One of the world’s oldest sports still being played, the discus throw involves tossing a heavy disc as far as you can. It may sound simple, but technique, form and strength all come into play when ...

Carl Flinton was just doing the basics when he began throwing the discus as a freshman. And as Flinton went through that ...

Track and field Frank’s week: When Frank released the discus last Wednesday, it didn’t feel like his best throw, but once he started walking out to pick it up, he knew it was good. It turned out to be ...

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 ...

LAKEWOOD — Through the past 18 uncertain months, Corey Johnson maintained a goal of making the state discus final. Johnson achieved that reality Thursday, June 24, as the first discus thrower in ...

Throwing the discus and shot put are forms of art. The two main throwing events in high school track and field may require the most muscle of any discipline, but they also rely heavily on technique ...

On a perfectly sunny, breezy summer day, teens may relax by the pool or hang out with friends and not think about the long school year they just finished. But not all of them. Vernon Hills High School ...

Some track and field athletes use their power to propel an object through the air. The event is called discus, and the goal is to see how far you can hurl a disc across the field. It’s more ...

EAST ALTON, Ill. — It may not be the Stade de France in Paris, but at East Alton/Wood River High School, Olympic dreams are just as strong. That’s all due to one very strong woman, and her journey to ...

Shadow Hills discus thrower Victoria Soto has come a long way since her first competitive throw at the high school level. She had to laugh when she recalled her humbling beginning. "I was a freshman ...