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Strong points in the field events look to be sophomore Dave Kinney in the javelin and Joe Pellegrini and Chris Queenan in the discus. Tom McDivitt will be supporting veteran hammer hurler Ed Ajootian in that event...
...high-flying Kathy McMillan, 18, of Raeford, N.C. Not since 1968 at Mexico City had the U.S. women won a silver or gold. Saturday afternoon the East German lightning was hurled by Ruth Fuchs, 29, who dramatically speared the hopes of U.S. Champion Kathy Schmidt with an Olympic-record javelin throw of 216 ft. 4 in. Schmidt's best, 209 ft. 10 in., came on her last chance, and won the bronze...
...JAVELIN...
When Kathy Schmidt's parents first recognized their young daughter's exceptional athletic ability, they nurtured visions of raising a smashing tennis player or a power-hitting golfer. But always one to play her own game, Schmidt picked up a javelin at 13 and has not put it down since. In 1972, when she was 18, she threw 200 ft. 6 in. for an American record, the first of many that she set-and broke. The latest (218 ft. 3 in.) came last month at the A.A.U. championships in Los Angeles, where she outthrew her closest competitor...
Other Harvard trackmen placed high in their events. David Kinney placed second in the javelin, Huntington Block and Mitch Whitten garnered fifth places in the long jump and shot put, respectively, and Jeff Stiles placed third in the pole vault...