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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 18, 1995 Bridgeton, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 299 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | SP (5 kg): 20.14 m (Lille 2011) ContentsSP (6 kg): 21.16 m (Chula Vista 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Days 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)
Days attended Bridgeton High School and was selected by The Press of Atlantic City as 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]
He eventually signed to the UCLA Bruins in February 2013.
Days is the current American Junior Record holder in the shot put with a distance of 21.16 m (69 ft 5 in)(6k). He 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). Days 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] He won shot put at 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in 19.36 m (63 ft 6 in).
Bridgeton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the city of Bridgeton, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Bridgeton Public Schools, an Abbott District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1931.
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