Anna Jelmini is an American

United States

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 female track and field athlete. On May 13, 2009 she set the US high school record in the discus throw with a toss of 190 feet 3 inches, breaking the existing record by US Olympian Suzy Powell

Suzy Powell

Suzanne Powell-Roos is a female discus thrower from the United States., who represented her native country in the women's discus throw event at three Summer Olympics, 1996 , 2000 and 2008 .She is the current American record holder in the Discus Throw, that record of...

 set in 1994 and subsequently tied by Jelmini on April 24, 2009. On the same day she threw the shot put 54 feet 4-3/4 inches, the second longest toss in US high school history behind US Olympian Michelle Carter's

Michelle Carter (athlete)

Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter.She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best throw is 18.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene...

 54 feet 10-3/4 inches, from 2003. Jelmini graduated from Shafter High School in Shafter

Shafter, California

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, California

California

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 in 2009 and attends Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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. Due to these record breaking performances, at the end of the 2009 season she was named Gatorade's National Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year

Gatorade Player of the Year awards

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. Anna Jelmini also received the key to the city in 2009.

High School Personal Bests

Event	Mark	Date	All-time U.S. HS Rank
Discus	190 ft 3 in (57.99 m )	May 13, 2009	1
Shot Put	54 ft 4.75 in (16.58 m)	May 13, 2009	2