Winkler set the tone for what became a thrilling day of track and field when he opened the Pre Classic by resetting his ...

The weight used in the hammer throw event weighs 16 pounds for men and 9 pounds for women in adult competition, according to ...

In 2017, a hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College in Illinois. And in 2005, a shot put ball hit and killed an officiant during practice at the U.S. track and ...

While rare, similar tragic events have happened at track and field events in the past. In 2005, a 16-pound shot put ball struck and killed an official during a practice at the U.S. track and field ...

Now a junior, she holds all but one of Tufts' throwing marks, and enters this weekend's NCAA meet as an expected finalist, the best thrower in school history and, according to Morwick, one of the ...

A man was killed Sunday morning during a high school track and field meet at a fieldhouse on the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus, school officials said.

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The father of a Colorado United Track Club athlete was killed Sunday after a throwing hammer hurled by a high school athlete cleared the indoor meet’s protective barriers and flew into the crowd.

The result was a throw that no athlete has ever reached in the 4A girls state track and field meet breaking her own school record with a throw of 158 feet and eight inches finishing nearly 10 feet ...

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State track and field will head to Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday (Jan. 18) morning for the Hoosier Horsepower Classic. Events will start at 10:30 a.m. on the field with the ...

In 2017, a hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College in Illinois. And in 2005, a shot put ball hit and killed an officiant during practice at the U.S. track and ...

Errant hammer throw kills spectator at Colorado track and field meet. A 57-year-old man in the crowd in Colorado Springs died after a hammer thrown by a participant cleared barriers and struck him.