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Conor McCullough

 

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Conor McCullough
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 MonctonHammer throw
Silver medal – second place2008 BydgoszczHammer throw
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoHammer throw
Conor McCullough (born January 31, 1991) is an American hammer thrower. He is a two-time medalist (one gold, one silver) at the World Junior Championships. While competing for Chaminade College Preparatory School he set the US high school record at four contested hammer weights - 11 lb (263' 9"), 12 lb (260' 0"), 13.2 lb (248' 11") and 16 lb (219' 7").[1][2] He also set the record in the Indoor Weight Throw at 93' 3¼" see the video


Career[edit]

At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, McCullough won a silver medal behind compatriot Walter Henning in a personal best throw of 75.88 m (with a six-kilogram ball).[3] Two years later, after competing for Princeton University, at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, McCullough won gold with a distance of 80.79 m, a national junior and championship record.[4] In 2012 McCullough qualified for the Olympic Trials; there he finished just out of the medals with a throw of 73.55, leaving him in the fourth place position.[5]
His father, Connor McCullough, competed in the hammer throw for Ireland and was in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.[6]
USC's Conor McCullough was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA and competed in both the indoor season, finishing second in the weight throw at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the outdoor season, winning the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. McCullough began his career at Princeton University and enrolled at USC in 2014. He was hammer runner up in 76.09m (249-7) at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[7] At the 2015 World Championships he was the top American, finishing the qualifying round in 13th place, just missing making the final by .20 m (0 ft 73⁄4 in).

Personal bests[edit]

EventBest (m)VenueDate
Hammer throw75.09Lucerne, Switzerland2012
Hammer throw77.21Edmonton, Canada2014

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ Shepard, Jack (2009). High School Track 2010. Jack Shepard. 
  2. Jump up ^ http://www.ritca.com/news/us-high-school-hammer-throw-performance-list/
  3. Jump up ^ "2008 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (final)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
  4. Jump up ^ "2010 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (final)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
  5. Jump up ^ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx
  6. Jump up ^ http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/012215aaa.html
  7. Jump up ^ http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/036-1_compiled.htm

External links[edit]

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