Friday, April 4
Austin, Texas
10:30 AM
Liberty University
at
Texas Relays
Henderson Unleashes 204-3 Discus
4/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
For the second consecutive Friday, Liberty senior Clendon Henderson posted the NCAA's top discus throw to date this season. His career-best 204-3 heave, which came on his sixth and final attempt, enabled him to win the event in dramatic fashion at the 81st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Henderson (Meadow, Texas), competing in his home state, opened with a big 200-6 throw. However, he had fallen to third place, behind UCLA's two-time All-American Greg Garza (201-10) and Cal's Martin Maric (200-7), when the senior stepped up for his last throw.
Henderson then won the competition with a new Liberty and Big South-record toss, which stretched the tape to 204-3. Friday's throws by Henderson, Garza and Maric are the top three marks in the nation in 2008.
Henderson's previous best, 198-2, came at the 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where he placed 10th.
The Liberty senior threw the discus 193-4 a week ago, at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, to briefly claim the top spot on the national performance list. However, six throwers exceeded Henderson's mark last Saturday. Two of those men, Garza and his teammate John Caulfield, were among the throwers Henderson defeated on Friday.
Henderson is undefeated in his three discus competitions this season, claiming championships at the Shamrock Invitational and Liberty Collegiate Invitational prior to Friday's first-place finish.
Henderson has now recorded personal-best marks on consecutive days. On Thursday, he notched a 192-0 hammer throw.
Liberty will have three athletes competing on Saturday, the fourth and final day of the Texas Relays. Matt Parker (Jr., Rome, N.Y.) is set to high jump at noon Eastern, while Henderson and Jon Hart (Sr., Wyomissing, Pa.) will throw the shot put at 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
Henderson (Meadow, Texas), competing in his home state, opened with a big 200-6 throw. However, he had fallen to third place, behind UCLA's two-time All-American Greg Garza (201-10) and Cal's Martin Maric (200-7), when the senior stepped up for his last throw.
Henderson then won the competition with a new Liberty and Big South-record toss, which stretched the tape to 204-3. Friday's throws by Henderson, Garza and Maric are the top three marks in the nation in 2008.
Henderson's previous best, 198-2, came at the 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where he placed 10th.
The Liberty senior threw the discus 193-4 a week ago, at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, to briefly claim the top spot on the national performance list. However, six throwers exceeded Henderson's mark last Saturday. Two of those men, Garza and his teammate John Caulfield, were among the throwers Henderson defeated on Friday.
Henderson is undefeated in his three discus competitions this season, claiming championships at the Shamrock Invitational and Liberty Collegiate Invitational prior to Friday's first-place finish.
Henderson has now recorded personal-best marks on consecutive days. On Thursday, he notched a 192-0 hammer throw.
Liberty will have three athletes competing on Saturday, the fourth and final day of the Texas Relays. Matt Parker (Jr., Rome, N.Y.) is set to high jump at noon Eastern, while Henderson and Jon Hart (Sr., Wyomissing, Pa.) will throw the shot put at 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
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