MTC THROWERS work hard at JOHN GODINA clinic

Madison Throws Club members Corinne Franz (Madison Memorial-'13), Landon Ellingson (Jefferson-'16), and Jason Zahn (Grafton-'12) not only attended John Godina's World Throws Center - Phase 1 Throwing Clinic, July 31 at Homestead High School, they also appear in this promotional video for John's Clinics and the WTC.
I don't know who that old guy with the MTC hat is, but I can say this it was a great couple of days working with one of the best. I encourage anyone who was not able to attend to stay tuned - as it is probable that John will comeback to Wisconsin and hold another clinic.

John Godina is a 4-time World Champion in the SHOT PUT, a 2-time Olympic Medalist. He is the former NCAA Shot Put record holder while at UCLA. His life-time PRs: Shot- 22.20/72-10 (2005); Discus- 69.90/229-4 (1998). He has created a throwing progression that he teaches at his clinics for learning the rotational movements of Shot Put and Discus as well as the Glide Shot Put in a concise sequence.

Check out the World Throws Center site here.

MTC Masters Throwers - You can THROW at any age

This summer I had the pleasure of working with some local Masters throwers as they prepared for the USATF National Masters Track and Field Championships. Each day they proved it doesn't matter how old you are, you just have to throw because you love it. It was really great to see their enthusiasm for wanting to throw farther and how they sponged up everything I said to try to make them better.

Congrats on your efforts and results!

Kim Virden’s Records, Kim competes in the 45-49 age group...
Shot put 27' 8 1/4" at Midwest Regional Championship, Carroll University on 7-19-2009
Discus 85'10" at USATF Masters Nationals - Cleveland, OH 2011
Javelin 84'4" at Midwest Regional Championship, Carroll University on 7-10-2011
[USATF Master’s Nationals 2011 – 2nd discus, 3rd shot put, 3rd javelin]

Kathy Ducat’s Records – 1st year thrower, competes in the 45-49 age group...
Shot put – 18’ 8” at Midwest Regional Championship, Carroll University on 7-10-2011
Discus - 55’ 3” at Badger State Games, Osh Kosh on 6-26-11
Javelin – 37’ 7” at USATF Masters Nationals - Cleveland, OH 2011

Jim Cunningham’s Personal Records–1st year thrower, competes in the 55-59 age group
Hammer - 85’ 7” at USATF Masters Nationals - Cleveland, OH 2011
Discus – 95’ 1” at USATF Masters Nationals - Cleveland, OH

Check out the video created by RACHEL WOMACK:
Kim, Kathy, and Jimmy all make an appearance.

Alicia DeShasier PRs again

Javelin thrower and friend of Madison Throws Club, Alicia DeShasier competed in Portland,Oregon this past weekend, it turned out to be worth the trip. Alicia PRd for the 2nd consecutive meet throwing 57.13m (187' 5"). Her throw moves her to #9 in US women's Javelin history. Congrats on your throw and good luck at the Pan Am Games this Fall!