Riley Dolezal US National Champ!

[westnodak93bison]

Holy crap. 273-11!
http://www.usatf.org/2013OutdoorsResults.aspx

Nice job Fargo Forum. Did they even know he was competing? ...:facepalm:

[tony]

Yeah, I just saw that too!

That's the "A" standard and he's going to Moscow. They also showed him celebrating with an NDSU coach.

[sambini]

Its on the Forums website.

[sambini]

Awesome job Riley... nice pics of Riley and Coach Justin St,Clair on facebook.

[Buffalo.Rider]

Congratulations Riley !

Forum said his phone has been ringing off the hook since his win.
He passed on his last two attempts ... I wonder why? In any case, a GREAT win. great for Riley, great for NDSU, great for Stanley, ND, great for the entire state.

[semobison]

PR by 30+ feet! That's crazy! Great job Riley!

[Castor Troy]

Congratulations Riley !

Forum said his phone has been ringing off the hook since his win.
He passed on his last two attempts ... I wonder why? In any case, a GREAT win. great for Riley, great for NDSU, great for Stanley, ND, great for the entire state.

Because he made the A standard and was already going to Russia. Taking out duplicate performances Riley is the 8th best thrower in
US history.

[Montana Bison]

Congratulations Riley ! His throw would have gotten him 4th place in the last Olympics!!

[Buffalo.Rider]

Because he made the A standard and was already going to Russia. Taking out duplicate performances Riley is the 8th best thrower in
US history.

Quite feasible. Had not thought of that reason.

Nice to see that we aren't the only ones impressed ... some awfully good press out there on Riley. I have believed for a long time that NDSU is good overall at getting its athletes to perform beyond what they may have thought possible, thereby getting the most out of its people (in general). Certainly a big success story here. Impressive.

(added this after posting the above.) Listened to the interview with Riley, coaches Justin and Larson on gobison.com. He explained why he passed.

[BisonNation11]

Thought his presser deserved to go in this thread.


http://youtu.be/BuBpcpUrr-A

[westnodak93bison]

Does anyone know if the winning throw is online? I can't find it.

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[Castor Troy]

Does anyone know if the winning throw is online? I can't find it.

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There is a pretty good video that is circulating on facebook, but it is not on youtube as far as I know. I am not sure how I can share it with this board unless I request the owner to place it here. Let me work on this since it is worth sharing.

[Buffalo.Rider]

Riley - wins 2nd US Championship - June 2017.

(This is a bit of old news, happened couple weeks ago, but he deserves a mention here).
What a great accomplishment. His winning toss was 81.77 meters (268 ft 3 inches), about 5 feet shy of his all-time best.
If he can get into the top 32 he will go to the World Championships, which start on Aug 4.
His 81.77 is apparently a bit shy of the automatic qualifying standard, and if I remember right, he was about 4-5 feet shy of last years Olympic qualifying mark which was about the same standard. He is throwing consistent - his distances from the various throws are close - so I assume this means his technique is pretty darn good.

Interesting ... on iaaf.org, Riley is listed as "Jan Dolezal" from Czechoslovakia. They got his distance (81.77) and place and date of the throw (Sacramento, June 24) right. Presently he is 34th best in the world.

Nice job Riley, keep working at it. I hope you get stronger and quicker and will get the extra 5-10 feet (or more) consistently.

[Buffalo.Rider]

Short article on WDAY ...

http://www.wday.com/sports/4298438-dolezal-prepares-one-last-chance-worlds

The web page has a video, Riley talking about what he can do to get the last few feet in order to make 83 meters, the qualifying mark for this year's World Championships.
(I was surprised there was nothing in the Fargo Forum.)
He will be in his 'last chance' meet this Friday, June 21 (2017)

[Buffalo.Rider]

Anyone know how Riley did yesterday at the last chance meet?
I haven't seen any news on this.