Few updates over the next three months
I will be studying abroad duing the Fall quarter. I will have limited access to computers during September, October, and November and will likely not be able to make any updates to the web page. Once I return the still will be up and running like normal. Please check the forum for any updates.
» Click here for the final 2004 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the final 2004 Girl's Rankings
Harvey, Boling improve at Capital City Meet
As the season nears to an end, Washington's last major meet took place. The Capital City Track and Field Festival has been on of the first meets in the northwest to include the hammer throw. This year's meet did not have as many competitors, but many were able to obtain personal bests. Shannon Harvey (Olympia, WA) started off the day with a big personal best of 153'4" to win the Young Women's age group. She later also won the Open Women's competition with anothe good mark of 148'08". Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) won the Young Men's competitiong, but it was Jake Boling (South Kitsap, WA) and Brad Charters (Camas, WA) who set personal bests. Boling threw 189'03" for third, while Charters was the top high school thrower in the open competition with a throw of 162'107quot; with the 16# hammer.
» Click here for the 2004 Capital City Track and Field Festival results
» Click here for the 8/09 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the 8/09 Girl's Rankings
First ever hammer competition at the Junior Olympics National Championships
Eugene, Oregon played host to the Junior Olympics National Championships this past weekend. This was the first time the event ever held the hammer throw as an event. While the hammer was only and exhibition event this season, it has taken a great amount of work by Harold Connolly and others to get the hammer added as an event at the meet. Several great performances were turned in. Perhaps the best personal bests were Buck Sullivan (Vacaville, CA) and Gabriella Midles (Camas, WA). Both placed second in their respective age groups, but set personal bests in tough competition. Click below for results and a few photos.
» Click here for the 2004 Junior Olympic National Championships results
» Click here for the 8/04 Boy's Rankings
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Hammerama 2004 produces some good marks
John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) and Erin Donnelly (Barrington, RI) both won the high school divisions at Sunday's annual Hammerama competition in Wakefield, RI. Freeman won a close competition with teammate Brendan Lodge. His best throw was 190'08", just a foot and a half better than Lodge. Freshman Walter Henning took third. The girl's competition was not as close as Donnelly beat Caely Flynn. by nearly seven feet. In the women's open division, several top throwers competed. Bethany Hart of Trumbull, CT set a new meet record of 205'10", and two other throwers were within six feet.
» Click here for the 2004 Hammerama results
» Click here for the 7/19 Boy's Rankings
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Rolfe and Donnelly win AOC Championship
Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) and Erin Donnelly both won at the Adidas Outdoor Championship in convincing fashion this past weekend. Rolfe beat out Junior
Matt DiBuono (Iona Prep, New Rochelle, NY) by more than thirty feet. Freshman Walter Henning's (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) took third place. Donnelly won the women's comeptition by over ten feet over Emily Sanders (Sequoyah, Canton, GA).
Also, in an update from last week, Walter Henning's throw of 193'02" has been confirmed as another new national freshman record.
» Click here for the Adidas Outdoor Championships results
» Click here for the 6/21 Boy's Rankings
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Freshman Record by Henning confirmed
Update: Walter Henning improved his season best to 193'02" today at the Empire State Games Long Island Region trials.
It has been confirmed that Walter Henning's (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) throw of 188'05" this past weekend met all the requirements for a record and has been confirmed as the new national freshman class record. The mark was thrown at the USATF-Long Island Youth Championship/
Junior Olympic Qualifier in Farmingdale, NY. The previous record was 182'04" by Anthony Stackaluse (RI School for the Deaf, Providence, RI) in 1970 and was tied for the oldest class record. Henning had previously thrown 182'06" this season, but the implement was not certified and therefore he was not given the record. As mentioned above, Henning's new mark met all the criteria for the record.
» Click here for the 6/14 Boy's Rankings
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Rolfe throws 230' again to win Golden West
Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) won this year's Golden West Invitational with another quality mark of 234'03". Zack Midles (Capitla, Olympia, WA) took second place in the mostly west coast men's field. The women's field was more diverse and featured throwers from six states and Canada. Canadian Rachel Kokayako from Kelowna, British Columbia easily won with a great mark of 178'02". The top American was Stephanie Smolenski (New Hyde Park, NY) who took second at 150'11".
