OKLAHOMATHROWS

The final Collegiate update is the 35lb. Weight Throw. The rankings now include 2011 performances. 2011 held another state record for OU standout K.P. Singh. Singh hurled the weight 70-8.5 for the #1 all-time ranking. Norman’s Cameron Tabor (Pictured) (TCU) also improved his performance to 56-3.75, holding down the #4 spot. I will get to the High School rankings next, but it will take some time. Congrats to everyone who jumped up, or on, the Open or Collegiate All-Time rankings in 2011.

The Open & Collegiate All-Time Shotput rankings have now been updated with the performances from 2011. In the Open rankings, Kevin Bookout (Pictured) (Stroud HS, OU) broke the all-time state record with a very impressive throw of 66-.5. In the College arena, Conrad Aaron of OU moved up to #15 with a toss of 57-6.5. Duncan’s Charles James (Cowley College) moved upt to #28 with a Junior College National Championship winning toss of 55-5.5. Finally, Travis Boyd of Southern Nazarene shows up at #68 with a school record toss of 51-3.25. Congrats to the four of you. The Weight throw is up next.

The 2011 marks have been added to the All-Time Hammer rankings for Open & College. It was a huge year for the Hammer in Oklahoma as the best Hammer thrower the state has ever seen, K.P. Singh of OU, upped his Collegiate state record to an impressive 218-10. Norman’s Cameron Tabor (TCU) upped his personal best to 186-7 and moved up to #7 all-time. Travis Boyd of Southern Nazarene had a personal best of 171-1.5 which helped him climb to the #15 spot. Duncan’s Charles James (Cowley College) came in at 152-10, good enough to rank #24. Three new additions also made there mark on the all-time list. Larry Brown (Oklahoma Christian, 145-10, #33), Kenny Bingham (Pictured) (Southern Nazarene, 128-4.5, #57) and Matt Sartori (Southern Nazarene, 104-2.5, #84). Congrats to each of you. Stay tuned for the Javelin update.

Now that the site is up and running, I have started updating the lists with the 2011 marks. The Open & College Discus rankings have been updated. Ardmore’s Geoffrey Tabor (Stanford) moves up to #5 All-Time on the Collegiate list with his toss of 189-6. OU’s K.P. Singh improved his best mark by one inch (185-9) to remain at #9. Andrew Hudson debuts at #30 for Oklahoma State with his toss of 173-9. Dante Campbell broke the Southern Nazarene school record and moved up to #53 by throwing 162-2. Charles James of Duncan (Pictured) competed for Cowley College in Kansas and debuts at #82 with a performance of 155-1. Finally, Southern Nazarene’s Travis Boyd makes his first appearance on the Discus list with a throw of 141-6, putting him at #165. Congrats to each of you. The Hammer update is next.

I have competed in 20 Sooner State Games track meets now, and the most fun I’ve had was easily the 2011 edition. While I didn’t throw particularly well for a variety of reasons, the competition was outstanding and the turnout was great. The highlight of the day was the return to the ring of Oklahoma’s All-Time Best Discus thrower, Ed Wade. Wade competed with the 2k Discus in the 45-49 age group and did not disappoint. On his fifth attempt, Ed sailed the discus over 160′ for a new age group State record. In the Open division, OU standout Luke Bryant took the gold medal, TCU’s Cameron Tabor (Norman HS) got second & OU’s Conrad Aaron (Ardmore HS) returned to the Discus ring with a third place finish. Also competing with the collegiate implements was recent Norman North graduate, Tyler Sergent. Tyler, who won the State Championship in the Shot, had an impressive initial effort with the 16lb. Shot, throwing 53’2″. Other outstanding performances were turned in by Darron Hummingbird, Sheppard Miers, Lee Greiner & Dan Houtman. This turnout was inspiring and I look forward to Oklahoma Age Group throwers continuing to grow in numbers. (PICTURED L-R: Luke Bryant, Conrad Aaron, John Fitzgerald, Cameron Tabor, Tyler Sergent & Ed Wade)

While we don’t feature rankings for the female throwers on this site, it’s not because they aren’t equally important. Quite frankly, it’s because I haven’t been able to take the time to research the history of the women’s/girl’s events. I hope to some day, but for now we will just have to settle for an occasional update Could there be a better place to start than the incredible performance by OU Junior, Brittany Borman at the NCAA Championships today? She won the school’s first ever women’s title in a throwing event. Borman threw the Javelin over 178′ on her fourth attempt to outdistance the runner-up by over 6 feet. Congratulations to Brittany and to the OU Track and Field program. Amazing!!!

Kevin Bookout threw the all-time best throw by an Okie with the 16lb. shot yesterday at the USATF State Championships in Arizona. Kevin threw the big ball 66′.5″ in his best effort to date. This broke the record held by former OSU Cowboy, and World’s Strongest Man winner, Bruce Wilhelm by a quarter of an inch. In 1972, Wilhelm thew 66′.25″. Kevin told me this morning that he fouled one that was around 67′. Bookout is training at John Godina’s World Throws Center in Arizona, and obviously, making some progress. Congrats Kevin!!!!!!!

A little late getting to this update, but Oklahomathrows.com would like to congratulate Charles James of Cowley College (Arkansas City, KS). Charles won the Junior College National Championship in the Shotput a couple of weeks ago with a personal best toss of 55’5.5″. James, a Sophomore from Duncan, OK, won the event on his last throw and broke the school record at Cowley with the toss. Congratulations Charles!!!!!

The NCAA Regional wrapped up this weekend and Oklahoma had some successful showings. Geoffrey Tabor qualified for nationals in the Discus by placing 5th. The Stanford Sophomore from Ardmore threw 187’4″ with the 2K disc. Also qualifying in the Discus was KP Singh. Singh placed 12th with a throw of 178’7″. In the Hammer, Singh also qualified, again placing 12th. His best effort was 205’6″. There were a few other throwers with loose Oklahoma ties that qualified for Nationals. Colin Quirke, who transferred from OU to Manhattan, qualified in the Discus and Tim Nedow, who transferred from Tulsa to DePaul, qualified in both the Shot and the Discus. Congrats to all and good luck at Nationals!!!