Word: javelin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seniors Dave Kinney and Mike Steward will throw the javelin, and both have tossed in the 220-ft. range. Joe Pellegrini, the Harvard record holder in the discus with a distance of 180 feet, is a big plus for the Crimson...
With the exception of the hurdles and javelin, depth will be a team strength. Hunt-says his team has "two or three" people behind its own strongest competitor in most events...
...lets the compliments come her way; she is reluctant to praise herself, even a little. She quickly passes over her three-sport high school career at St. Bernard's in Uncasville, Conn., brushing aside the details of a tennis-basketball-track triple that included some fine performances throwing the javelin...
...what my potential is. I don't do it for anyone else. I do it for myself." Luesing will never make the Olympics, but her feelings, and those of thousands like her, parallel the thoughts of someone who has: Kate Schmidt, 24, who took a bronze medal in the javelin in Montreal. Says she: "I love to see myself getting strong, being competent and taking care of myself. That's probably the most motivating part of being an athlete...
...problem for Stiles and other members of the field event squad, such as Dave Kinney, who failed to score in the javelin event, was one of adjustment to the outdoors, coach McCurdy said...