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 ...

Megan Tracy decided to pursue throwing the shot and discus three years ago and was glad she did. The Columbus East senior began weightlifting when she got into high school, but when others mentioned ...

Stanford University graduate Valarie Allman became the back-to-back Olympic champion in the women's discus throw Monday. Allman grabbed the gold medal at the Paris Olympics with a throw of 69.50 ...

DES MOINES — Winning a state championship is hard. Defending a state title can be even harder. Unless you're Delilah Subsin, who clinched her second straight win in the Class 4A girls discus throw on ...

Anyone who happens to be around the Avon High School track on a weekday afternoon is likely to see up to 45 young men and women congregated in the throwing area. In an era when many schools can only ...

Blair Oaks senior Abbigail Wieberg set a goal to throw the discus 40 meters in her final high school competition. She happily settled for her second straight all-state medal. Wieberg led the Lady ...

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.

school record in the discus on Wednesday against Hanover Area if the implement, estimated to land in the 165-feet range, didn’t strike a meddlesome tree along the left side of the school’s narrow ...

If the results of Friday’s state track finals are any indication, girls from the Tribune area are really good at throwing things. No, really. Of the three medals won by local athletes during the 50th ...