USC Throws

Ethan Dabbs, one of the best javelin throwers in NCAAs history, shares with us his journey of ups and downs.

28. Racquil Broderick "Rock"- USC Discus Record Holder, NCAA Runner-Up by Martin Maric

27. Reese Garland - USC 5th All-Time Discus Thrower by Martin Maric

The best NCAA hammer thrower of all time, World Champion, Canadian Record Holder.... but Camryn is much more than an amazing athlete. She's a college graduate with two degrees who loves what she does and does what she loves. IfgIncredible ambassador for our sport and always happy to stop and chat with her fans. Word needs more Camryns!

Today with us we have a spectacular guest, Frantz Kruger! Olympic bronze Medalist from the Sydney Olympics, where he threw over 3 times 222’ in that competition, one of the highest distances to win a medal at a major championship of all time. He’s the South African and African record holder, 70.32m, and the record holder of Finland, 69.97m. These are certainly impressive facts, but what’s even mor...

Nicholas James "Nick" Ponzio is an American-born Italian shot putter. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Shot put. All-American Shot Putter in college, graduated from USC in 2017.

Today with us we have Nace Pleško, one of the best UVA throwers and students of all time. Nace is on his quest currently to travel around all 50 states while working form a van. Originally from Slovenia, came to USA on a Track and Field Scholarships, exceptional athlete, student and one of the best human beings you will ever meet!

Olympic Champion in Javelin, European Champion, 7 times over 90m, 25 times over 87m, 3rd throw of all time with a throw of 93.90m ( Fun fact, longest 2nd place throw by was achieved at that meet by Johannes Vetter 91.56m. Thomas is not only one of the best throwers of all time as you can see by his accomplishments, but he is also one of only few throwers of his caliber who is also taking time to t...

Welcome, welcome , to UVA Throws Podcast! Today with us we have Thelma Lind Kristjánsdóttir. Thelma is Icelandic National Record holder, 4th on UVA Discus All-Time list and one of our brightest students. Thelma will talk to us today about her experience as UVA Student-athlete, why she chose UVA, growing up and training in Iceland and many more things. So, without further ado, listen well and take...

Can a Division 3 athlete make his way up to D1 Power 5 school? Absolutely! Our guest today, Ty Kunzman, managed to do just that, and more. Ty is one of our best hammer throwers of all time, ranking 6th on the All-Time performance list. He qualified for NCAA East Preliminary Round, threw over 60m there, his PR is currently 61.20m ( 200′ 9″). He was Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll and also Nam...

Jesse is our javelin thrower, majoring in commerce and minoring in entrepreneurship and only few weeks from graduation. She’s one of the best students on the team and has a job already lined up for her. She will share with us some very valuable tips of how to be successfully student athlete, how to balance life and responsibilities, and how to successfully set yourself up for life after college. F...

Today with us we have Brittany the Dynamite Jones, roll-model to so many young women throwers out there, a for a good reason; she’s one of our best shot putters of All-Time, 2nd outdoor and 3rd indoor so far, and she’s even top 5 on our hammer throw list. Brittany is even more accomplished off the field as she is in the field. She’s studying Leadership and Public Policy, and will be pursuing a Mas...

Today with us we have Tomasz Majewski who won 10 major Championships medals, including 2x Olympic Gold medals and 2x European Championships Gold medals. Majewski is the only thrower to win 2 Olympics since Perry O’Brian in 1956 and is now serving as Polish Track and Field Vice President. Tomasz will talk to us about how he got into throwing, describes how the season before Beijing 2008 went at whi...

Ryan Crouser, Olympic Champion, 4 time NCAA champion, High School Discus Record Holder… and the list goes on and on. Ryan talked to us about the difficulties he faced this season with training, his mindset during the lockdown, about importance of setting goals in everything that one does, his training and approach towards 2016 Olympic games, why he picked shot put over discus and many more things....

Cait Mautz, one of the best javelin throwers of all time at University of Virginia has took some time to talk to us about her experiences and lessons she learned over time. Cait made All-ACC three times, and competed at NCAA 1st rounds Finals three times as well. She’s one of the toughest athletes out there, and your life will be instantly 20% better just by meeting her. A true fact  Check Cait M...

14. Steve Manz - Miami Ohio Throws Coach by Martin Maric

Today with us we have Pobo Efekoro- 5 time All American, ACC Champion, ranked top 10 on UVA’s All-Time lists in every throwing event Indoor and outdoor (except javelin). He’s the strongest man in almost every weight room he walks in and always lights up the room. Competed internationally multiple times, is a chest guru; smart, humble, and just all around awesome guy. Pobo was, is, and always will...

Hall of Famer, John Godina! 5 times NCAA Champion, 4 times world champion, two times Olympic medalist and one of the only few that has ever competed at Olympic Games both in discus and shot put for USA, and he did it twice! He’s also a great coach of athletes and coach of coaches, founder of ALTIS, helping numerous people around the world. He’ll talk to us about how he got into throwing, influence...

Ashley Kovacs is in her Sixth season as an assistant coach with the Ohio State track and field program. Kovacs mentors the Buckeye throwers and serves as one of the team’s recruiting coordinators. During the 2018-19 indoor and outdoor season she was responsible for the training and guidance of Sade Olatoye, a throws specialist who’s legacy will be tough to follow. During the indoor season Olatoye...

As coaches, as friends, as human beings, it’s hard to have difficult conversations, necessary conversations, with people we deeply care for who are in our lives daily, difficult conversations on any subject; especially those about race. But those are conversations we absolutely have to have if we truly want better life for all human beings. Our school record holder, future lawyer and one of the mo...

Mariami Kevkhishvili- Machavariani is a 2x Olympian, 5x NCAA Champion, University of Florida Hall-of-Famer, coach of multiple All-Americans, conference champions …. and the list goes on and on. Mariami will talk to us about University of South Florida, about what is she looking for when it comes to recruits, her coaching philosophy, how she got into throwing in the first place and many other thing...

Even though she just graduated last year, Stamatia has already made her mark on the professional stage. She barely missed Finals at the World Championships in Doha, and is currently in the position that would qualify her for 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. She will talk to us about her experience as a high school, college, and now professional athlete, as well as lessons she learned from all those stages...

Jason Tunks, 3x Olympian, Canadian Discus Record Holder will talk to us about his early days of throwing, college and professional career, and things he learned along the way that he was glad he did and things he wish he focused more on. He also gives a great advice to young athletes and coaches who are just getting into this sport, things he learned himself and things that he learned from other g...

Coach MacKay, Throws coach at Penn State, took his time to talk to us about his coaching philosophy, about his path form a top discus thrower and football in high school to becoming an NCAA Champion in hammer, and what he is looking for in recruits as well as coaching philosophy at this point. Under MacKay’s watch in 2018, the Nittany Lion throws program made a substantial impact on the Big Ten an...

Coach Saatara, Throws coach at Cal Berkeley, will talk to us about how he got into throwing, the successful path to Cal and lessons he learned along the way in coaching. He shares with us his coaching philosophy and his approach to mentoring athletes. Since Saatara joined the Bears, his student-athletes have notched 23 (10 men, 13 women) appearances on the school's all-time outdoor top-10 list. He...