Carl Wallin pips M70 superweight record at Harvard indoor meet

Carl Wallin

Carl Wallin, longtime Dartmouth coaching legend who retired a couple years ago, hasn’t quit the sport. He now competes for Thor’s Stone (no relation). About a week ago, he chucked the 35-pound weight 10.62 meters (34-10 1/4) at the Greater Boston Track Club meet. His January 22 mark, at age 70, nipped Bob Ward’s listed American age-group record of 10.61, set in 2006. The meet was held at Harvard, so I suspect they measured correctly. WMA doesn’t contest the event, so there is no world record. But Carl could very well be the best heaver of this hunk of iron. Nice throw, Carl. Those who teach, also do it well!

Carl pauses before starting a throw at Harvard meet.

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January 28, 2012

6 Responses

  1. Tom Fahey - January 28, 2012

    Carl is the greatest; great coach, great athlete!

  2. Jerry Smartt - January 29, 2012

    Congratulations, Wildman. Proud of you. Hope to see you again. The AAU sent a group of us to Africa in 1963. Jerry Counihan was along. Bert Yancey was the coach. Carl and I had some far-out adventures. Oh, the stories I could tell. Smartty

  3. Henry - January 29, 2012

    Congratulations Carl! Wish I’d been there to cheer.

    I remember throwing a bit with Carl back in the late 70’s. He’d have a bunch of throwers over to his house and we’d spin and toss various implements from his back yard circle. He’s a real fine thrower and encouraging mentor.

  4. Bruce Long - January 30, 2012

    Congradulations, Sir. Tenacity sure paid off. Have a fun God blessed season of USATF.

  5. Bob Cedrone - January 30, 2012

    No surprise from the New England throwers community who compete with Carl on a regular basis about this latest American Record. In fact, we fully expect him to break this mark again in the USATF-NE Open Indoor Championships this Feb. 19th. He is a physical wonder and an asset to the Track & Field world, whether it is mentoring High School athletes, College and Open athletes, or Masters level athletes of all abilities. People like Carl should be treasured and held as role models for the rest of us wanna-be’s!

  6. Gary John - January 30, 2012

    Goes back to the point if we all just threw the 35# weight, we wouldn’t have to be buying new weights every six months.

    Very good throwing.

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