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DeAnna Price breaks U.S. hammer throw record

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Four Salukis competing at U.S. Olympic Trials

DeAnna Price breaks American hammer throw record

(WSIL) -- Former Saluki track and field standout DeAnna Price broke her own American hammer throw record by uncorking the third-furthest throw in women's hammer throw history at the Tom Botts Invitational on Friday. 

Price, a two-time NCAA champion at Southern Illinois, threw for 257'-10" (78.60m) on her fifth attempt to secure the record. 

Price came within a meter of the second-farthest throw in world history, a mark of 260'-6.75" (79.42m) set in 2011 and held by Betty Heidler of Germany. The top mark in the history of the event is 272'-2.75" (82.98m), held by Poland native Anita Wlodarczyk.Â