Gabrielle Rains to Compete in Pan-Am U20 Championships in Peru

FIU Athletics

MIAMI (July 19, 2017) – FIU track and field standout Gabrielle Rains takes her show on the road and looks to continue making a name for herself as she competes in the Pan-Am U20 Track and Field Championships, July 21-23, in Trujillo, Peru. Rains, who hits the road on the 7,570-mile and nearly 19-hour flight from Sherwood Park, Alberta to Trujillo – along with 54 other athletes representing Canada – will take part in the women's discus on Saturday, July 22 at 9 a.m. (ET)    Panthers' fans will also have the opportunity to follow along with Rains' journey through her blog on FIUSports.com. Rains, who will be a sophomore in the fall, has already had a successful summer. On July 6, she won the Canadian U20 Track and Field Championship discus title at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa, Ontario. Rains set a new championships U20 record with her toss of 51.60m en route to the gold medal. Following the Pan-Am Championships, and before returning to Miami, Rains will take part in the 2017 Canada Summer Games at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, August 3-4. During her freshman season at FIU Rains enjoyed a banner season. She took second-place at the Conference USA Championships in El Paso, Texas, with a throw of 50.95m, and advanced to the NCAA Division I East Region Prelims in Lexington, Kentucky, where her throw of 49.45m was 25th. It was, however, her first collegiate meet at the University of Miami that set the standard for Rains for the remainder of the season. During the Hurricane Invitational on March 18, Rains let loose on a throw of 53.10m which set a new school record and held up all season as the second-best throw in C-USA and the 42nd best in the nation. Also, Rains' 53.10m is the 17th-best U20 throw in the world this year and broke a 31-year-old Canadian record.Fans are ...

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