An outstanding trio of Minnesotan throwers take their show on the road to Des Moines this week to compete in at the USA Juniors. Logan Hussung (Farmington), Jake Fenske (Owatonna), and Maggie Ewen (St. Francis) look to qualify for World Juniors by placing in the top three Thursday and Friday.
Ewen is one of the youngest competitors at Drake and is currently seeded 9th in the discus.
Hussung is pulling double duty competing in both the shot put (12:30) and discus (2:15) on Thursday.
Hussung will not be the only familiar face for Owatonna's Jake Fenske. Fenske will be facing off against fellow teammate Casey Dehn, now competing for the University of Wisconsin.
Dehn is able to compete since the eligibility for this meet is based on qualifying mark and the not turning 20 years of age in the 2010 calendar year. Mason Finley (Kansas via Colorado and national high school record holder in the discus) is skipping the juniors and will be competing in the open section of the meet in both shot and discus. The implements are a 1.75 kg discus (up from 1.6 kg in high school and down from 2.0 in college/pro) and a 6 kg shot put (up from 12 lb in high school and down from 16 lb in college/pro). Because of the weight change the college competitors usually have a significant advantage over the high school competitors in this meet.
The best thing to come out of New Jersey since the fist pump will be on display Thursday afternoon also. Nick Vena (Morristown, NJ) to make the Junior Shot Put one of the marquee events of the meet. Vena, a junior, has won the state title, Penn Relays, and Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year honors for the last three years in New Jersey. Vena has thrown the 12 lb shot over 70'-28 times over the last year and is currently 5th all-time in the US for high school.
Best of luck to the four Minnesotans competing in the throws!!
Watch the Juniors Live here!
http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships/video.asp
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