It went by so screamingly fast I didn't catch it either, but I thought I heard Dwight say something about he came from the University of Georgia. If it's you-know-who (initials "B.N."), I thought he was suspended, and basically retired from the sport a few years ago. If that's who it was, and he's basically coming back from a doping suspension with a bag over his head, what a horrible image for the sport!
On the other hand, in this morning's L.A. Times, somebody- I think it was meet director Rich Perelman- said this 'unknown shotputter" guy had legitimate 67-5 credentials. If true, that would make today's 68+ performance a "PR" would it not? If I remember right, that would also rule out "B.N", as he had a PR quite a bit further than 67-5. Also, invitations for shot puts at these L.A. area invitationals are often coordinated with local throws guru Art Venegas to try to get the best putters possible- and Art definitely has the contacts- and to Venegas and John Godina, "B.N." was always persona non-grata. One other thought that crossed my mind- a former UCLA putter named Mark, who had a 67-footer PR and made the World Indoor team when the Indoor WC was in Paris. He suddenly retired the very next year when he injured his throwing hand, and got married (and got a "real" job). Last I heard he was still in the L.A. area- and who knows- maybe decided to make a comeback. The whole thing was kind of cheesy. The first thing the wife asked me when they introduced him on TV was "is that legal? don't they have to announce his name?" RT On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:36:24 -0700, you wrote: >Y ask: > >For agate results of the Homet Depot meet, "The Unknown Shot Putter" doesn't >cut it. I need guy's real name. Dwight mentioned it in the broadcast, but it >went by too fast for me to remember. > >Thanks. > >Ken
