Article: PASSAIC'S LEON PUTS ON FINE SHOWING

PAUL SCHWARTZ, Correspondent
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-25-1997
PASSAIC'S LEON PUTS ON FINE SHOWING
By PAUL SCHWARTZ, Correspondent
Date: 04-25-1997, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star

PHILADELPHIA -- It took a few seconds to convert Nakisha Leon's best-ever shot put
from the metric 12.88 meters to the imperial measurement of 42 feet 3
1/4 inches.

But it didn't take the Passaic High School senior very long to
flash a broad smile on her way to a fourth-place finish in her event at
the Penn Relays on Thursday.

Leon's put, the second longest in Passaic County history, was
actually an inch longer than the winning throw of Robyn Lowe of ...

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