track
Former prep star
Duck javelin thrower looks
for national team spot
By MARK STEWART
Of the Emerald
Bill Dellinger recruited three ot
the state’s best high school
trackmen for his squad this year.
One was a nationally ranked jave
lin thrower his last two years at
Newberg High. From one of the
best grade school junior Olympic
softball throwers the city of New
berg has seen to a collegiate jave
lin thrower — Todd Lovell has
come a long way.
As a junior in high school, Lovell
was ranked seventh in the national
among prep javelin throwers with
a toss of 213-10 and ranked third
as a senior last year after throwing
218-7. He went to the Golden
West Invitational meet last year,
where the best graduating prep
trackmen compete, and came
home with second place honors.
Lovell, who said he has been
blessed with a good arm, got in
terested in the javelin in junior high
school after befriending Eb Buck,
who threw the javelin and was a
decathlete for George Fox Col
lege. Lovell took up the javelin as
a freshman in high school, but his
success came with Newberg's
new basketball coach, Jim Boutin.
“Jim Boutin threw 245-0 and
had worked out with a former
world record holder," said Lovell
of his high school coach. “I
needed someone knowledgable. I
started from scratch, he taught me
to concentrate on being aggres
sive with the javelin. The little
things he's taught me all tied to
gether.”
During his sophomore year in
high school Lovell threw 172-8
and in his first meet as a junior
threw 193-0 in the Coast-Valley
Relays. “It was there I realized
that maybe I could do well,” Lovell
said.
“At my first state meet I never
dreamed about being state
champ, but realized I had a
chance.”
The fail after being crowned
state javelin champ the first time,
Lovell moved with his parents to
London, where he spent the first
semester of his senior year at the
American Community School.
“I wanted to stay in Newberg,
but before I went I knew I would be
back,” said Lovell. “I came back
after one semester to throw the
javelin. There was no facility to
throw in over there.”
While in London, Lovell earned
a letter playing soccer for his
school’s not-so-good geam. One
of the differences Lovell noticed
between the London school and
Newberg High was the sports
facilities.
“We had no gym and no show
ers,” Lovell said. “For soccer
practice we had to go to Hyde
Park, and there we had to dress
behind trees and had to time
dressing between the old ladies
and the kindergarten classes.
Then we had to ride home on the
bus all dirty and stinky."
Lovell also said the education
he received in London was not
quite the same as he would have
gotten in Newberg. “There were
250 kids in four grades of different
nationalities, but basically Ameri
can. In Newberg, there were
about 30 kids in a class and in
London 8-12 in each class. The
school had a good education
program. One of my Shakespeare
teachers used to be a professor at
Wisconsin.”
After classes were over on Fri
day, Lovell said there was a
number of things to do in London.
“After school, all the students
went down to the pubs. “I went to
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socialize and throw darts. There
were plays to go to, and we could
go to different countries. When we
say something is old here, it’s 100
years old and over there it’s 1,500
years old.’’
When Lovell got back home, he
proceeded to become the third
best javelin thrower in the country
and win another state champion
ship. “I had a better feeling about
winning the state championship
the second time because all the
competitors were keying for me.”
Oregon was Lovell’s first choice
because track is a big sport snd
Hayward Field a good facility.
After working with the Duck
coaches, he's added another
reason. “I can tell Frank (Morris,
assistant coach) knows his stuff.
All the guys say he’s the best
weight coach in the country.”
Lovell said he has two goals in
mind for himself before June. One
is to qualify for the NCAA meet.
The other is to qualify for the junior
national team, which will tour the
Soviet Union for two weeks.
“I’m capable of throwing 230-0
(qualifying mark for NCAA,), it’s
just doing it. I'm too tight. Frank
said to have fun and relax.”
“I’d like to go to junior nationals
and make that team. 206-0 is qual
ifying for that and the Oregon
Track Club would send me if I had
a good chance to win. Rudy
(Chapa), Matt (Centrowitz,) and
Dave (Voorhees) have all gone
and they said it’s an experience. It
would be neat to represent the Un
ited States. That would be a trip.”
While Lovell hasn't thrown far
enough to qualify for the NCAA
meet, he does have the determi
nation — last year he was practic
ing for the Golden West meet 45
minutes before graduation. Only
time will tell how far Lovell will be
able to throw.
“I need experience. This is only
my fifth year of throwing the jave
lin. The East Germans and Rus
sians throw 15 years and have the
same coach their whole careers.
It’s only a matter of experience be
fore I'll get to be a world-class
javelin thrower.”
Photo by N«tl Gnierfoider
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