Show Page 1 1 Student Life Friday May 14 1976 USU Aggie track woman Mar- Hahn throws javelin tha Hahn is made of skin and bone and solid muscle Her length is not more than 5 feet 9 inches and is topped off by a shock of California blond hair A good javelin costs anywhere from $6500 to $8500 but to Aggie The length is not less than 7 feet track coach Marilyn Weiss Mar2i2 inches It weighs less than 1 tha is worth much more than pound 52 ounces and has a 5 12 that inch grip at its center of gravity “Martha Hahn is a classical athlete dedicated to her sport and most important she is coach-able- ” Weiss explained Currently Martha and her coach are in Manhattan Kansas at the IAIAW National Track and Field Championships at Kansas State University Only three other Aggie women have ever qualified for this most prestigious track event Martha began throwing the spear only two years ago after enrolling in a Defense Tactics class at El Camino College in Torrance California The instructor who happened to also serve as mens track coach asked Martha to join the team after seeing her shoulder throw every other student in the class (including the men) She also out performed the other students when it came time for track nationals in by Karen Morrison The javelin is made of metal or solid wood with a metal point threw over 119 feet in competition Strangely enough she didn’t win any competitions at El Camino or even place at a meet Since motorists driving up here from Martha smiles “You would think they had never seen four javelins in a ski rack on top of a Bronco before!” the men on an exhibition basis and therefore was ineligible for any awards Joining up with an AAU Track Club Martha was exposed to some of the big names in womens track “Training with the US record holder in the javelin Kathy Schmidt (208’1”) was really neat” Hahn explained “She is so good She would come to the track and throw three or four times all over 190 feet then turn around and go home” Two of the four javelins that Martha brought to USU with her are gifts from Kathy Schmidt “I got a lot of stares from other Out of competition for a year with a knee injury Hahn has spent a lot of time in an intensive there was no women’s track team Martha participated with T - 1 ft Jjv at t ffl ifs 1 ( 1 3 ? J v' 4Va a via jar esta verano? Permitanos ayudarle con Su viaja Nuastros strvicios son gratis $ Only three months after she was introduced to the javelin whe CACHE rehabilitation program as well as changing her diet “I get kidded about being a health food nut but I’ve found that I really feel a lot better during competition when I’m on a low carbohydrate high protein diet That way I can prepare myself to peak before each meet” When asked how she liked living in the High Rise and eating in the cafeteria Martha smiled “I think I had better say ‘No comment’ to that question I still have to live there for the rest of the quarter” T3-T'y- v' push-up- s Martha Hahn is only the third women in USU history to qualify for the Womens National Track Meet She and her coach Marilyn Weiss are now in Manhattan Kansas Martha will compete in the javelin competition California” m&nw- ihr DRIVE-I- N ft (? 5UT bW rfij iw ? £rr - §nrr xhw&jz i Traveling this summer? 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