Word: hammerism
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Sometimes you’re the hammer. Sometimes you’re the nail. The Harvard men’s hockey team proved this season that it doesn’t take very long to change from one to the other...
...year ago, the idea of Grant earning a ranking among the top 20 in the country in the hammer throw seemed farfetched. She had shown marked improvement during her junior year, achieving a 52.40-meter throw against Yale to move to second on the school’s performance list. But she’d need another seven-meter improvement to be a serious national competitor. In May of her senior campaign, in a relaxed meet at Princeton, she achieved that goal...
...Grant’s dreams of an NCAA appearance then rested on the hammer throw in the outdoor season...
Grant felt the ring, the area where one turns around and throws the hammer, was faster than any of the competitors were used...
...Grant and Siilats, the toughest college competition may still await at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Grant ranks 12th nationally in the hammer throw thanks to her 59.59-meter performance from Heps, while Siilats is tied with eight other high jumpers for 10th with her 1.80-meter leap from Heps. Neither passed the automatic qualifying marks for their events, but a top-16 national finish is typically enough to make NCAAs...