Shot-put and discus throwers don’t get a lot of glory. Joel Reed knows that firsthand as a former thrower and current throwing coach at Monroe High. “I threw back in high school,” he said. “There is ...

Jaxon Day didn't need a reminder of how quickly momentum and results can swing in track and field. The Winner junior learned that lesson the hard way a year ago. Now, he's turning it into fuel for one ...

PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

April 15 (Reuters) - Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming "weather doping" was behind a slew of discus records at a ...

Josiah Lodeserto's discus throw of more than 200 feet for Fayetteville Christian is the longest ever by a middle schooler.

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 ...

SHIPPENSBURG — Cold temperatures and heavy rain aren’t the best weather conditions for discus tossing. State College’s Alyssa Lipski can attest to that. The Little Lions junior overcame the adverse ...

When Ian Hansen first started track and field in sixth grade, the Clinton Township resident had to make a choice. “They said we could sign up for running or throwing,” Hansen said. “I picked throwing ...

COLONIE – Seeking shelter from the rain under a tree last Friday at a rain-soaked Shenendehowa High School, Colonie senior discus thrower Shantavia Craft had no idea what she was about to accomplish.