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McDade's beau lifted heavy weights in high school to do shot put, and was a D1 athlete at Penn State.
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David Oliver, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
The Oregon native, however, wouldn’t be the world’s best shot put thrower without some pain tolerance.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Additional snaps showed her with her coach and celebrating her win after her record shot put throw.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
In chronological order, the finals for the day are in women's triple jump, women's shot put, men's pole vault, women's 400-meter, men's 400-meter, women's 1,500-meter, men's 1,500-meter, women's 100-meter hurdles, men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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David Oliver, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
The Oregon native, however, wouldn’t be the world’s best shot put thrower without some pain tolerance.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Additional snaps showed her with her coach and celebrating her win after her record shot put throw.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
In chronological order, the finals for the day are in women's triple jump, women's shot put, men's pole vault, women's 400-meter, men's 400-meter, women's 1,500-meter, men's 1,500-meter, women's 100-meter hurdles, men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Shot put.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shot%20put. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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