NEW YORK, N.Y. — Kingston High track and field star Daniella Johnson set a school indoor record and had the second-best weight throw in Section 9 girls history on the way to a fourth-place ...

A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident occurred Sunday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, which was ...

An errant weight thrown by a competitor struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado ... The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before ...

The so-called hammer in the hammer throw event is actually a heavy ball ... Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. A hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet ...

The University of Connecticut’s track and field team training in the Track and Field Throwing Facility. The team’s next meet will take place on Friday, Feb. 7 at Harvard. Photo by Francesca Bazil/The ...

The hammer throw is one of the signature events in track and field competition. The weight is attached to a grip, and the athlete spins around and lets it go down the field.

The weight used in the hammer throw event weighs 16 pounds for men and 9 pounds for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track and field governing body.

A spectator was killed Sunday during the weight throw event at a high school track and field meet on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus after an athlete's implement went out of bounds.

The club sports track and field meet was held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse campus for high school students across Colorado. Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their ...

The $4 million project will transform an area on the west side of Ithaca College campus to feature a 400-meter track ... A nearby field behind Emerson Hall will be repurposed for throwing events.

A spectator killed by an errant weight in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field meet was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said. The accident Sunday ...

A spectator was killed after a hammer weight was thrown out of bounds at a high school track and field event ... the hammer throw is a less common field event in the U.S. Some states, such as ...