No wonder Camryn Rogers keeps getting better.
Just days before her 24th birthday on Wednesday, the Richmond, B.C., native continues to build on her record-breaking and promising hammer throwing career — recently adding Jack W. Davies Trophy as Athletics Canada Athlete of the Year to her growing list of honours in May.
The distinction follows a series of impressive results in the last few years. In 2021, she cracked the top five in the women’s event at the Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, she struck gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, in August, shortly after securing a silver medal at the world championships in Eugene, Ore., in July.
Cut to 2023, Rogers found herself breaking her own Canadian record twice.
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