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there can be only one first. And that was Flint Hanner, Class of 1922, MA ’30, an athletic all-arounder most renowned for hurling the javelin. One hundred years ago this month, he arrived in Chicago as the lone Stanford athlete at the very first NCAA track and field championships. Armed with techniques he’d picked up from Finnish athletes at the 1920 Olympics, Hanner unleashed a throw measuring just over 191 feet. His accomplishment is modest by contemporary standards (Stanford’s current javelin record is 245 feet, 4 inches) but the win made Hanner part of Stanford history. Happy 100 to the throw that led the way.

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-centu...EQpGZX4Mh0

[82lsju]

there can be only one first. And that was Flint Hanner, Class of 1922, MA ’30, an athletic all-arounder most renowned for hurling the javelin. One hundred years ago this month, he arrived in Chicago as the lone Stanford athlete at the very first NCAA track and field championships. Armed with techniques he’d picked up from Finnish athletes at the 1920 Olympics, Hanner unleashed a throw measuring just over 191 feet. His accomplishment is modest by contemporary standards (Stanford’s current javelin record is 245 feet, 4 inches) but the win made Hanner part of Stanford history. Happy 100 to the throw that led the way.

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-centu...EQpGZX4Mh0