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...fooled around with the shot put and the javelin in high school, so the only event he needed to master was the high hurdles, still his weakest event...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Pete Rittenburg: Jack of All Trades | 2/10/1983 | See Source »

...getting himself into was multi-event competition. His next move was to prep for the decathlon, the 10-event contest that consists of the 100-meter sprint, the long jump, the high jump, the 400 meter race, the 100-meter high hurdles, the discus, the pole vault, the javelin and the 1500-meter...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Pete Rittenburg: Jack of All Trades | 2/10/1983 | See Source »

...wasn't too good a javelin thrower in high school, and my freshman year here I was pretty mediocre, I just kept doing it because track was a good break from studies...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Too Scrawny to Throw | 12/15/1982 | See Source »

Neither the technique nor the success have come easily for Quintero. He only began throwing the weight and its outdoor counter part, the hammer, his sophomore year. He joined the track team as a javelin thrower, but found little success in that event...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Too Scrawny to Throw | 12/15/1982 | See Source »

That is just what the physically active woman is doing, while maintaining a full-time successful career. Dr. Frances Conley, 42, is a Palo Alto, Calif., brain surgeon who trades in her scalpel for a javelin once a week. Beth Edens, 31, is usually on the move as a sales representative for a Houston printing company but still finds time to keep in shape with aerobic-exercise classes. "It's mental health," she says. "If it helps me physically, fine. But most of all it's a release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideal Of Beauty | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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