Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Godwin began taking track more seriously as a high school sophomore after he transferred to a new school that had another talented sprinter. The team needed a 400 meters specialist. Much to Godwin ...
Andrusyshyn received a track and field scholarship from UCLA to compete in the javelin throw, but suffered an elbow injury while preparing for the 1968 Summer Olympics and decided to walk-on to the football team after kicking in a tryout 14 field goals in a row from 45 yards out. [5] In one practice he kicked field goals of 57 and 62 yards. [6]
Additionally, high-school competition is conducted under slightly different rules, which have evolved over time. For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non ...
High Performance Sprint and Power Meet Provo, United States 19 years, 121 days [23] Javelin throw: 77.84 m (255 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Sam Crouser: 11 June 2010 [b] Portland Track Festival Portland, United States 18 years, 163 days [24] Decathlon (junior) 8018 pts Gunnar Nixon: July 11, 2012 World Junior Championships: Barcelona, Spain 19 years ...
At Newberg High School, Cyrus lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. He did not pick up a javelin until his senior year of high school. At the PAC-9 District Meet, Cyrus took first in javelin with a throw of 60.7 meters (199'2" feet) and also placed fifth in triple jump. He also took third place at the Oregon State Meet, with a throw ...
Held started as a pole vaulter at Grossmont High School near San Diego, where he finished in a 3-way tie for 4th place at the 1946 CIF California State Meet. [1] He switched to the javelin while a student at Stanford University, where he won the NCAA javelin championship in 1948, 1949, and 1950.
Dean won Japan's National Javelin Championship and earned gold medals in June 2022 and 2023, with 81.02 m and 82.65 m throws. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2023, he won the Asian Championships , finished third in the Asian Games [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and competed at the World Championships , having also competed at the 2022 World Championships . [ 5 ]