ESPNHS Track & XC: Throwers Corner
Crousers are latest and best, but javelin heritage in Oregon goes back decades
May, 25, 2012
May 25
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By Doug Binder | ESPN.com
Cathy KeathleyThe USR-setting Crouser siblings (Haley shown) have made huge headlines the past few years, but Oregon state history is full of record-setting throwers that have created an amazing heritage of the event in the state.“You know in order to break the school record now, you have to break the national record, too,” said the school’s long-time throws coach.
It’s not a complaint, but a badge of honor. Sam Crouser and his little sister Haley, a junior who will compete at the OSAA Class 6A/5A/4A Track and Field Championships this weekend at Hayward Field in Eugene, have come along and re-set the standards for high school javelin throwing.
But the Crousers, talented as they are, didn’t arrive at those records out of the blue. In Oregon track and field, there is a mystique associated with the javelin that is built upon more than half a century of headline-makers in the event.
Coaching, the lure of college scholarships, and even the state’s climate, are factors in Oregonians’ continued fascination, and success, throwing the javelin.
This year’s national rankings show that 10 of the top 25 girls in the country come from Oregon. Meanwhile, six of the top 25 boys come from the state (Pennsylvania has nine).
There are certainly reasons for that, the biggest being that only 18 states participate in the javelin (although athletes from other states do occasionally get to throw it). California doesn’t throw it; Texas doesn’t throw it.
But Washington, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Kansas and others do.
In Oregon, there is lore associated with the event dating back to the 1930s. The first boy to throw 200 feet in the state meet was Warren Demaris back in 1931. And in 1934, Bob Parke became the first of the University of Oregon’s seven NCAA javelin champions. (The university’s influence on the high school scene can’t be understated. In 1964, Oregon went 1-2-3 in the javelin at the NCAA Championships).
In 1959, Glen Winningham of Grants Pass, Ore. broke the national scholastic record when he threw 225-6. Six years later another Oregon thrower, Ansten “Ole” Totten of Clatskanie, set the national mark when he hit 231-7.
In 1971, a phenomenon named Russ Francis moved to Oregon from Hawaii halfway through his senior year of high school. At 6-foot-6, 220 pounds, the 18-year-old Francis was a star football prospect who signed with the University of Oregon. He had never seen a javelin before he saw one in a Eugene sporting goods store and wasn’t sure what it was for.
But a coach at Pleasant Hill High School taught Francis how to throw it and within a matter of weeks he became the best high school thrower in the country. He threw 253-1 to break Mark Murro’s (N.J.) 1967 national record. And then he broke it again with 259-9.
Francis went on to an NFL career playing tight end for the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers and his high school javelin record remained on the books for 17 years.
In 1988, Art Skipper of Sandy, Ore. went after the Francis record. And at the Oregon state championships that year, he threw the javelin almost clear across the infield at Hayward Field in Eugene. The mark was measured at 259-10 – a new record by a single inch.
Skipper’s mark lasted until the slate was wiped clean by the “new rules” international javelin in 2002.
The international javelin record was traced back to a European exchange student attend school in New York, Tommy Viskari, from fall of 1988 (241-1).
But Sam Crouser, nephew of former Oregon state champion and one-time world record holder Brian Crouser, came along and smashed the record in 2010 with 255-4.
So what is it about Oregon?
“There’s been a foundation for that event that’s been laid down years ago,” Stautz said. “When I look around the state, I see quality coaches in abundance.”
Gary Reddaway, second in that 1964 Oregon javelin sweep, became an influential coach in the state for many years.
And Joe Boutin is in his fourth decade coaching the throwers at Newberg High School, where he has a long line of state champions, including 1984 Olympian Lynda Hughes (Suftin) and 2005 U.S. girls record-setter Rachel Yurkovich (and also 2012 U.S. men’s leader Cyrus Hostetler).
Boutin and other coaches also may have gotten an assist from Oregon’s rainy spring weather. The theory goes that some of the state’s baseball players get frustrated over the frequency of rained out games, and some are peeled off by savvy track coaches who teach them to throw.
The best girls’ javelin throwers in the state all seem to have one thing in common: Volleyball. Yurkovich and Haley Crouser are just two examples of girls who turned the spiking motion of their right arms into record-setting javelin launchers.
But javelin in Oregon is not isolated to just a few pockets. Successful throwers come from every part of the state.
“There is a high expectation of what it takes to win a state title,” said Hidden Valley (Grants Pass, Ore.) coach Josh Standley said. “In Oregon, it takes a farther throw. We laugh sometimes because a girl who takes fifth in our district meet (and doesn’t qualify for state) might be top-five in another state.”
Hidden Valley has a contender for the Class 4A title with Bailey Bars, who has thrown US#23 144-9 this year. Eight girls in Oregon have thrown farther, including Crouser, the reigning 6A champ.
Brianna Bain, fourth place in last year’s Oregon Class 6A championship meet, won the Pac-12 Conference championship two weeks ago as a freshman for Stanford.
Oregon coaches and parents have also picked up on the mathematics of scholarships. If only 18 states throw the javelin, and every college track team in the U.S. competes in the event, then the odds of throwing far enough to earn financial aid start to look pretty good compared to other sports.
“I’ve been saying that for 20 years,” Dean Crouser, father of Sam and Haley, said. “It’s the path of least resistance. If you can throw 150 (feet), that could mean a full-ride (scholarship) at a D1 school.”
With something close to her PR, Bars would have scored at the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 conference championships. She’d have been one place out of scoring at the Pac-12 meet.
Crouser, at 17 years old, is looking forward to the Olympic Trials. She could reasonably place in the top five or so there.
But another development in Oregon this spring may do even more to illustrate how outsized javelin has become to the state’s track identity. In the sparsely populated eastern side of the state a pair of small-school athletes dueled for Class 1A supremacy in the javelin.
First, Prairie City’s Brady Doty topped 200 feet when he went 200-3 (US#22).
Then at the state meet, rival Justin Larson of Dayville pulled in front and won the title with 201-3 (US#19).
Prairie City has an enrollment of 78 students.
Dayville has only 23.
“It was usually a toss up between us,” Larson said. “We’ve been to five or six of the same meets (this spring). He won about half and so did I. It was super close.”
The way Avana Story was throwing the indoor weight throw a few months back you just knew she couldn't wait to get started on the hammer outdoors.
