An Oregon track and field star's eye was pierced with a javelin after he tripped and fell onto the heavy spear during a meet Friday, his former high school coach said.

Parker Kennedy, 18, was competing at the USA Track & Field Oregon Championships at Portland's Jesuit High School when he fell face-first into the javelin, said Hood River Valley High School track and field coach Donnie Herneisen.

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