Gumbs sets shot put school record on final day of Corky/Crofoot Shootout

In the final meet before the Southland Conference Championships, Djimon Gumbs broke a 42-year-old school record in the men’s shot put, throwing a 66-7, on the final day of the Corky/Crofoot Shootout. Photo by Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

Any time an athlete accomplishes a feat that has not happened at Northwestern State since 1982, you know it is a major achievement.NSU thrower Djimon Gumbs did just that, breaking the NSU record in the men’s shot put on the second and final day of the Corky/Crofoot Shootout on Saturday on the campus of Texas Tech.Gumbs, a senior from Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, threw a 66-7 to…

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