Story, a senior from Woodward Academy (Atlanta), is a member of the powerful Throw1Deep club. And even though hammer isn't a sanctioned high school event in Georgia, she found a way to let one go. She competed at the Tucson Elite Meet last Saturday in Arizona and scored a new US#1 with 172-8.
Two weeks earlier, the New Balance Nationals Indoor weight throw champion won Georgia Class 3A titles in the shot put and discus. But it's the hammer that Story will throw in college at the University of North Carolina, and that's the event she will focus on in the postseason.
Story, a senior from Woodward Academy (Atlanta), is a member of the powerful Throw1Deep club. And even though hammer isn't a sanctioned high school event in Georgia, she found a way to let one go. She competed at the Tucson Elite Meet last Saturday in Arizona and scored a new US#1 with 172-8.
Two weeks earlier, the New Balance Nationals Indoor weight throw champion won Georgia Class 3A titles in the shot put and discus. But it's the hammer that Story will throw in college at the University of North Carolina, and that's the event she will focus on in the postseason.
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
251’01” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 05-07
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
216’01” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 05-19 *
212’11” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 05-19 *
212’07” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-12
211’02” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 05-19 *
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Bryn Campbell SR Canal Winchester, OH 04-24
202’02” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-27
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22
198’08” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12
197’03” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-19 *
197’02” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 05-19 *
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20
193’02” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 05-20 *
191’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 05-20 *
191’00” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 05-20 *
188’02” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 05-20 *
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
185’06” Gabriel Arcaro SO Burlington, MA 05-13
185’04” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 05-06
181’07” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
180’06” Timmy Brennan JR Princeton, NJ 05-19 *
180’04” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 05-08
179’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21
178’00” Dylan Dyke JR Waverly, OH 04-24
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
173’00” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 05-02
172’08” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-19 *
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
170’09” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 05-19 *
170’08” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-30
170’08” Steve Chevalier SR North Kingstown, RI 05-10
170’03” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 05-05
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
169’10” Sean Ryan SO Babylon, NY 05-07
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20
166’05” Olusegun Thomas Vadis SO Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
166’01” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 05-10
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Angel Rosario SR Bay Shore, NY 05-06
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21
163’03” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22
162’08” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-24
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22
159’06” Giovanni Gray SO Lincoln, RI 05-08
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
159’02” Kevin Conner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 05-12
157’09” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 05-12
157’04” Steve Lefebvre JR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-12
157’03” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
156’11” Alexander Madoian JR North Kingstown, RI 05-12
156’10” Joseph Covino SR Cumberland, RI 04-24
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22
155’08” Jared Ballenger SO Fremont Ross, OH 05-05
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
153’04” Chris Pensa SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 05-06
152’03” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
151’07” Dustin Samms SO Aptos, CA 05-12
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’03” Max Lydum FR Defiance, OH 04-24
151’01” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
150’06” Joe Colao JR Westerly, RI 05-10
150’04” Adam Kelly FR Barrington, RI 05-12
150’00” Luke James SR Centerville, OH 05-02
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
219’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 05-12
191’10” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06
178’09” Sean Ryan SO Babylon, NY 05-19 *
177’04” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 05-12
174’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
168’06” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
237’03” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 05-19 *
203’01” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12
190’03” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12
172’09” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 05-12
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
161’07” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22-12
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’00” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-29
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
163’04” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06
162’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 11-06
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
155’11” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 05-20 *
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
148’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
145’03” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 05-20 *
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
166’04” Sidnie Wilder SO Cameron, WI 05-05
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
163’10” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 05-06
162’08” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 05-06
159’01” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 05-06
158’11” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 05-04
156’10” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-05
154’08” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-08
154’00” Cortney Miller SR Calvary Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 01-21
153’09” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 05-19 *
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
151’03” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 05-07
150’11” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 05-06
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22
149’10” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
148’07” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 05-06
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21
142’00” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 05-19 *
142’00” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 05-19 *
141’02” Gabby Smith JR Narragansett, RI 04-28
139’11” Emily Boardman SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07
139’11” Aysha Moreino SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’11” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 05-19 *
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
135’02” Maddie Sears SR Peachtree Ridge, Suwanee, GA 05-06
133’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 05-20 *
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
133’02” Brianna O’Grady JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07
133’01” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 05-20 *
131’10” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 05-20 *
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20
130’02” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 05-19 *
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22
129’05” Hannah Makowske SR Joel Barlow, Redding, CT 04-27
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21
129’01” Kayla O’Brine SO St. Francis, Sacramento, CA 05-05
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
126’06” Rachael Aikens SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21
123’06” Teria Mackey SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02
122’09” Katelyn Hughes SR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 05-05
122’07” Lauren Swanson FR East Greenwich, RI 05-19 *
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
F – New national freshman class record.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2012 (born in 1995 or 1996) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
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Cutoff 05-20-12 Updated 05-24-12
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
(Note: Mac Wilkins competed in the throws for 23 years, he made four Olympic teams and broke the world record in the discus four times. He also won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal).
State Meet Week.
The hardest thing is not working too much. What will you do with all that extra energy? Go home and study! Save it for the competition since it will be the toughest of the year. Don’t hang out at the track just because you are used to being there for two hours.
Don’t take a hundred throws every day because it doesn’t feel right or it isn’t close to your PR or something is wrong with your technique. Limit yourself to a certain number of throws, usually less than last week, and stop when you reach that number whether you are throwing great or not. Hey, its kind of like that in the competition. You only get a finite number (six) of throws. Make each one count!
Warming up for the big event. Adrenaline will be high so go easy. Focus on the technique and the feelings, not the distance. All young throwers throw BIG PRs in warm ups and then drop well below their best once they start measuring the throws. Save the energy for when it counts. Back way down on the warm up throws effort. Limit yourself to no more than two to four full throws before the competition.
Make your first throw a 70 percent effort. Bill Bowerman, the famous discus coach at Oregon, always used to say this. Ha! NOT! He was a distance coach not a discus coach, but he really did say that. Many times the adrenaline takes you out of the zone where you can comfortably perform. Backing off the effort on the first throw can often put you right back in the zone of optimal performance. This leads to many PRs or best of meet throws on the first try.
