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Murro was the top American at the Olympics, throwing 80.08 m (262 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and placing ninth; [1] [4] Track & Field News ranked him as the world's 10th best javelin thrower that year. [5] The magazine put him on the cover of its April 1969 issue.
In 2011, cousin Ryan Crouser joined Sam, setting the national high school record in the discus throw for cross town rival Sam Barlow High School. Ryan went on to win the Olympic Gold Medal in the shot put. Then in 2012, sister Haley completed the family trifecta by setting the national high school record in the girl's javelin throw.
He taught in the Knoxville City Schools at Central High School in Knoxville, TN and coached boys' and girls' cross country and track. He won the USA National Championships in the javelin at UCLA in 1978 and was named "Javelin Thrower of the Decade" (the 1970s) in the United States by Track and Field News. His career best was 283'2".
Oakmont's Travis Rusak broke a 43-year old school record in the javelin this spring, and he got to meet with the previous record holder, Oakmont Hall of Famer Charlie Smith
Javelin throw William Preston Miller (February 22, 1930 – October 27, 2016) was an American athlete who competed in the javelin throw for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki , Finland where he won the silver medal with a throw of 72.46 meters.
Raised in Greenville, South Carolina, Thompson is a 2014 graduate of Wade Hampton High School. [2] Williamson competed in the NCAA for the football and track and field teams at The Citadel Military College of South Carolina from 2010 to 2016. He was originally recruited as a football quarterback to The Citadel, but, after seeing him throw a ...
He attended Princeton High School, graduating in 1957. [ 5 ] Kovalakides competed at the 1963 Pan American Games , winning the silver medal in the men's javelin throw event.
Savannah Gao learned to throw tossing a football to her younger brother. Now she's one of the state's best with a javelin and headed to Division 1.