LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Scott Russell broke his Kansas Relays record for javelin throw with a distance of 268 feet, 11 inches on Friday.
Russell holds the Canadian record in the event with a mark of 276 feet, 11 inches, set in 2005, but he has not been training full time in the past year because of a knee injury.
He set the previous meet record in 2008 with a throw of 267 feet, 6 inches.
“I’m a little taken aback,” he said. “It didn’t make sense today because I shouldn’t have thrown that far with how little I train.”
The meet also marked Russell’s first competitive throw since the 2009 Kansas Relays, he said.
