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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things
that escape those who dream only by night.
-- Edgar Allan Poe
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The Discus!
I have always found the discus to be one of the most challenging events
if for no other reason than so many factors go into making a great throw. The
wind, technique, the competition and the off season weight training are
all important to making a champion.
Although Kate had a great mark, no one outside of our team gave her much
of a chance.
I think Kate settled the question as to whether or not she would be a
factor--she
brought an important 8 points to our team!
Not every great thrower did well in the discus this day, especially
those
who had multiple events. This may play big in the NCAA's.
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Here is our Kate about
to unleash her
big throw for the day!
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The Oregon Crowds are always
supportive, enthusiastic and at times quite deafening!
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Women's Discus Finals! |
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Rachel Varner Arizona 55.25m 10
55.28m 50.05m FOUL 53.24m 51.88m FOUL
2 Kate Hutchinson
USC 53.57m 8
53.57m 52.27m 49.71m 50.11m 51.74m 51.58m
3 Emilee Strot California 51.87m 6
48.68m 51.68m 48.54m 51.87m FOUL FOUL
4 Sarah Stevens Arizona State 50.12m 5
FOUL 50.12m FOUL 48.37m 45.51m 46.12m
5 McKenzie Burgess Garberg Wash State 49.85m 4
49.85m 48.28m 46.51m FOUL FOUL FOUL
6 Kelechi Anyanwu California 49.72m 3
46.91m 47.54m 45.58m 49.72m FOUL FOUL
7 Kamaiya Warren UCLA 49.39m 2
42.24m 44.83m 49.39m 46.60m 46.95m 47.30m
8 Brittany Hinchcliffe Oregon 44.56m 1
44.04m FOUL FOUL 43.92m 44.56m 44.41m
9 Sally Mills Stanford 44.49m
44.49m 39.70m 38.63m 41.58m 39.56m 41.67m
10 Lucy Cridland Oregon 41.21m
42.13m 43.08m 41.21m
-- Jessica Pressley Arizona State FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Daisy Van Ravenswaay
California FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
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Finals, finals, and
MORE finals!
I
have been asked by a lot of people what it is like to be a grad student
as well as
a USC athlete. I have to say that I have had to make sure that I had
good time
management skills and make sure that I have plenty of coffee before my
night classes.
The one thing that all student-athletes have to do is to be able to
balance their
athletic activities as well as their academic studies. As a grad
student, it seems to
be a balancing act to make sure that all the work is done for school
while training
hard for track. I had my finals week before the USC-UCLA dual meet, but
I had
a huge paper due last week. As you can see—these are some of the
projects that
I had to do for my grad school finals. It was a lot of work, but it is
all worth it! :)
I had
three presentations and two papers to do during finals: a 20-minute
group presentation for my PR Management class, a 30-minute presentation
with
a 18 page single space paper for my Corporate Reputation Management
class,
and a 20 minute presentation and 15 page paper for my PR Case Studies
class.
I have finished my first year in grad school and have one more to go! J
I have
learned a great deal this year in Public Relations at Annenberg—it has
been
really wonderful and fun!
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Men's
Shot Finals! |
Men Shot Put
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Noah Bryant
USC 19.67m 10
17.98m 18.83m 19.45m 18.72m 18.69m 19.67m
2 Sean Shields Arizona 19.50m 8
19.07m 19.50m 19.31m FOUL 19.19m FOUL
3 William Denbo USC 19.07m 6
18.73m 18.60m FOUL 18.43m 19.07m 18.54m
4 Jeremy Silverman UCLA 18.42m 5
18.35m 18.42m 17.66m FOUL 17.43m FOUL
5 Shawn Best Arizona 18.23m 4
17.82m 18.22m FOUL FOUL 18.23m FOUL
6 John Caulfield UCLA 18.17m 3
18.04m FOUL 17.72m 17.48m 18.17m FOUL
7 Jake Knight UCLA 17.53m 2
17.53m FOUL FOUL FOUL 17.45m 17.38m
8 Jarred Sola Arizona 17.35m 1
16.70m 17.35m FOUL
9 Colin Veldman Oregon 17.18m
15.86m 17.18m 16.38m
10 Tomas Navarro Arizona State 16.83m
16.14m 15.91m 16.83m
11 Craig Kent California 16.82m
16.47m 16.23m 16.82m
12 Michael Macellari Stanford 16.44m
FOUL 16.20m 16.44m
13 Mark Lewis Oregon 16.12m
FOUL 16.12m FOUL
14 Daniel Te'o-Nesheim Washington 15.96m
15.86m 15.69m 15.96m
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The introductions in the Men's Shot Put. My high
school
teammate Sean Shields is on the far left. Noah and Will came through
with some very important points for the team, finishing first and third.
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One of the famous men in Track!
Kirby Lee |
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Sports do not build character,
they reveal it.
John Wooden
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Noah at the end of the throw!
Can you find his shot in the picture?
It's there!
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The Proud Trojans take 1st and 3rd! |
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16 POINTS!
Some people actually said that SC would be lucky to get 6 points in the
shot and that is if some of the big guns fouled out! Some people
actually counted our man from Tennessee out for the count!
Don't you just love it when people talk this way? It is sooOoo
motivating!
In my humble opinion, Noah's and Will's big move in the shot won the
meet for the Trojans! It came early enough to give the rest of the team
the understanding that we could win! It set the standard!
Congratulations to the Trojan
Men!
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Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in schools
are the work of many generations. All this is put into your hands
as your inheritance that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and
one day faithfully hand it on to your children.
--Albert Einstein
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