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Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotput
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:04 pm
by 1bulldogfan!
Ashland Univerisity Junior and Athens High School grad Kurt Roberts had a throw of 64' 4.5" at the Akron track and field invitational this past saturday. He outdistanced the #3 thrower in the country from Penn State and the best throwers from the MAC. The throw is 3/4 of an inch further than any throw in the history of NCAA Division II . As of 2/14/10 Kurt has the second best throw amongst all NCAA competitors , only trailing a Senior shotputter from Arizona State who had a monster throw of 69' plus feet.
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotput
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:23 pm
by noreply66
He is looking good
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotput
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:04 am
by 1bulldogfan!
2006 Athens grad, and current juniorAshland University Junior won his second NCAA division II national championship in the shotput with a throw of 64' 11 1/2", shattering the DII record. He was also awarded "Field Athlete of the Year" Kurt will be participating in the "All Ohio Meet" at Ohio University April 17th. The following is a summary of Kurt's current Rankings at the end of this years indoor season.
NCAA
Ryan Whiting Sr. Arizona State 70.25
Kurt Roberts Jr. Ashland 64. 11.50
Nate Hunter Sr. Northeastern 63 11.75
Aaron Studt Sr. Minnesota 63 6.75
Joe Kovacs Jr. Penn State 63 6.25
USA Rankings,college and post grads.
#10 Kurt Roberts
IAAF WORLD RANKINGS ( As of 3/16/2010 )
#29 Kurt Roberts
IAAF WORLD RANKINGS ( Age 22 and Under )
# 1 USA and #2 in the World trailing only a 21yr old thrower from Germany.
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotput
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:39 am
by noreply66
Congrats to Kurt
I always like to see him run when he was at Athens.
The big boy could move.
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotp
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:59 am
by Altius
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Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotp
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:57 am
by ZacBrownBand
Wow! That's an amazing throw for this man
btw a record of 69'!! That's just outstanding
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotp
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:39 am
by 1bulldogfan!
kurt finished his senior indoor season with another National Championship in New Mexico to follow up his gold medal at the under 23 North,Central America Championships this past July in Miami..Kurt is in the midst of his outdoorseason preparing with anticipation of another National Championship, along with an inivitation to the US nationals this summer..Kurt is a 2006 graduate of Ahens High School
Re: Athens grad Kurt Roberts breaks National Record in Shotp
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:46 pm
by stylepoints101
impressive