Mary Amusan has taken a different path as standout shot putter

Mary Amusan has taken a different path as standout shot putter

ROCHESTER — Century girls track and field coach Kris Allen was simply looking for something from Mary Amusan that showed she “still had it.” Amusan wanted a whole lot more than that. So she went down and stuck a couple of pushups before her final crack at it. It was a statement about how serious she was about throwing the shot put. Amusan, who finished second in the Class 3A state meet a year ago in the shot put with a 41-feet, 1/2-inch throw, h…