Word: javelin
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...javelin, Duffy was edged out by Mike Carr of UMass but secured second place, lofting a throw 62.91 meters across the field...
...women’s javelin, Julia Pederson took second with a throw of 42.96 meters while freshman Lauren Walker and junior Danila Musante both ran personal bests in the 800 meters...
Then a glint of light catches the eye: a javelin, thrown by one of the women in the heptathlon competition. It arcs down into the sod: 120 ft. and change. The distance is not impressive. "Wait for Jackie," someone says. Jackie Joyner, silver medalist at the Los Angeles Olympics last summer, has won the first five heptathlon events here at the U.S. Olympic Committee's National Sports Festival meet. She appears at the beginning of the javelin run-in, holds her spear head-high, level with the ground, and flows into the unmistakable prancing, straight-backed run that must have...
Joyner does reach 147 ft. 9 in. on her next try, and no opponent today will come close. But she needs another 10 ft. in the javelin to beat Jane Frederick's American heptathlon record of 6,803 points. She hoists her last throw too high. It noses up, catches air and falls short. There is no time to brood; she has an 800-meter run to get through. Less than an hour later, tiring, she squeezes out a win in this last competition--a gaudy seven victories out of seven events. And though her point total...
This year saw several standout performances. For the women, sophomore Julia Pederson won the javelin, freshman Dimma Kalu took the women’s 200-meter, and freshman Lindsay Scherf won the women’s 1500-meter...