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Wisconsin Throws Pentathlon

Dave Hahn — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:48:10 +0000

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

Dave Hahn — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:39:24 +0000

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?

Dave Hahn — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:24:14 +0000

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?

Dave Hahn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:00:42 +0000

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

Dave Hahn — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:32:51 +0000

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 [...]

Girls National HS Discus Record Falls

Dave Hahn — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:18 +0000

Congratulations to Shelbi Vaughan from Mansfield, Texas, who PR’d by 14 feet at the Texas Relays last Friday to establish a new National Record for the high school girls discus. Her mark of 191′ 6″ broke Anna Jelmini’s 2009 record by over a foot. Check out the ESPN article here.

Here is some video of her competing at the World Youth Games last September.

New Interview from Jill Camarena-Williams

Dave Hahn — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:07:05 +0000

Andy over at Running Runners, just posted a great interview he did with American record holder in the indoor shot put, Jill Camarena-Williams. She is speaking to an audience of runners instead of throwers, but it is still a good read. She covers:

Her experience of breaking the 24 year old American record Her rivalry with Michelle Carter Her conversion from the glide to the spin Her goals, and [...]