On the east coast this weekend freshman Walter Henning from St. Anthony's on Long Island threw a personal best of 188'05" to improve his personal best. If the throw meets the criteria for records, Henning's mark will be a new national freshman record.
» Click here for the Golden West Invitational Results
Lodge and Donnelly claim RI state titles
Brendan Lodge (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) and Erin Donnelly (Barrington, RI) claimed Rhode Island State titles on Saturday. Lodge beat won a close competition with Jimmy Tarro (Coventry, RI) who threw a season best of nearly ten feet to finish in second place. Donnelly won in convincing fashion by throwing a huge personal best of 165'07". Jasmine Jennings took second place at 151'07".
On the west coast, California held it's first unofficial state high school hammer championships in Davis. Buck Sullivan (Vacaville, CA) won boy's title with freshman Trevor Kraychir (Bishop Amat, West Covina, CA) throwing a new best of 166'04" for second place. Tai Battle (Will C. Wood, Vacaville, CA) won the girl's competition with a personal best of 128'09". A special thanks goes out to Mike Sullivan and UC Davis for making this meet possible.
In Georgia, Throw1Deep hosted the Georgia State High School Hammer Championships where Zach Hunter and Emily Bernhardt took home titles. Bernhardt threw a personal best of 151'11" in her win and moved up to fifth on the yearly lists.
» Click here for the 2004 Rhode Island State Championships Results
» Click here for the 2004 Georgia State High School Hammer Championships Results
» Click here for the 2004 California State High School Hammer Championships Results
» Click here for the 6/07 Boy's Rankings
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State Meet Records at 4th Annual Washington State Hammer Meet
Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) and Alayna Mills (Camas, WA) both set meet records en route to winning this years Washington HS Hammer Championships. Rolfe set a new personal best on his third throw of 237'01". That mark move him to #3 on the all-time list and #2 all-time in Washington. Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) also had a nice personal best of 218'07" to take second place in the competition. Brad Charters (Camas) made it three throwers over 200' by hitting 200'08".
As said above, Mills won the women's competition by setting a new state meet record of 151'10". Shannon Harvey (Olympia, WA) took second place and Kimery Hern (South Whidbey, Langley, WA) took third in the competition.
» Click here for the 2004 Washington State HS Hammer Championships results
» Click here for the 6/01 Boy's Rankings
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Hammerama 2004 Entry Form
Hammerama 2004 is nearing and now is the time to sign up. This year's event will take place onf July 25th at Curtis Corner Middle School in Wakefield, RI. This is a USATF sanctioned event with awards given to the top throwers. Click below for more information and the entry form.
» Click here for the Hammerama 2004 Entry Form (.doc format)
HS Hammer.com now up to date
After some computer difficulties over the past few weeks, HS Hammer.com is up and running at full strength again. We have updated all of the rankings for the past few weeks and have begun to put up recent results too. Below are links to some of the new information posted.
» Click here for the 5/24 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the 5/24 Girl's Rankings
» Click here for Rhode Island Class Championships Results
» Click here for Rick Schomp Invitational Results
Update on California High School Hammer Championships
As told earlier, this year will play host to the first ever California State High School Hammer Championships. The event will follow the state track meet and take place on June 6th at UC Davis. This is a change from the originial intended site of Sacramento City College. Davis has been kind enough to allow the use of their facilitiy for this great event. For more information, or to sign an athlete up, please contact Mike Sullivan as soon as possible.
The meet is being sanctioned by USA Track and Field, and is in NO WAY affiliated with the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body of high school sports in the state). In accordance with preferred guidelines, all athletes planning to compete MUST do so as "unattached" throwers and cannot represent their high schools. Furthermore, athletes CANNOT wear their high school team uniforms during the competition. All participants MUST have a valid USATF card in order to enter the competition.
» Click here fore information about the 2004 California State HS Hammer Championships
» Click here to download the entry form (.doc format)
Arrhenius Opens with 216' throw; many others set PRs
Coming off an injury, Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) won the Shelton Invitational in his first meet in over a month. While his winning distance was short of his personal best, it shows he is returning to form quickly. Alayna Mills (Camas, WA) won the girl's competition with a new personal best. In Rhode Island, two big competitions highlighted this weekend. First was the girl's only Cumberland Invitational which was won by Erin Donnelly (Barrington, RI) with a season best throw of 151'09". John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) also won the Warwick Coaches Invitational on Sunday and threw a personal best of 197' earlier in the week. Stephanie Smolenski (Memorial, New Hyde Park, NY) also set a new PR this at 155'04", that is the second best mark this season in the nation.
