-- Winston Churchill

The women's and men's shot put held a lot of drama!

My warm ups were pretty good and my standing
throws are still only around 50 at best, but my fulls
were sailing over 55 so I felt ready!

I got off a 'hobo' first throw to ensure that I would stay around for all 6 throws and
then the action began! Kamaiya let off a throw within 1 cm of my best throw of the
 day and the UCLA fans and those circling the ring go CRAZY!  In fact, one person -
who should have known better -told Kamaiya loud enough for me to hear 'you really
stuck it to her!' GRrrrrrrrrrrr!

I was next, the rest is history! 5 throws over 17m & 3 over 57'

57-07.5 (VIDEO of this throw)
 

The scoreboard says it all!
 

(53-8.5) (55-11.25) (57-7.5) (56-9.25) (57-0.25) (57-2.25)

  2 Warren, Kamaiya              UCLA                  16.84m     17.04m   55-11.00    3 
      16.39m  17.04m  15.69m  16.13m  FOUL  FOUL
  3 Reynolds, Briona             UCLA                  15.48m     14.51m   47-07.25    1 
      13.86m  14.41m  14.00m  13.79m  14.51m  FOUL
  4 Werth, Hillary               UCLA                  12.40m     11.96m   39-03.00
      11.43m  11.54m  11.96m  11.09m  10.80m  11.38m

 

  
Barking dogs may occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

-- Konrad Lorenz

---"THE" Meet

When I was told about the dual meet and what it was going to be like—
I was pretty excited.  There is nothing like it—everyone cheering for you as
loud as they can—and tons and tons of people wearing either cardinal/gold or
blue/yellow.  Being able to throw in the same rings that my dad did when he
was at UCLA was really cool. :)  USC did a great job at the meet with a ton
of personal bests and great times and marks—it’s going to be really exciting
 to see what happens at Pac-10s!  It was an amazing experience and I
will remember it always. :)
 

  
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection,
which is nobelist; Second, by intimidation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is bitterest.

-- Confucius