Word: hammerism
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...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...
...event of the day, however, came at the very beginning of the meet as a crowd gathered to watch hammer throwing giants Tim Bruno of Brown and the Crimson's Tom Lenz square off. Tri-captain Lenz topped his Soldiers Field record-breaking toss of last weekend against Northeastern with a heave of 212 feet, smashing the Harvard record by four feet, and any hopes Bruno might have had for victory...
...captain Tom Lenz led the way in the hammer throw, setting a new stadium record of 206 ft., 8 in., an awesome early-season distance, and fell one foot shy of his own school record...