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The Fortuitous Fall: Renowned Throws Coach Steve Lemke's Unanticipated Journey to Prominence - GatorZone.comPublished by
The Fortuitous Fall: Renowned Throws Coach Steve Lemke's Unanticipated Journey to Prominence Published by Zach Diriam/Florida SID October 8th, 2015 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Battling the long, brutal winters of Fargo, N.D. as a teenager, becoming an All-American javelin thrower never crossed Florida track and field associate head coach Steve Lemke’s mind. Neither did tutoring eight Olympians and eight collegians to 13 NCAA Division I championships over a 30-plus-year career coaching track and field’s throwing events. Entering his junior year of high school, Lemke had never even picked up a javelin spear. He golfed all spring, football consumed his summers and falls, basketball held him over until the frigid, snow-laden months passed and warmer weather returned. His girlfriend at the time, a javelin thrower, convinced him to give it a whirl. None of his first attempts were worth discussing. The next year, despite zero training between his junior and senior seasons, Lemke recorded the state’s longest throw, shattering his previous personal best by nearly 40 feet. Shortly thereafter, he accepted a scholarship offer from South Dakota State, a Division II program with a two-man coaching staff and only a grass field—not the synthetic runways utilized in competition—for its javelin throwers to practice on. Day after day Lemke studied the javelin. In the pre-YouTube era, books and physics, a subject he had a knack for, were the only tools at his disposal. Dissecting the mechanics and science of throwing fascinated him. His tireless research and countless hours of self-coaching culminated in a fifth-place finish at the 1983 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Two of the men who beat him were 1984 Olympians.
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The Fortuitous Fall: Renowned Throws Coach Steve Lemke's Unanticipated Journey to Prominence - GatorZone.comPublished by
The Fortuitous Fall: Renowned Throws Coach Steve Lemke's Unanticipated Journey to Prominence Published by Zach Diriam/Florida SID October 8th, 2015 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Battling the long, brutal winters of Fargo, N.D. as a teenager, becoming an All-American javelin thrower never crossed Florida track and field associate head coach Steve Lemke’s mind. Neither did tutoring eight Olympians and eight collegians to 13 NCAA Division I championships over a 30-plus-year career coaching track and field’s throwing events. Entering his junior year of high school, Lemke had never even picked up a javelin spear. He golfed all spring, football consumed his summers and falls, basketball held him over until the frigid, snow-laden months passed and warmer weather returned. His girlfriend at the time, a javelin thrower, convinced him to give it a whirl. None of his first attempts were worth discussing. The next year, despite zero training between his junior and senior seasons, Lemke recorded the state’s longest throw, shattering his previous personal best by nearly 40 feet. Shortly thereafter, he accepted a scholarship offer from South Dakota State, a Division II program with a two-man coaching staff and only a grass field—not the synthetic runways utilized in competition—for its javelin throwers to practice on. Day after day Lemke studied the javelin. In the pre-YouTube era, books and physics, a subject he had a knack for, were the only tools at his disposal. Dissecting the mechanics and science of throwing fascinated him. His tireless research and countless hours of self-coaching culminated in a fifth-place finish at the 1983 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Two of the men who beat him were 1984 Olympians.
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