Breisch and Young Win Elite Discus Throw
April 01, 2011 | Track and Field
April 1, 2011
LUBBOCK, Texas - Becky Breisch and Texas Tech strength and conditioning coach Jason Young won the Elite Discus Throw Exhibition this afternoon at the Terry & Linda Fuller throws field.
Breisch, who throws for Nike, won the competition with a facility record of 207'-9" (63.33M). The throw is the top American throw of the season and currently third in the world rankings.
Aretha Thurmond (Nike) was second that vaults her into the fourth spot in the world with a throw of 207'-4" (63.19M). Stephanie Brown-Trafton (Nike) finished in third with a mark of 194'-3" (59.21M).
Texas Tech's Ifeatu Okafor placed seventh in the field throwing 162'-11" (49.66M).
In the men's competition Jason Young, a strength and conditioning coach for Texas Tech, had to hold off Red Raider Julian Wruck to win the event.
Wruck took the lead on his very first throw of the competition with a personal-best throw of 203'-00" (61.88M). Young stayed close but waited until his last throw to win the competition. Young threw a 203'-4" (61.99M) which is the top throw in the United States and 14th on the world rankings.
Wruck's throw improves on his NCAA leading and season best throw.
Adam Kuehl placed third with a throw of 198'-1" (60.38M) with Ian Waltz of the NY Athletic Club in fourth with a mark of 197'-11" (60.34M).
Wruck and Okafor will throw again tomorrow at the Texas Tech Open with events starting at 11 a.m.
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