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...Thea Lee, Meredith MacGregor, and Eliza Ives answered the call, finishing second with a 12:20.26 finish.Boyle finished fourth overall—third among college student-athletes—in the women’s hammer with a toss of 44.97 meters.Sophomore Jack Brady finished second in both the discus and the shot put, launching the latter a personal best 15.49 meters.Freshman Sean Gil cleared 4.60 meter to win the men’s pole vault, while senior Clara Blattler finished third on the women’s side, clearing a 3.55-meter bar.—Staff writer Dixon...
...first modern track-and-field athlete to win gold in four consecutive Olympics--only Carl Lewis has since accomplished that feat--but Al Oerter, the discus-throwing sensation of the 1950s and '60s, was decidedly low-tech. (A favorite training tool was a flip book that showed the movements of a hurler.) He won first place in the Games of 1956, '60, '64 and '68, in each case competing and setting Olympic records despite injuries. "These are the Olympics," he said. "You die before you quit." Oerter was 71 and died of heart failure...
...former high school sprinter underwent years of physical therapy and rehabilitation before he discovered, six months ago, that he could not only throw the shot put and discus, but he could throw them well. And at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, two weeks after the Olympics, Winkler could have a chance to serve the U.S. in a different way - by proving he is the best in the world. "Everybody has hidden talents somewhere along the line," he says. "I never, ever threw shot put or discus. I thought fishing was my only thing...
...Winkler also hopes to be a shoo-in for the shot put and discus at the Beijing trials in 2008. He has been to the Colorado camp twice, this past session to help motivate newly injured servicemen and women. "My thought process is, someone helped me at one time, so if you can just help one person, you've accomplished a lot." And he has. Already a champion at several regional competitions, Winkler has set his sights high for Beijing: "I want to be going for the world record, or just win a gold...
...racked up points in the field events on the way to finishing fourth at UMass on Saturday.Junior Alex Obrecht and freshman Jack Brady took the top two spots in the shot put, with Obrecht throwing 15.58 meters and Brady coming in at 14.65 meters.Brady also finished second in the discus with a 45.35-meter heave, and Obrecht was fourth in the same event after a 44.62-meter toss.Sophomore Neville Irani was second in the hammer throw with a 52.86-meter throw, and senior co-captain Christian Ayers added a point with a sixth-place finish.Senior Matt Niemczak rounded...