Have fun. Take time to enjoy what you are doing and your friends that you are competing with. NOT against. With. You share the same challenge of self-mastery.
State Meet Week.
The hardest thing is not working too much. What will you do with all that extra energy? Go home and study! Save it for the competition since it will be the toughest of the year. Don’t hang out at the track just because you are used to being there for two hours.
Don’t take a hundred throws every day because it doesn’t feel right or it isn’t close to your PR or something is wrong with your technique. Limit yourself to a certain number of throws, usually less than last week, and stop when you reach that number whether you are throwing great or not. Hey, its kind of like that in the competition. You only get a finite number (six) of throws. Make each one count!
Warming up for the big event. Adrenaline will be high so go easy. Focus on the technique and the feelings, not the distance. All young throwers throw BIG PRs in warm ups and then drop well below their best once they start measuring the throws. Save the energy for when it counts. Back way down on the warm up throws effort. Limit yourself to no more than two to four full throws before the competition.
Make your first throw a 70 percent effort. Bill Bowerman, the famous discus coach at Oregon, always used to say this. Ha! NOT! He was a distance coach not a discus coach, but he really did say that. Many times the adrenaline takes you out of the zone where you can comfortably perform. Backing off the effort on the first throw can often put you right back in the zone of optimal performance. This leads to many PRs or best of meet throws on the first try.
Have fun. Take time to enjoy what you are doing and your friends that you are competing with. NOT against. With. You share the same challenge of self-mastery.
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
251’01” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 05-07 *
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
212’07” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-12 *
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
209’02” Bryn Campbell SR Canal Winchester, OH 04-24
203’02” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 04-24
202’02” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-27
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22
201’05” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12 *
198’08” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12 *
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20
195’00” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-12 *
193’00” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 05-12 *
190’09” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 05-06 *
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
185’06” Gabriel Arcaro SO Burlington, MA 05-13 *
185’04” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 05-06
184’08” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 04-14
183’00” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 04-07
181’07” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
180’04” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 05-08 *
179’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12 *
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21
178’00” Dylan Dyke JR Waverly, OH 04-24
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20
176’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
173’00” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 05-02
172’02” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
170’08” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-30
170’08” Steve Chevalier SR North Kingstown, RI 05-10 *
170’03” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 05-05
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
169’10” Sean Ryan SO Babylon, NY 05-07 *
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20
166’05” Olusegun Thomas Vadis SO Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
166’01” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 05-10 *
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Angel Rosario SR Bay Shore, NY 05-06
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21
163’03” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22
162’08” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-24
161’09” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 05-08 *
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22
159’06” Giovanni Gray SO Lincoln, RI 05-08 *
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
159’02” Kevin Conner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 05-12 *
157’09” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 05-12 *
157’04” Steve Lefebvre JR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-12 *
157’03” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
156’11” Alexander Madoian JR North Kingstown, RI 05-12 *
156’10” Joseph Covino SR Cumberland, RI 04-24
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22
155’08” Jared Ballenger SO Fremont Ross, OH 05-05
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
153’04” Chris Pensa SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 05-06
152’03” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
151’07” Dustin Samms SO Aptos, CA 05-12 *
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’03” Max Lydum FR Defiance, OH 04-24
151’01” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
150’06” Joe Colao JR Westerly, RI 05-10 *
150’04” Adam Kelly FR Barrington, RI 05-12 *
150’00” Luke James SR Centerville, OH 05-02
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
219’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 05-12 *
191’10” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06
177’04” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 05-12 *
174’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
168’06” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12 *
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
203’01” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12 *
190’03” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 05-12 *
172’09” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 05-12 *
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
161’07” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12 *
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22-12
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’00” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-29
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
163’04” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06
162’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 11-06 *
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
148’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
147’04” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
166’04” Sidnie Wilder SO Cameron, WI 05-05
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
163’10” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 05-06
162’08” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 05-06
159’01” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 05-06
158’11” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 05-04
156’10” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-05
154’08” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-08 *
154’00” Cortney Miller SR Calvary Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 01-21
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
151’03” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 05-07 *
150’11” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 05-06
150’06” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22
149’10” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06
148’07” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 05-06
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21
141’02” Gabby Smith JR Narragansett, RI 04-28
139’11” Emily Boardman SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07 *
139’11” Aysha Moreino SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07 *
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
135’02” Maddie Sears SR Peachtree Ridge, Suwanee, GA 05-06
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
133’02” Brianna O’Grady JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-07 *
132’11” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-28
132’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 04-21
132’04” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20
131’04” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 04-21
130’10” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 04-07
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22
130’00” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 04-09
129’05” Hannah Makowske SR Joel Barlow, Redding, CT 04-27
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21
129’01” Kayla O’Brine SO St. Francis, Sacramento, CA 05-05
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
126’06” Rachael Aikens SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21
123’08” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 04-07
123’06” Teria Mackey SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02
122’09” Katelyn Hughes SR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 05-05
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
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Cutoff 05-13-12 Updated 05-17-12
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
There are less than 100 students at Upton High School in the remote northeast corner of Wyoming, but that doesn't mean there isn't big-time track and field talent there.
Upton's Kevin Allen threw the discus 204 feet, 4 inches in his regional meet last weekend and will enter the WHSAA Championships this week in Casper looking to challenge John Godina's 1990 all-time state record of 210-4. It's one of Wyoming's most hallowed records.
Allen ranks US#3 with his throw from the Class 4A/2A/1A East Regional in Cheyenne, a nearly seven-foot improvement upon his previous best.
Upton's Kevin Allen threw the discus 204 feet, 4 inches in his regional meet last weekend and will enter the WHSAA Championships this week in Casper looking to challenge John Godina's 1990 all-time state record of 210-4. It's one of Wyoming's most hallowed records.
Allen ranks US#3 with his throw from the Class 4A/2A/1A East Regional in Cheyenne, a nearly seven-foot improvement upon his previous best.
Rudy Winkler has emerged a new challenger to Conor McCullough's U.S. high school record in the boys hammer (260 feet).
The junior from Averill Park, N.Y. hit a new personal best of 251-1 on Monday while competing unattached at the Army Strong Throwing Series meet on May 7.
That throw put Winkler into some elite company. He joined McCullough, Walter Henning and Jake Freeman as the only members of the 250-foot club. Only McCullough, who set his high school best as a junior, has thrown farther prior to senior yer.
