Columbus, USA - Walter Henning broke his own American Junior record in the Hammer Throw to win his third consecutive title in the USA Track & Field Junior Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State on Sunday (22 June).

Yesterday was the third and final day of the U.S. qualifying meet for the12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 8-13 July. The top two finishers in each event will represent the U.S. in Bydgoszcz contingent upon a achieving a qualifying standard.

Henning threw 73.87m to eclipse his meet and national standard of 73.59m set in the 2007 USATF Junior Championships. It was the latest accolade for Henning, who also holds the all-time U.S. high school record.