In Utah, Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View, Orem, UT) opened up his season in the hammer throw with a personal best of 216'08". That is a fifteen foot improvement over last season's mark for the national weight throw record holder. Also throwing was Sarah Cardinal (Blackfoot, ID) who threw the hammer in her first meet and broke 145'.
» Click here for Shelton Invitational Results
» Click here for Cumberland Invitational Results
» Click here for Warwick Coaches Invitational Results
» Click here for the 5/03 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the 5/03 Girl's Rankings
More New Yorkers open up hammer season; Rolfe throws qualifier at Mt. SAC
Many New Yorkers set personal bests last week as they had another chance to throw the hammer. Leading the way was senior Andrea Kavleski (Liberty Central, NY) took over the national lead by winning throw with a huge PR of 156'07". Close behind her was Stephanie Smolenski who also broke 150'. On the men's side, freshman Walter Henning hit a spectacular throw of 173'00".
On the west coast, Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) threw the 6k hammer in the Olympic Development section of the prestigious Mt. SAC relays. His best of 68.16m (223'07quot;) set a new personal best for him with that implement. It also surpassed the qualifying mark for this summer's IAAF World Junior Championships in Italy (67.50m).
» Click here for the 4/19 Boy's Rankings
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Lugo comes close to Freshman record...as an 8th grader
Adrianna Lugo (Orange Grove MS, Hacienda Heights,CA) has come close to the national Freshman hammer throw record. The more impressive thing is that she in only an eight grader. Her best mark this season is 140'06", which is less than a foot behind the national record set by Kate Johnston of Rhode Island in 1998. This week's rankings include a lot of movement in the girls top ten as the season is starting to progress.
» Click here for the 4/12 Boy's Rankings
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» Click here for the Centralia Spring Break Championships results
First Outdoor Rankings
Seniors Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) and Lorna Finn (
McEachern, Powder Springs, GA) lead the first rankings of the outdoor season. Rolfe has opened the season with some nice marks, including one meet at 229'02". Finn threw 147'11" at an early Georgia meet.
» Click here for the 4/07 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the 4/07 Girl's Rankings
Final Indoor Rankings
The indoor season has concluded and Mr. Gourley has released the final indoor performance lists. Leading the lists are seniors Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View, Orem, UT) and Lorna Finn (McEachern, Powder Springs, GA). Earlier this season Arrhenius broke the national indoor record in the 25# weight throw and won the Simplot Games in impressive fashion.
» Click here for the 3/22 Boy's Rankings
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Rolfe, Donnelly, Kavleski win national titles
Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor, Kenmore, WA) won both the Nike Indoor Classic and National Scholastic Indoor Championships last weekend, beating out John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) both times. At the National Scholastic meet Rolfe threw a personal best fo 74'09.75". Erin Donnelly won against a great field at the Nike Indoor Classic with a season best throw of 53'07.75". However, at the National Scholastic meet, Andrea Kavleski stole the show by winning with a mark that neared her personal best.
» Click here for Nike Indoor Classic Results
» Click here for National Scholastic Indoor Championships Results
Jennings throws PR to win Weightarama 2004
Senior Jasmie Jennings (Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI) set a new personal best in the weight throw to win the girl's competition at this year's Weightarama. Her winning throw of 51'00.25" outdistanced runner up Andrea Kavleski (Liberty Central , NY) by more than three feet. On the men's side, Jimmy Tarro (Coventry, RI) won the competition by beating out state champ John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI). However, Freeman won the 35# weight throw competition by setting a new meet record of 54'01.25"
» Click here for entries to the Nike Indoor Classic and National Scholastic Meet
» Click here for the 3/10 Boy's Rankings
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» Click here for Weightarama 2004 results
Finn Improves, Henning breaks Freshman record
Lorna Finn (McEachern, Powder Springs, GA) increased her national lead with a throw of 54'04.75" in Georgia this past weekend. That is nearly a two foot personal best for the Senior. Also new in this weeks rankings is an improvement by Walter Henning. Henning, a freshman from St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, set a new national freshman class record in the 25# weight throw. His throw of 56'06.75" eclipsed the record Leif Arrhenius set in 2001. Arrhenius's best as a freshman was 55'01.00"
» Click here for the 3/03 Boy's Rankings
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» Click here for the Boy's National Weight Throw Records
Arrhenius and Cardinal win at Simplot, Freeman breaks 70' at RI State Meet
Leif Arrhenius was within three inches of his own national record (it was the second best throw all-time) as he won this year's edition of the Simplot Games. Taking second in the boy's competition was Nate Rolfe and third went to Kyle Annen with an eight foot personal best. The girl's competition was very close. Sophomore phenom Sarah Cardinal won at 49'07" while Andrea Kavleski and Heather Steacy took a close second and third place.
