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Freshman Nicolas Sweeney is Harvard's top discus thrower. Haggerty predicts, "Nic Sweeney should be one of the top in the league...
Later in the day, a women's discus thrower from Boston College let me examine her practice discus. It weighed less than five pounds. With such a light weight, I wondered why discus throwers didn't throw the discus like a frisbee. But when I tried to hold the discus in a classic frisbee-throwing position, I found it difficult to do so. No edge had been formed on the outer rim around which I could wrap my fingers...
...weight events, junior James Russell, who has already qualified for the national championships, captured the hammer throw with a throw of 194-ft., 3-in. Sophomore Joe Giani nabbed second in the discus with a toss...
...according to Haggerty, the Crimson was not even in full gear yesterday. "We gave away points on the shot and the discus [and] we held Erin Sugrue out of the triple jump," Haggerty said. "It's very important before the Heptagonals and after the Penn Relays [held last week] to keep constant attention to injuries...
...Discus--1. Dan Ford, Dartmouth, 150-ft., 6-in.; 2. Jim Brown, Dartmouth, 148-ft., 11 1/2-in.; 3. Norman Rothschild, Harvard, 142-ft., 7 1/2-in...