Wisconsin Throws Pentathlon

Track and Field Throws Pentathlon

UW-Whitewater will host the Masters Midwest Regional Championship Pentathlon & Elite Meet on Sunday June 10, 2012.  The meet is USATF sanctioned, so marks will qualify for those trying to improve marks for the Olympic Trials.

The pentathlon consists of the shot put, discus, hammer throw, weight throw, and javelin.  High school through masters athletes are welcome to compete.  There will also be open competitions in each of the [...]

WIAC Championship Recap

WIAC Track and Field Championship 2012

UW-Whitewater hosted the WIAC Conference Championships this past weekend.  As usual, the fields in the hammer, shot put, and discus throws were very competitive, with multiple athletes in each field having their sights set on placing highly in the national meet in a couple of weeks.  Pat Ebel’s crew pulled off the impressive feat of winning each of the three throws on both the women’s and men’s side (the [...]

Is throwing a T Shirt out of the ring a foul?

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A couple of weeks ago, we were at a meet where a competitor was in the process of entering the shot put circle and realized he had not taken the Tshirt that he was wearing over his jersey off.  With one foot in the circle and one foot out of the circle, the athlete took his shirt off and threw it to the ground a couple feet behind the [...]

What are your throwing pet peeves?

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If you haven’t had a chance yet to check out throwerspodcast.com, I would definitely recommend it.  Noah and John really represent the throwing community well and have  a great knack for interviewing people.  In each interview they always start out with airing their pet peeves.  So in that theme, I’d like today’s post to encompass 3 of my biggest throwing related pet peeves.

1. Discus bowling.

While there is [...]

Jacko Gill Forgoes London, Focus on Barcelona

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Last week Jacko Gill announced that he would bypass seeking selection to the Olympic Games in London, in order to focus on the World Junior Championships in Barcelona.  You can see the full announcement here.  It sounds like it is causing quite a stir in the track community of New Zealand.  Apparently, since no one has thrown an Olympic A standard in New Zealand, the governing body wants to [...]