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POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. SOME OF THE BEST THROWERS IN THE WORLD GATHERED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE DRAKE FIELDHOUSE FOR A BRAND NEW SHOT PUT EVENT. LITTLE SHOT WITH A TWIST. HERE’S ����vlog SHANNON EARHART. THERE WERE CHAIN GANGS AND FIRST DOWN MARKERS HERE AT THE VERY FIRST WORLD SHOT PUT SERIES AT THE DRAKE FIELDHOUSE. 15 COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL SHOT PUTTERS WOULD TRY TO CLEAR THE DESIGNATED DISTANCE TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND. IF THEY COULDN’T CLEAR IT, THEY WERE ELIMINATED. EACH PRO DID GET ONE CHALLENGE. TRUST ME, THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THESE FANS HAVE SEEN BEFORE. EVERY SHOT PUTTER CLEARED THE 50 FOOT MARKER, BUT CAM JONES OUT OF IOWA STATE, WAS THE ONLY COLLEGE ATHLETE TO CLEAR 60. HIS NIGHT WOULD END AT THE 65 MARK. FIVE GUYS ADVANCED TO 70FT, INCLUDING RYAN CROUSER, THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER AND CREATOR OF THE WORLD SHOT PUT SERIES. CROUSER ACTUALLY MISSED HIS SECOND ATTEMPT, SO HE THREW THE ONE TIME CHALLENGE FLAG FOR THE EXTRA ATTEMPT. THE THREE TIME GOLD MEDALIST WOULD COME UP SHORT AND HE’D FINISH IN FIFTH PLACE. TWO GUYS MADE IT TO THE 73 MARK. ROGER STEEN IS THE FIRST ONE TO THROW. THEY WOULD BRING OUT THE CHAIN GANG TO SEE IF HE WAS GOOD, AND HE WOULD BE. TRIP. HE WOULD THROW NEXT AND CLEAR IT WITH ROOM. 73FT IS A LIFETIME BEST FOR BOTH GUYS AS THEY ADVANCE TO 74FT. NEITHER WOULD CONVERT ON 74, SO THE TIE BREAKER WAS DECIDED BY TOTAL NUMBER OF MISSES. IT’S ROGER STEEN WHO WAS MORE CLEAN. HE WOULD CAPTURE THE VICTORY BELT VIA TIE BREAKER. I DON’T KNOW IF IT WILL FIT, RYAN SAID. IT MIGHT NOT FIT AROUND MY WAIST. THIS IS GOING TO STAY ON MY SHOULDER FOR NOW. THE CROWD DEFINITELY HELPED. I DROVE DOWN TODAY, ACTUALLY A LITTLE TIRED TO START, BUT THEN JUST KIND OF AS SOON AS THE BALL GOT ROLLING WITH THE GREAT ENERGY HERE, IT WAS JUST STEAMROLLING DOWN AND YOU GOT TO CATCH THE WAVE AND RIDE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.