Word: hammered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throwing the hammer is an individual pursuit; a thrower competes against his own physical limits and previous best distances more than battling opponents...
Whether he will want to continue throwing the hammer after this season remains a questionmark with Lenz: "It's hard for throwers, once out of college you're really on your own; there aren't coaches, facilities, or the financial support available. I'd probably have to go out to a cornfield somewhere to practice...
...hammer throw is a little known and much neglected event outside of track and field circles. Many people don't realize that the hammer is not an over-sized nail-pounder, but a 16-1b metal ball attached to a long metal handle that is whirled about the head twice and let fly, usually soaring 200 feet through...
Crimson track tri-captain Tom Lenz, who has broken the school record twice this year, and is throwing consistently around 212 feet--par with the best college throwers in the country--has been attracting considerable attention to hammer throwing this year...
...tracksters got off to a fast start by winning three of the first four events. Tricaptain "T" Lenze again broke his school record in the hammer throw, set two weeks ago, with a toss of 212 ft. 4 in. Freshman Gus Udo did more than his share in the field events, taking first in the long jump and second in the triple jump...