The junior from Averill Park, N.Y. hit a new personal best of 251-1 on Monday while competing unattached at the Army Strong Throwing Series meet on May 7.
That throw put Winkler into some elite company. He joined McCullough, Walter Henning and Jake Freeman as the only members of the 250-foot club. Only McCullough, who set his high school best as a junior, has thrown farther prior to senior yer.
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
251’01” Joe Velez SR Averill Park, NY 05-07
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
209’02” Bryn Campbell SR Canal Winchester, OH 04-24
203’02” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 04-24
202’09” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-04
202’02” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-27
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20
189’01” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 05-05 *
188’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-09
187’09” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 04-23
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20
186’06” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-03
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
185’04” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 05-06 *
184’08” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 04-14
183’00” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 04-07
181’07” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18
178’00” Gabriel Arcaro SO Burlington, MA 05-06 *
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21
178’00” Dylan Dyke JR Waverly, OH 04-24
177’08” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 05-05 *
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20
176’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
176’01” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 04-18
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
173’00” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 05-02 *
172’02” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
170’08” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-30 *
170’03” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 05-05 *
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
168’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-20
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20
166’05” Olusegun Thomas Vadis SO Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
166’04” Steve Chevalier SR North Kingstown, RI 05-05 *
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Angel Rosario SR Bay Shore, NY 05-06 *
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21
163’03” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-24
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22
162’08” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-24
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
157’03” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
156’11” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-21
156’10” Joseph Covino SR Cumberland, RI 04-24
156’07” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22
155’08” Jared Ballenger SO Fremont Ross, OH 05-05 *
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
153’04” Chris Pensa SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 05-06 *
152’05” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 04-09
152’03” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’03” Max Lydum FR Defiance, OH 04-24
151’01” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24
150’00” Luke James SR Centerville, OH 05-02 *
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
195’06” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
191’10” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06 *
175’02” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
174’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06 *
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
201’10” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
176’07” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-07
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22-12
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’00” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-29
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
163’04” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 05-06 *
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
157’00” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-23
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
148’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06 *
147’04” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
166’04” Sidnie Wilder SO Cameron, WI 05-05 *
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
163’10” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 05-06 *
162’08” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 05-06 *
159’01” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 05-06 *
158’11” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 05-04 *
156’10” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 05-05 *
154’00” Cortney Miller SR Calvary Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 01-21
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
150’11” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 05-06 *
150’06” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22
149’10” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 05-06 *
148’07” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 05-06 *
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21
144’03” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
141’02” Gabby Smith JR Narragansett, RI 04-28
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22
139’03” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 05-05 *
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
135’02” Maddie Sears SR Peachtree Ridge, Suwanee, GA 05-06 *
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
132’11” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-28
132’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 04-21
132’04” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
132’01” Brianna O’Grady JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-05 *
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20
131’04” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 04-21
130’10” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 04-07
130’09” Emily Boardman SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-05 *
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22
130’00” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 04-09
129’05” Hannah Makowske SR Joel Barlow, Redding, CT 04-27
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21
129’01” Kayla O’Brine SO St. Francis, Sacramento, CA 05-05 *
128’11” Aysha Moreino SR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-05 *
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
126’06” Rachael Aikens SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02 *
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21
123’08” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 04-07
123’06” Teria Mackey SO Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 05-02 *
122’09” Katelyn Hughes SR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 05-05 *
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2012 (born in 1995 or 1996) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
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Cutoff 05-06-12 Updated 05-10-12
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
The senior from Heritage High School in Vancouver, Wash. blocked with such force last Saturday at the Centennial Invitational in Gresham, Ore. that he had to stop after three throws because his ankle hurt.
Sean Keller produced two of the five best javelin throws ever in those three throws, 242 feet and then 244-1. That's the third-longest throw of all-time and moved Keller to No. 2 behind record-holder Sam Crouser (who is from Gresham).
Incidentally, it wasn't the Centennial meet record. That belongs to Crouser (244-2 in 2010).
With two months (or more) left in the season, Keller has a legitimate chance to surpass Crouser's the national record of 255-4.
Sean Keller produced two of the five best javelin throws ever in those three throws, 242 feet and then 244-1. That's the third-longest throw of all-time and moved Keller to No. 2 behind record-holder Sam Crouser (who is from Gresham).
Incidentally, it wasn't the Centennial meet record. That belongs to Crouser (244-2 in 2010).
With two months (or more) left in the season, Keller has a legitimate chance to surpass Crouser's the national record of 255-4.
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
248’05” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 04-06
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
209’02” Bryn Campbell SR Canal Winchester, OH 04-24 *
203’02” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 04-24 *
202’09” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-04
202’02” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-27 *
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20
188’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-09
187’09” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 04-23 *
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20
186’06” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-03
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
184’08” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 04-14
183’00” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 04-07
181’07” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24 *
181’01” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 04-10
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21
178’00” Dylan Dyke JR Waverly, OH 04-24 *
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20
176’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
176’05” Gabriel Arcaro SO Burlington, MA 04-29 *
176’01” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 04-18
174’11” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 11-26
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
172’02” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
169’01” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
168’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-20
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20
166’05” Olusegun Thomas Vadis SO Classical, Providence, RI 04-24 *
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21
163’03” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-24 *
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22
162’08” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-24 *
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22
161’04” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
158’00” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 04-24 *
157’03” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24 *
156’11” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-21
156’10” Joseph Covino SR Cumberland, RI 04-24 *
156’07” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
152’05” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 04-09
152’03” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24 *
151’08” Steve Chevalier SR North Kingstown, RI 04-23 *
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’03” Max Lydum FR Defiance, OH 04-24 *
151’01” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24 *
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
195’06” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
175’02” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
201’10” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
176’07” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-07
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22-12 F
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’00” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-29 *
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
157’00” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-23
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
147’04” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
162’06” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 04-06
156’00” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 04-22
155’00” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 11-26
154’00” Cortney Miller SR Calvary Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 01-21 *
153’08” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 04-21
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
150’06” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22
148’00” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-07
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21
144’06” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 04-22
144’03” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
141’02” Gabby Smith JR Narragansett, RI 04-28 *
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22
139’04” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
138’04” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 04-10
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
132’11” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-28 *
132’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 04-21
132’04” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20
131’04” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 04-21
130’10” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 04-07
130’09” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 11-26
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22
130’00” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 04-09
129’05” Hannah Makowske SR Joel Barlow, Redding, CT 04-27 *
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
126’03” Brianna O’Grady JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 02-23 *
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21
123’08” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 04-07
120’05” Katelyn Hughes SR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 04-23 *
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
F – New national freshman class record.
