Boardman senior smashes 27-year-old school record
'It's kind of been something in the back of my mind, always just trying to put my name on the board,' Bero said.
Bero made it her mission to do something that hadn't been done in more than two decades at Boardman High School.
'I just didn't think I'd get it by, you know, more than a couple of feet. So that was pretty cool.'
Bero smashed the girls shot put school record from 1998 by more than 3 feet with a toss of 45 feet, 3 inches during a meet at Boardman last week.
'I thought it was just going to be one where it just flies really high up in the air, and it doesn't go as far as you think it does. But it it went… it went,' Bero said. 'I mean, I was shocked. I think [Coach John] Pallini was really shocked. All my coaches were like, 'Wow,' and then all my teammates were like, 'Did that just happen?'
Now, she will go from looking at those other names to pointing out her school record for the years to come.
'I see those people's names from like 1980 and 1990 and early 2000s. You're like, man, that's so long ago, people can't throw that far anymore, people can't run that fast anymore,' Bero said. 'But it happened. I did it. I threw that far, and that's just amazing to me. My name is going to be up there. It's going to say 2025. That's really cool.'
With the run from conference, districts and regionals to state approaching quickly, Bero will look to build on the record-breaking performance.
'I always give myself the possibility of, hey, it might happen. One day maybe I could throw 50 feet. I don't know,' Bero said. 'But I mean, it's cool that something crazy like that actually happened. I was amazed.'
Next, Bero and the Spartans track team will take part in the All-American Conference Championships meet at Austintown Fitch High School on Thursday, May 15.
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