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2007-08 Track and Field Roster

John Goldsmith

  • Position Throws
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cheney, Kan.
  • Highschool Cheney HS

Biography

WSU All-Time Top 10 Lists

  • #2 in the javelin (214-6)

 2007 (Junior): Placed third at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the javelin (202-11) and fifth in the discus (156-5)...Won the javelin at the KT Woodman (212-5)...Placed third in the javelin at both the Tulsa Duels (211-3) and the California Collegiate Challenge (203-6).

2006 (Sophomore): Won his second-straight outdoor javelin championship, throwing 214-06, his best of the season...Competed in the NCAA Midwest Regional after a 205’ javelin toss at the Ward Haylett Invite...Placed sixth at the Midwest Regional with a 212-05 throw.

2005 (Freshman): MVC outdoor champion in the javelin (211-05)...Threw for 62.65m at the Stanford Invite...Placed fourth in the javelin at the Kansas Relays (207-09)...Placed second in the javelin (208-01) at the KT Woodman...Third-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 208-05, a regional mark, at the Nebraska Invitational.

Cheney HS: Threw bests of 196’ and 187’ in the javelin and discus...Lettered in football and track.

Personal: Born June 9, 1986...Son of Steve and Jessie Goldsmith...Majoring in biology...Has one brother, Taylor, and one sister, Jenney.

 

 

 

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  • 2006-07Junior

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  • 2007-08Senior

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