Brinson’s record throw of 46.60m (152’11”) was at the 2012 Southern Challenge #1
meet at the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, Marietta, GA on April 22, 2012.
This broke Zack Richards’ (FR/Monroe, WA) record of 149’09” set at the Pre-4th
of July Hammer Blast in Shelton, WA on July 3, 2005.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2012 (born in 1995 or 1996) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
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Cutoff 04-29-12 Updated 05-03-12
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
248’05” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 04-06
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
209’02” Bryn Campbell SR Canal Winchester, OH 04-24 *
203’02” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 04-24 *
202’09” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-04
202’02” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-27 *
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20
188’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-09
187’09” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 04-23 *
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20
186’06” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-03
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
184’08” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 04-14
183’00” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 04-07
181’07” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24 *
181’01” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 04-10
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21
178’00” Dylan Dyke JR Waverly, OH 04-24 *
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20
176’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
176’05” Gabriel Arcaro SO Burlington, MA 04-29 *
176’01” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 04-18
174’11” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 11-26
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
172’02” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
169’01” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
168’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-20
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20
166’05” Olusegun Thomas Vadis SO Classical, Providence, RI 04-24 *
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21
163’03” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-24 *
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22
162’08” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-24 *
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22
161’04” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
158’00” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 04-24 *
157’03” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24 *
156’11” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-21
156’10” Joseph Covino SR Cumberland, RI 04-24 *
156’07” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21
152’05” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 04-09
152’03” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-24 *
151’08” Steve Chevalier SR North Kingstown, RI 04-23 *
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’03” Max Lydum FR Defiance, OH 04-24 *
151’01” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24 *
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
195’06” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
175’02” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
201’10” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
176’07” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-07
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22-12 F
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’00” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-29 *
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
157’00” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-23
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
147’04” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
162’06” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 04-06
156’00” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 04-22
155’00” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 11-26
154’00” Cortney Miller SR Calvary Chapel Christian, Las Vegas, NV 01-21 *
153’08” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 04-21
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
150’06” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22
148’00” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-07
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21
144’06” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 04-22
144’03” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
141’02” Gabby Smith JR Narragansett, RI 04-28 *
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22
139’04” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22
138’04” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 04-10
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
132’11” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-28 *
132’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 04-21
132’04” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20
131’04” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 04-21
130’10” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 04-07
130’09” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 11-26
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22
130’00” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 04-09
129’05” Hannah Makowske SR Joel Barlow, Redding, CT 04-27 *
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
126’03” Brianna O’Grady JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 02-23 *
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21
123’08” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 04-07
120’05” Katelyn Hughes SR Smithfield, Esmond, RI 04-23 *
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
F – New national freshman class record.
Brinson’s record throw of 46.60m (152’11”) was at the 2012 Southern Challenge #1
meet at the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, Marietta, GA on April 22, 2012.
This broke Zack Richards’ (FR/Monroe, WA) record of 149’09” set at the Pre-4th
of July Hammer Blast in Shelton, WA on July 3, 2005.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2012 (born in 1995 or 1996) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cutoff 04-29-12 Updated 05-03-12
Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fullchannel.net
Mac Wilkins competed in the throws for 23 years, he made four Olympic teams and broke the world record in the discus four times. He also won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. It's no wonder he is in the USATF Hall of Fame.
He has been no less influential as a coach, instructing all levels and all ages of throwers in the Northwest. He is the throws coach at Portland's Concordia University, an NAIA school, and has built one of the strongest programs in the country. He also spearheaded the development and construction of the Concordia Throws Center, a world-class training and competition venue that is home to two U.S. high school records (Cousins Sam and Ryan Crouser hit their best marks there).
Check out his insightful interview with Portland radio host John Canzano (May 1) here.
In Mac Wilkins' own words, a new tip for throwers ...
One Good Turn Creates Another… Look to the start to correct your delivery errors.
I spent a recent Friday watching 7.5 hours of discus at the Mt SAC Relays in the 90 degree sun. A curious thing struck me while seeing throwers and their coaches communicating to each other from the stands and the infield with arm, hand and body gyrations and a few short words. Usually they were showing how the left shoulder was pulling down and away during delivery. Sometimes the coach’s upper body would jack knife forward indicating an upper body throw. Then they would stop and push their right hip ahead of the shoulder indicating the correct delivery. Occasionally the thrower would indicate a scooping motion with the arm.
But … They were all focused on the delivery of the discus. No one focused on the start at the back of the circle! Wow! This is where the errors are generated. Fix the back and the delivery will be correct.
Pulling away on delivery is the result of being off balance to the left at the back of the circle, NOT fighting too hard at the front with the left arm. It’s a natural consequence and you can’t avoid it. If you are ON BALANCE at the back it will be very difficult if not impossible to pull down and away at the front of the circle. If you are OFF balance at the back it will be very difficult if not impossible to NOT pull down and away with your left shoulder on delivery.
Eliminate the root cause of the Problem which is at the back of the circle.
He has been no less influential as a coach, instructing all levels and all ages of throwers in the Northwest. He is the throws coach at Portland's Concordia University, an NAIA school, and has built one of the strongest programs in the country. He also spearheaded the development and construction of the Concordia Throws Center, a world-class training and competition venue that is home to two U.S. high school records (Cousins Sam and Ryan Crouser hit their best marks there).
Check out his insightful interview with Portland radio host John Canzano (May 1) here.
In Mac Wilkins' own words, a new tip for throwers ...
One Good Turn Creates Another… Look to the start to correct your delivery errors.
I spent a recent Friday watching 7.5 hours of discus at the Mt SAC Relays in the 90 degree sun. A curious thing struck me while seeing throwers and their coaches communicating to each other from the stands and the infield with arm, hand and body gyrations and a few short words. Usually they were showing how the left shoulder was pulling down and away during delivery. Sometimes the coach’s upper body would jack knife forward indicating an upper body throw. Then they would stop and push their right hip ahead of the shoulder indicating the correct delivery. Occasionally the thrower would indicate a scooping motion with the arm.
