Nebraska
Johansson Places 12th at World Championships – University of Nebraska
Nebraska freshman thrower Axelina Johansson positioned twelfth within the girls’s shot put on the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday evening.
Johansson posted a throw of 57-9 (17.60m) to complete out the competitors. On Friday she set a brand new private better of 60-11 1/4 (18.57m) to change into the one present collegiate student-athlete to achieve the ultimate 12. The NCAA out of doors bronze medalist, Johansson topped each the NCAA gold and silver medalists to advance to the ultimate.
Johansson was named the Huge Ten Girls’s Out of doors Freshman of the 12 months. She was a two-time All-American in her freshman season at Nebraska and picked up two Huge Ten medals within the shot put.