John Meyer Earns First Athlete Of The Week Honor

The state's best all-time shot putter is inching toward the 70-barrier outdoors (John Roemer photo)

The Lockport superstar known as John Meyer Jr. pumped out a career best outside Shot Put 69-9 at the Jim Arnold Invitational hosted by Glenbard West. Meyer later cranked out a winning 179-0 in the discus. Meyer is the #2 rated shot putter in the United States