But … They were all focused on the delivery of the discus. No one focused on the start at the back of the circle! Wow! This is where the errors are generated. Fix the back and the delivery will be correct.
Pulling away on delivery is the result of being off balance to the left at the back of the circle, NOT fighting too hard at the front with the left arm. It’s a natural consequence and you can’t avoid it. If you are ON BALANCE at the back it will be very difficult if not impossible to pull down and away at the front of the circle. If you are OFF balance at the back it will be very difficult if not impossible to NOT pull down and away with your left shoulder on delivery.
Eliminate the root cause of the Problem which is at the back of the circle.
Sean Keller launches No. 2 all-time 244-1
April, 29, 2012
Apr 29
1:15
AM ET
By Doug Binder | ESPN.com
CENTENNIAL INVITATIONAL RESULTS
What a difference a week made for javelin thrower Sean Keller of Heritage (Vancouver, Wash.).
With a tired arm and mediocre performances (for him) in meets on back-to-back days, Keller seemed stuck in the 211-to 214-foot range.
On Saturday at the Centennial Invitational in Gresham, Ore., Keller said he was "stoked" after breaking his own Washington state record and moving to No. 2 all-time with 244-1 on his first attempt. On his second throw, Keller hit 242 feet. His third went 228 and then he withdrew from the competition because the force of his blocking was causing pain in his ankle.
Keller missed the national federation (in-season, high-school-only competion) record held by Sam Crouser by one inch. Crouser's all-time national record is 255-4, set in 2010.
Now Keller is renewed in his belief that he can get that record.
"I know I can do it," Keller said. "I'm coming after it."
After winning the javelin at the Oregon Relays last week with 213-11, officials weighed his javelin and found that it was too heavy by 28 grams. Keller decided to set that javelin aside and only use it for practice and returned feeling rested and ready to throw the usual 800-gram javelin.
"My arm felt great," Keller said. "I didn't think my arm was going to let me (throw 244)."
Keller set the Washington record at the Centennial Invitational last year when he threw a US-leading 232-1.
His two big throws yesterday are now among the top five of all-time, joining three of Crouser's (255-4, 244-2, 243-3).
Incidentally, Haley Crouser, the girls national record holder, took the week off from competition. She lives a couple of miles from Centennial and won the javelin title there in 2010 and 2011. She initially chose to bypass Centennial out of fear that a planned teacher's strike might close school this week.
What a difference a week made for javelin thrower Sean Keller of Heritage (Vancouver, Wash.).
With a tired arm and mediocre performances (for him) in meets on back-to-back days, Keller seemed stuck in the 211-to 214-foot range.
On Saturday at the Centennial Invitational in Gresham, Ore., Keller said he was "stoked" after breaking his own Washington state record and moving to No. 2 all-time with 244-1 on his first attempt. On his second throw, Keller hit 242 feet. His third went 228 and then he withdrew from the competition because the force of his blocking was causing pain in his ankle.
Keller missed the national federation (in-season, high-school-only competion) record held by Sam Crouser by one inch. Crouser's all-time national record is 255-4, set in 2010.
Now Keller is renewed in his belief that he can get that record.
"I know I can do it," Keller said. "I'm coming after it."
After winning the javelin at the Oregon Relays last week with 213-11, officials weighed his javelin and found that it was too heavy by 28 grams. Keller decided to set that javelin aside and only use it for practice and returned feeling rested and ready to throw the usual 800-gram javelin.
"My arm felt great," Keller said. "I didn't think my arm was going to let me (throw 244)."
Keller set the Washington record at the Centennial Invitational last year when he threw a US-leading 232-1.
His two big throws yesterday are now among the top five of all-time, joining three of Crouser's (255-4, 244-2, 243-3).
Incidentally, Haley Crouser, the girls national record holder, took the week off from competition. She lives a couple of miles from Centennial and won the javelin title there in 2010 and 2011. She initially chose to bypass Centennial out of fear that a planned teacher's strike might close school this week.
U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW
NATIONAL RECORD
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
243’11” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-03-07
260’00” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-28-08
256’09” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-18-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
248’05” Rudy Winkler JR Averill Park, NY 04-06
222’09” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
210’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 02-25
209’02” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
202’09” Reuben Horace SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-04
201’09” Chase Carroll JR North Cobb Christian, Acworth, GA 04-22 *
195’06” Cameron Brown SR Ravenwood, Brentwood, TN 04-20 *
192’09” Darien Thornton SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-03
188’07” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-09
188’04” Kevin Conway SR Westerly, RI 04-07
187’04” Lovell Peterson JR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18 *
186’08” Nikolas Huffman JR Virginia, Bristol, VA 04-20 *
186’06” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-03
186’03” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 04-07
184’08” Travis Pickett SR Snohomish, WA 04-14
183’00” Triton Pitassi JR Camas, WA 04-07
181’01” Alex Briggs SR Portsmouth, RI 04-10
179’02” Mahlik Handley JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 04-09
178’11” Kyle White SR Centralia, WA 04-07
178’04” Benny McGowan SR Centerville, OH 04-18 *
178’00” Damon Unland JR Ferris, Spokane, WA 04-21 *
177’06” Alex Young SR LaVergne, TN 04-20 *
176’09” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
176’01” Clarence Gallop JR Central, Providence, RI 04-18 *
174’11” Josh Whitener JR North Paulding, Dallas, GA 11-26
174’04” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22 *
172’02” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
171’07” Vincent Ziraldo SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22 *
171’02” John Celona SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-04
169’11” Jacob Beene FR Gilbert, AZ 03-16
169’01” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
168’04” Ndailor Sheriff SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-20 *
167’02” Jacob Foutz SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21 *
166’10” Bryan Rhodes SR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 04-20 *
166’04” James Rowland JR Northside (2A), Jacksonville, NC 04-07
