This month, at 101, Bond will compete in the 2025 National Senior Games in the discus, long jump and shot put events for the ...

Legacy senior Madison Gonzales is now a national champion in the shot put. Gonzales’ personal record throw of 44 feet, 1.5 inches took first in the ages 17-18 division of the girls shot put during the ...

The shot put and discuss weights are as prescribed by the National Federation of High Schools. For boys, the shot weighs 12 pounds and the disc 3.8 pounds, while girls use an almost 9-pound shot ...

Shot-put shots come in different diameters Generally speaking, the larger the better, because when a shot is too small, you’re likely to throw it like a ball rather than use the proper technique.

After excelling at shot put in high school, Crouser won four NCAA championships for the University of Texas. His first gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games came shortly after graduation.

Henderson previously threw shot put at the University of Maryland before enrolling in med school at ECU (where she currently ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Walter Bass Jr. is 82 years old. On Sunday, he competed at the Virginia Commonwealth Games. Bass is a ...

Ryan Crouser competes in the shot put during the Los Angeles Grand Prix at UCLA’s Drake Stadium on Saturday. Crouser smashed his own world record in the discipline, utilizing a new throwing ...

He’s so good, another exceptional shot put talent might end his career never winning Olympic gold. Joe Kovacs is as good as they come. He won the silver in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020.

Crouser remembers vividly the first time he threw a shot put. It was sixth grade and he was in his grandfather’s backyard in Boring, Oregon, a rural community about 30 minutes east of Portland.

Shot-put shots come in different diameters Generally speaking, the larger the better, because when a shot is too small, you’re likely to throw it like a ball rather than use the proper technique.

Shot-put shots come in different diameters Generally speaking, the larger the better, because when a shot is too small, you’re likely to throw it like a ball rather than use the proper technique.