National Trials 2025: Mullings lives up to expectation to win discus
Ralford Mullings competes in the discus at the JAAA National Senior Championships on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
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June 28, 2025

National Trials 2025: Mullings lives up to expectation to win discus

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ralford Mullings lived up to expectations as he won the men’s discus throw at the JAAA National Senior Championships on Saturday.

Mullings won the event with 65.82m ahead of national record holder Fedrick Dacres with 63.54m and Olympic Games finalist Chad Wright who was third with 62.53m.

Mullings, who won the NCAA Division One outdoor championships earlier this month, is the leading Jamaican so far this season and improved on his third place finish last year at the national trials.

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