165’11” Kyle Merkley SR Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 03-30
165’06” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
164’08” Dylan Gardner JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’11” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
163’10” John Higgins SR Glacier Peak, Snohomish, WA 04-21 *
162’11” Brock Eager SO Tahoma, Maple Valley, WA 03-24
162’09” Kyle Johnson JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 04-22 *
161’05” Kyle Littles JR Our Lady of Mercy Catholic, Fairburn, GA 04-22 *
161’04” Joe Vincent JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
159’06” Victor Campbell SR Northside (2A) Jacksonville, NC 04-07
156’11” Rafael Ramirez SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-21 *
156’07” Brad Bassette SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
156’06” Nick Budincich SR Loyola, Los Angeles, CA 04-22 *
154’11” Nicholas Rea SR Sheldon, Eugene, OR 04-21 *
153’06” Phil Maloney SR Portsmouth, RI 04-10
152’09” P.J. Andrews SR Lincoln, RI 04-18 *
152’05” Brian Bianchi JR West Warwick, RI 04-09
151’11” Robert Landers FR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-07
151’05” Derek Ferra SR East Greenwich, RI 04-03
151’04” Zachery Driver JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-02
150’02” Joseph Theis SR Wayne, Huber Heights, OH 04-18 *
150’02” Cory Woodbine JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-09
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 5K HAMMER THROW
National Record
263’09” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-01-08
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
195’06” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
175’02” Connor Fugere SO Woonsocket, RI 04-07
169’07” Matt Casbarro JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW
National Record
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
218’01” Rudy Winkler SO Averill Park, NY 07-17-11
248’11” Conor McCullough JR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-12-08
247’00” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-26-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
201’10” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
176’07” Carlos Mangum JR Central, Providence, RI 04-07
170’01” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 09-24
159’00” Ed Cummins SR Lincoln, RI 04-07
158’01” Robert Palazzo SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW
National Record
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
Class Records
149’09” Zack Richards FR Monroe, WA 07-03-05
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
219’07” Conor McCullough SR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 07-22-09
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
173’01” Michael Foley SR Norte Dame Preparatory, Scottsdale, AZ 04-13
170’11” Joe Velez SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
159’07” Charlie Ionata JR Barrington, RI 04-07
157’00” Austin Funk SR Post Falls, ID 10-23
154’10” Colin Minor SO South Brunswick, Southport, NC 03-16
152’11” Kenneth Brinson FR Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22 *
147’04” Andy Miller JR Capital, Olympia, WA 04-07
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW
National Record
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
180’04” Casey Kraychir SO Twentynine Palms, CA 07-09-08
214’04” Shelby Ashe JR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 06-15-10
211’01” Shelby Ashe SR St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA 05-15-11
2012 PERFORMANCE LIST
186’02” Avana Story SR Woodward Academy, College Park, GA 03-03
174’11” Torie Owers SR Athens Academy, Athens, GA 11-26
169’11” Ashley Weber SR Buena, Sierra Vista, AZ 03-17
163’11” Cara McClain SR John C. Kimball, Tracy, CA 02-18
162’06” Ashlen Veatch SR Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA 04-06
156’00” Sabrina Gaitan FR Sprayberry, Marietta, GA 04-22 *
155’00” Monica Phillips SR Pope, Marietta, GA 11-26
153’08” Erica King JR Cuyahoga Falls, OH 04-21 *
153’01” McKenzie Warren SR Sandy, OR 04-21 *
152’01” Becky Cousens SR Portsmouth, RI 04-03
150’06” Maggie DuFault SR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’05” Lindsay McKee SR Santa Teresa, San Jose, CA 04-22 *
148’00” Catherine Maloney SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-07
147’10” Lissette Mendivil SR Redwood, Visalia, CA 04-22 *
146’05” Katie Wardsworth JR Central Valley, Spokane, WA 04-21 *
144’06” Josie Hardin JR Harrison, Kennesaw, GA 04-22 *
144’03” Ann Dagrin SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
139’09” Kelli Thomas SO Luella, Locust Grove, GA 04-22 *
139’04” Kamryn Brinson 8TH Marist, Atlanta, GA 04-22 *
138’04” Leia Mistowski SO Narragansett, RI 04-10
138’00” Dorienne Ordaz SR Bravo Magnet, Los Angeles, CA 04-14
137’08” Danielle Borriello SO Ellenville, NY 04-07
136’10” Carolyn Gravelle SR Snohonmish, WA 04-07
135’03” Casidy Callahan JR Norcross, GA 11-26
133’06” Molly McCullough JR Mission Viejo, CA 04-14
132’07” Dakota Kliamovich SR Central Valley, Veradale, WA 04-21 *
132’04” Marthaline Cooper JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
131’09” Jennifer Slagus JR North Pocono, Moscow, PA 04-20 *
131’04” Emily Flynn SR University, Spokane Valley, WA 04-21 *
130’10” Grace Janes SR Rogers, Newport, RI 04-07
130’09” Nyla Woods SO Henry W. Grady, Atlanta, GA 11-26
130’02” Brooke Anderson JR Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, CA 04-22 *
130’00” Katie Irwin SO Chariho, Wood River Junction, RI 04-09
129’05” Adrienne Thornton SR John D. O’Bryant, Roxbury, MA 04-07
129’01” Kayla Loop SR Asotin, WA 04-21 *
128’06” Dominique Darby SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-03
125’06” Destinee Barrette JR Pilgrim, Warwick, RI 04-07
125’04” Becca Leppelmeier JR McComb, OH 04-14
125’01” Michaelyn Mills SR Meade, Spokane, WA 04-21 *
123’08” Rachel Martschinske SR Camas, WA 04-07
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Standards: boys’ 5k – 160’, 12# - 150, 6k - 145’, 16# - 140’, girls’ 4k 120’.
Weekly/final updates up to top 100 in each gender.
* - Addition or improvement since last update.
Although the 5k hammer throw is not normally contested in the U.S. it is conducted
in some meets. Boys’ 5k performances of 160’ or more in an officially sanctioned
meet will be included in the performance list providing the athlete is 16 or 17
years old through December 31, 2012 (born in 1995 or 1996) in accordance with
IAAF guidelines for Youth Athletes.
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Submitted photoStraight out of an old photo album, here is author Jeff Gorski throwing in the 1970s.Every couple of months, usually after a good result from a non-U.S. college thrower, message boards will light up with anonymous posters berating these athletes for their age, the "personal" or "national" coaches, the scholarships they steal that cost us "our tax dollars" or some combination of these and more.
To all of these experts: Get over it.
