U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 12# HAMMER THROW NATIONAL RECORD Jacob Freeman Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 253’03” 1999 Class RecordsWalter Henning FR St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 193’02” 04Walter Henning SO St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 226’06” 05Adam Midles JR Capital, Olympia, WA 231’02” 01Jacob Freeman SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 253’03” 99 2005 SEASON PERFORMANCE […]
On Sunday, Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) improved his season best to 226’09” in Washington to move inches ahead of Walter Henning (St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY) on the national performance list. Henning, in the meantime, is preparing for next week’s IAAF World Youth Championships in Morocco. The results of the Washington meet are not […]
Over the past weekend, junior athletes (born in 1986 or later) competed for a chance to represent America at next month’s Pan Am Junior Championships in Ontario, Canada. The top two finishers in each competition made Team USA. In the junior men’s hammer throw, high school throwers did the best. Five of the top seven […]
Ashley Muffet (North Canton, Hoowever, OH) was victorious in her first hammer throw competition of the season. Muffet threw 171’05” on her last throw to overtake Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) for the win at the Nike Outdoor Nationals. The men’s competition was just as a close. Walter Henning (St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY) led […]
Over the weekend, the battle for the freshman national record continued. This time, Allison Horder (Lovett, Marietta, GA) has claimed the record. Horner threw a new best of 159’09” at the Georgia Hammer Games to eclipse the olde record by just under four feet. Ariaan Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA) held the previous record […]
John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) and Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) both won titles at the Rhode Island State Championships on Saturday. Freeman won in convincing fashion. Despite opening with a foul, Freeman threw over 215′ in the second round. In the final round he improved to 223’00”, while second place went to […]
There were lots of great throws over the long weekend among the nation’s best girls. Four of the top eight throwers improved. Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) led the action by throwing 172’07” at the Memorial Day Open in Georgia to regain the national lead. Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI), who was previously the […]
This weekend’s class championships in Rhode Island produced a few notable improvements. In the girl’s Class B Championships Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) won with a new personal best of 163’05”. That throw moves her back atop the national performance list. John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) won the boy’s Class A Championship with […]
Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) threw a personal best this weekend at the Armed Forces Day Invitational in Georgia to move into first on the national performance list. Her best toss of 161’06” puts the junior a mere four inches ahead of Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI). On the boy’s side, three more men […]
Walter Henning (St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY) continued his impressive Sophomore campaign on Sunday by breaking his own national class record. Henning had the luxury of throwing at home and won the St. Anthony’s Invitational with a toss of 226’06”. That mark also increases his lead on the national performance list. U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ […]
