Erica Belvit celebrates silver in hammer throw in CAC final. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
February 11, 2024
Erica Belvit breaks national weight throw record
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Erica Belvit won the weight throw at the URI Coaches Invitational in Rhode Island, United States on Saturday in a new national record 23.08m.
Belvit eclipsed the 22.95m national mark set by Kimberly Barnett in Arkansas in 2004.
In July of last year, Belvit won silver in the women’s hammer throw at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in El Salvador.
-Paul A Reid