Over the last four decades I've seen quite a bit of a change in the makeup of teams at the NCAA level. When I first came to college back in the early 1970s there were no restrictions on the number of scholarships a school could offer. As long as you had the money to cover the check, you could sign as many kids to your program you wanted. These were the days of football powers like Oklahoma and Ohio State signing kids just so Nebraska or Michigan couldn't get them. There were 100-120 guys on scholarship in those programs.
My freshman year at North Carolina was an eye-opener to me in many ways. I went to my first Penn Relays and saw the United Nations All-Stars that was the University of Texas-El Paso. From what I could gather, the sprinters/jumpers were all from Caribbean nations, the distance guys were all East Africans and the throwers were all Scandinavian, save for one hammer thrower from Australia.
I'd had a pretty serious culture shock (different food, friendly people and cleaner air) in coming to the South from the suburbs of New York City. Seeing the Penn Relays was a wonderful experience and I met people from all over the world. It was the start of a lifelong love affair with our sport, not just for the challenges and pleasures that come from self-reliance, but also for the cultural and educational experiences found by meeting others with the same passion. I forged friendships that lasted until money ran out for postage stamps (this was the 70s ... long distance phone calls were still special events).
By the time I started coaching in the 1980s Title IX was law and limits to the number of scholarships per sport were regulated. There were foreign student-athletes at programs across the U.S. but it was not like what I saw with UTEP. There were smatterings of visiting kids at locations everywhere but it was usually no more than three or four per school. Many of these foreigners were studs who challenged for NCAA titles and spots on their Olympic teams back home. Texas schools had some of the best throwers you'd want to see in those years: SMU's Roald Bradstock and Robert Weir threw for countless U.K. international teams (and Roald also threw for the USA a few times), Texas had a run of Nordic javelin throwers (Olympians all), including Iceland's Einar Vilhjįlmsson and Sweden's Dag Wenlund, who both topped 300 feet with the "old rules" javelin, and Swede Patrik Boden, a two-time NCAA champion who set the world record with the "new rules" javelin as a Longhorn. UTEP used its connections to bring over Norway's Sven Walvik, who took the NCAA discus title, and Finn Matti Narhi, who speared an NCAA javelin crown.
Schools developed relationships with either a particular nation, or region, to attract throwers: Icelanders to Alabama, Scandinavians to BYU, Irish throwers to Manhattan come to mind. But looking back at old Track & Field News issues (my old college coach gave me a closet-full of them when he retired) these non U.S. throwers comprised 15 percent of all those on top 40 performance lists. It was not a huge influx of foreign students taking spots from U.S. kids, yet I started hearing that gripe while out on the recruiting trail. "All these foreign kids are stealing our scholarships and wasting our tax dollars," was the refrain.
It’s just not true. There may be a dozen or so foreign athletes in each throwing event across the U.S., but those events total 700 to 1,000 athletes each. And athletic scholarships are funded by university athletic departments with private funds, not tax money.
I'm of a mind that feel-good parenting is at the root of this kind of entitled thinking. Every kid who plays any youth sport comes home with a trophy each season, awards for the “Best Patience By a non-Starter” or for being “Team Spirit Leader.” Kids used to learn many things from sport, including someone wins and others don't when you keep score. And, for many, the pain of losing is the big motivating factor in improvement to local, regional or national dominance. Go back to my very first blog item (Why do we Throw?) to see what that “I'll show you” attitude can produce. Instead, we have kids (and parents) who think they can just roll off the sofa, drop the GameCube and get a full ride to UCLA because they got fifth place in the shot put at the county meet.
We have so much great information available today. Stuff we (athletes in their 50s and older) never could have dreamed of: Internet chat sites where you can "talk" with world-class athletes and coaches, YouTube videos, and more. Yet the overall depth of results in the throws in U.S. high schools seems to weaken. There are always going to be the outliers – those with talent but equal amounts of drive, inspiration and determination that they find a way to succeed regardless of the facilities, equipment or coaching. Those future stars exist today, but in much smaller numbers.
Fewer people are willing to get their fingers dirty working for something. Instead, they prefer to wait for someone to just drop a winning lottery ticket in their laps. Case in point: In my senior year of high school, I threw just over 213 feet in javelin. That barely got me into the top 10 performers list in my state that year, and not even close to the national top 25 or 30 lists. Today that mark would be a top-10 national mark just about every year. Sometimes, it’d be top-five. I know the javelin has changed since then, but the majority of high school throwers do not have great alignment/flighting skills, so I feel that some guys from my era might have only lost a couple feet with the switch to the current one.
To help illustrate my point about the ratio of foreign to U.S. throwers being well in favor of Americans, here's the average number of non-U.S./U.S. throwers (M&W combined) in NCAA D1 schools taken from Top 25 performance lists over the last five years:
Discus: 8 non/42 U.S.
Shot: 10 non/40 U.S.
Hammer: 12 non/38 U.S.
Javelin: 9 non/41 U.S.
In many ways the influence of overseas kids has helped raise the level of our coaching and understanding for college coaches and athletes, with much of that information filtering down to high school and club coaches via clinics, camps and various internet sites. Good technical information from years of research and experience in other countries is paying off here, if the information is understood and applied properly. Clinics and training camps have been established around the U.S. that bring together some of the world's best coaches and athletes to share what they know is successful: The East and West Coast hammer clinics with Yuri Sedykh; Mac Wilkins’ Throws Center; John Powell's Shot/Discus camps; the Ironwoods Throws Camp; the Klub Keihas Throwing Schools (and current Kultan Keihas Project) are good, but not the only examples.
They have all been up and running for many years now and all provide the very best in technical information, good training advice/programs and many of the other aspects needed for throwing success. There are several very good instructional DVD's on the market to help you understand your event and how to train for it more successfully; there are websites that can put you into contact with some of the world's elite throwers and coaches for the purpose of gaining valuable advice. You just have to avail yourselves of them, get away from the keyboard (or smart phone, or Blackberry or whatever the current electronic rage is) and go do some work! You have better access, information and methods of training today then at any time in human history ... go use them!
OK ... rant over. I feel better.
Submitted photoTyler Schultz broke the one-year-old South Dakota state record in the shot put on April 20, and hit a new US#1 also.Schultz broke the South Dakota record set in 2011 by Kyle McKelvey (Beresford, S.D.), who threw 69-3.
It also is the current US#1 -- by more than three feet.
Schultz, who is committed to Colorado State, won a silver medal at last year's World Youth Championships in France.