Word: discuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field events, Harvard senior Chris Sullivan won the high jump, clearing 2.0 meters, and sophomore Nic Sweeney won the discus with a throw of 48.7 meters...
Crimson women also excelled in the throws, winning three of four events. Manda Schossberger threw the javelin 116-ft., 11-in., for first place, and Cathy Griffin swept the shot and discus events...
Crimson highlights in the field events came from Bob Herbst and NicSweeney. Herbst won the pole vault with a clear of 13-ft., 6-in., and Sweeney took the discus with a hurl...
...began her programmed life at a "sports-oriented" school in her native Tashkent at age seven. She was spotted as a potential champion at 14. Coach Faina Melnik saw her during a scouting trip and persuaded her to move to Moscow as soon as she finished high school. A discus thrower at the time, she tried the shot at Melnik's suggestion and soon switched, a daring decision for an athlete already in her late teens. Within four years, helped by careful coaching and a training regimen of up to six hours a day for six days a week...
...knows how to channel my ambition," says Hesslich. Functionaries also steer potential stars to where they will be most effective. Gabriele Reinsch, 24, started as a high jumper in the fourth grade and moved to shot put after an injury. When she proved too light, she was shifted to discus, and now holds the world's record...