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When 47-year-old Discus Thrower Al Oerter wrecked his calf three weeks ago and abandoned his quest for a fifth gold-medal Games, sentiment took a tough loss. But it rebounded marvelously in the person of Hammer Thrower Burke, 44, the singular delight of the trials. His motto: "We must not step off life's parade." A veteran of the 1968 Olympics, Burke retired for twelve years, patented a hydraulic weight-lifting machine and sold it for $2 million. Five years ago, his two teen-age daughters helped him scrub the rust from the old ball and chain...
...Penn Relays on Friday. Sheehan, Dixon, Dwayne Jones, and Brad Bunney finished second in the Distance Relay, turning in a time of 9:27.5, only three seconds over the world record, while Stricker finished second in the mile with 4:36, her best time of the season. Hammer thrower Al Quintero finished fourth at Penn on Friday with the best throw of his career and then went on to top it on Saturday at the GBCs...
...clinched the meet thanks to some fine jumping, some outstanding throwing and strong performances in the middle distance events. To get the afternoon started, weight thrower A1 Quintero won his event with his best performance ever, a toss of 59 ft., 1/2-in., just two feet short of the NCAA qualifying distance...
...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...
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...