Another Saluki freshman, Erin Atkinson, is also making her mark. She finished third at the Saluki Fast Start in the weight throw at a distance of 64-08.

Atkinson came to SIU from St. Louis (Ladue Horton Watkins High School), where she holds the scho...

Over the past decade, youth hammer throwing in America has grown tremendously. What was once a solid core of top throwers in Rhode Island has grown to a community of elite throwers from coast to coast. Participation numbers have more than doubled, di...

Princeton freshman and U.S. junior record holder Conor McCullough easily moved through to the final round at the IAAF World Junior Championships on Friday in Moncton, Canada. McCullough met the automatic qualifying mark on his first attempt with a thro...

With the decision of the new IAAF Diamond League to not include the hammer throw in its line-up, the hammer throw was immediately excluded from being part of the world's best one day meetings. Meets like the adidas Grand Prix, the Doha Diamond League m...

Princeton freshman Conor McCullough has accumulated almost every junior record around in the past two years. He brok the U.S. high school records with implements of every weight, from 12-pound to 16-pound. This year, he continued his success and broke ...

National high school record holder Shelby Ashe (St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA) easily won the USATF junior national title on Thursday. After fouling her first throw and taking an easy second throw, Ashe took the lead in the third round and didn't look back. ...