KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Al Oerter is the greatest discus thrower in Olympic history. There can be no debate about that. Oerter — a native of Astoria, New York — and Carl Lewis are the only Olympic track ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mason Finley was born in Kansas City, but he’d moved to Colorado by the time he reached high school and became a star in throwing events at Buena Vista High School. Track and Field ...

California-Berkeley's Mykolas Alekna surpassed a 38-year-old world record in the discus, throwing 74.35m at the Oklahoma Throw Series in Romona on Sunday. On Sunday, California-Berkeley's Mykolas ...

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We’re highlighting many of the state's top returning high school track and field athletes. Our seventh list focuses on the girls throwers. Here are some of Oregon’s best in the shot put, discus and ...

Clatskanie's Carley Lannan grabbed a sixth-place finish in the girls discus during the first day of the Oregon Class 3A track championships Friday at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. Lannan ...

Bell: Girls - Samantha Lea (4x100 relay, 4x400 relay); Tori Lea (4x100 relay, 4x400 relay); Kristin Martin (4x400 relay); Ashton Mathews (discus, shot put); Marsha Ovwigho (4x100 relay, 4x400 relay); ...

Following their run through the league championships last week, the throwers from the Souderton girls track team take another step this weekend. Souderton’s trio of Nadia Stadnycki, Heather Myers and ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Coach: Colin Hansen, second season. Roster: Alicia McElwee (Sr., captain, mid-distance, long jump), Lilly ...

Over the next two weeks, Rene Ferran will be introducing us to many of the state's top high school track and field athletes. Today, it's the throwers. Here are more than 40 of the state's best in the ...