Career
On May 13, 2009 she set the United States high school record in the discus throw with a toss of 190 feet 3 inches, breaking the existing record by United States Olympian Suzy Powell set in 1994 and subsequently tied by Jelmini on April 24, 2009. On the same day she threw the shot put 54 feet 4-3/4 inches, the second longest toss in United States high school history behind United States Olympian Michelle Carter"s 54 feet 10-3/4 inches, from 2003. Jelmini graduated from Shafter High School in Shafter, California in 2009 and attends Arizona State University.
Due to these record breaking performances, at the end of the 2009 season she was named Gatorade"s National Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year and Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year." Anna Jelmini also received the key to the city in 2009.