In Rhode Island, John Freeman threw a huge personal best to win the State Championships. His winning throw of 70'01.25" was nearly an eight foot personal best. Erin Donnelly won the women's competition at 48'03.50".
» Click here for 2004 Simplot Games Results
» Click here for Rhode Island Indoor State Championships Results
Leif Arrhenius breaks National Record again
One more week, one more record. This weekend Senior Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View, Orem, UT) broke his own national record in the 25# weight throw with a throw of 82'10.00" at the Western States Open meet in Salt Lake City. Results for the meet can be found here.
» Click here for the 2/16 Boy's Rankings
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Leif Arrhenius breaks National Record
It has been confirmed that Leif Arrhenius broke the national record in the 25# weight throw with a new personal best of 82'06.50" at last weekend's Northern Utah Coaches Invitational. Official results to the meet are linked to below. Also included is a link to the all-time weight throw lists. The previous national record was set by Josh McCaughey at 81'08.75" during the 2000 indoor season. Josh attended Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, RI. He is currently a senior at Princeton University.
» Click here for the 2/10 Boy's Rankings
» Click here for the 2/10 Girl's Rankings
» Click here for the Northern Utah Coaches Invitational Results
» Click here for all-time weight throw rankings for high school boys
Nate Rolfe PRs, Cardinal moves closer to Sophomore Record
Senior Nate Rolfe (Inglemoore, Kenmore, WA) threw a personal best of 72'08.00" at a UW Open Meet #2 on Sunday to move into second place nationally. After some big warm up throws, Rolfe had foul trouble, but still managed a personal best throw. At the UHSTCA Indoor State Championships in Utah, Sophomore Sara Cardinal (Blackfoot, ID)moved closer to the Sophomore Class record by throwing a new best of 49'02.50". She beat out Nicole Farnsworth who took second place with a throw of 47'11.75".
» UHSTCA Indoor State Championships Results (Boys | Girls)
» Click here for the 2/03 Boy's Rankings
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Arrhenius breaks 80'
Senior Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View, Orem, UT) threw a personal best of 80'06.00" at a Utah State University high school meet this past weekend. That marks ties Leif with 2003 senior Nick Owens for the second best mark of all-time in the 25# weight throw. Leif also took second place in the shot put at the meet with a new personal best of 62'06.00".
On the women's side, Lorna Finn (McEachern, Powder Springs, GA - pictured below) improved her nation leading mark to 52'09.50" while Erin Donnelly (Barrington, RI) and Andrea Kavleski (Liberty Central, NY) won the Rhody Classic and Dartmouth Relays respectively.
» Click here for the Rhody Classic results
» Click here for the Dartmouth Relays results
» Click here for the 1/13 Boy's Rankings
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First rankings released
Jimmy Tarro (Coventry, RI) and Lorna Finn (McEachern, Powder Springs, GA - pictured below) are atop the first 2004 indoor performance lists released yesterday by Bob Gourley. Click below to view the first rankings.
» Click here for the 1/01 Boy's Rankings
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Early season meets produce PRs
Both the Rhode Island girls and Mike Judge's Georgia throwers have had some meets to provide early marks for the 2004 season. Last week Erin Donnelly (Barrington, RI) won the Coaches Invitational with a new personal best of 50'09.25". In Georgia, several athletes improved over the holiday break at the Y2K4 Open. Senior Lorna Finn (McEachern, Powder Springs, GA - pictured to the right) threw a new best of 51'10.75" while junior Charles Rohling (Marietta, GA) threw a new best of 58'11.75".
» Click here for the Y2K4 Open results (12/28)
» Click here for the Coaches Invitational results (12/20)
» Click here for the Turkey Toss results (11/28)
» Click here for the Pumpkin Put results (11/02)
» Click here for the Columbus Day Open results (10/12)
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