • 16.24m • 17.01m • foul […]

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Michelle Carter on Facebook:

Make sure you check the article occasionaly, I'm still adding information as it comes in.

Many additions, including where Saunders is going to college.
Southern Illinois with @John Smith .

Thanks for the update @Norm Zylstra
Are you in contact with her? Could we invite her somehow? Would like to ask some questions.