Stanford’s Little Makes a Big Mark in Women’s Javelin

May 13, 2017

Covered at PAC -12 Championship

From gostanford.com

By Morgan Sudduth

Mackenzie Little began her track and field career in high school doing hurdles. Although she loved it, it was on a rainy day like Saturday’s Pac-12 Championship where she stumbled upon an event that would change her career.

“The hurdles was canceled and so I went over to the javelin instead, which was still on in the rain,” said Little. “And then the coach told me to come back.”

Little, an Australian, won the Pac-12 javelin title on the final throw with a mark of 173 feet, 11 inches.

Once Little competed in the evening’s second flight, she took the lead from Oregon State’s Amber Peschka with a debut mark of 169 feet, 11 inches and remained there throughout the rest of the event, beating UCLA senior Zaybree Haury. Haury didn’t come close with her best throw of 160 feet, 4 inches.

Technique had been on the minds of both top placers.

Link to full article below.

https://blogs.uoregon.edu/sojctrack/2017/05/13/stanford-sophomore-mackenzie-little-makes-a-big-mark-at-the-2017-pac-12-championship/