Track & Field: The Woodlands High School’s Piperi captures shot put title at IAAF World Youth Championships

The Woodlands High School track and field standout Tripp Piperi is on top of the world.

The Woodlands High School track and field star Adrian Piperi celebrates his victory in the IAAF World Youth Championships on Wednesday night in Coli, Colombia. Piperi, who is entering his junior year at The Woodlands High School, got off a winning throw of 22 meters (72 feet, 2 1/4 inches) on his second throw of the finals. He competes in the discus on Friday.

Piperi, 16, was the winner in the boys 16-and-under IAAF World Youth Championships on Wednesday night, in Coli, Columbia, getting off a throw of 22 meters (72 feet, 2 1/4 inches) on his second attempt of the finals.

The impressive throw with a slightly smaller ball — male high school athletes in Texas and across the United States use a 12-pound shot — sent Piperi from third place to first before the large crowd at Cali’s Pascual Guerrero Stadium.

Piperi wrote on his Twitter account, “I’m number 1 in the world!!!!” click here for complete story