USC Throws

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 more impressive is that Kruger has been throwing competitively with some of the greatest discus throwers for over 4 different decades now! From the early 90s, to now early 2020s, and still able to reach distances around 60m with 2kg discus. Elite thrower, and now an elite throws coach, coach Kruger shares with us tips on how to throw far without being extremely strong, and how to avoid injuries along the way.

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 teach and coach so many athletes and coaches about the skill of javelin throwing. The camps he attends to teach are very popular and successful and he’s committed to continue to expand and better javelin throw even as long as he can. It gave much to him he said, and he wants to pay it forward. In this interview he shares many valuable tips that will help you and your athletes tremendously, so listen close, learn, and take notes from Thomas Röhler. Follow Thomas at https://mobile.twitter.com/thomasroehler and https://www.instagram.com/thomasroehler/?hl=en