{"id":869,"date":"2015-02-16T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcthrows.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:50:35","slug":"raven-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Raven Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/?attachment_id=870\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2.jpg?fit=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"raven 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2.jpg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-870\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2-300x168.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"raven 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcthrows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/raven-2.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks like we are going to have to start getting used to this.<\/p>\n<p>Another weekend, another American Junior record in the indoor shot for SIU&#8217;s Raven Saunders.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Q9wSKKw1RU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SIU throws coach John Smith sensed earlier in the week that this might be coming.<\/p>\n<p>He said that during practice Raven put the 16-pound \u00a0shot 39&#8217;4&#8243;, the 12-pound shot 47&#8217;7&#8243;, the 8-pound shot 59&#8242;, and the 3k shot 63&#8217;10&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So she was clearly in fighting trim.<\/p>\n<p>Raven&#8217;s new Junior record of 17.99m should have a longer shelf life than her last, as she will not compete this coming weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But with her conference meet on the horizon (Feb 28-March1) followed two weeks later by the NCAA Championships, will the record remain at 17.99m past mid-march?<\/p>\n<p>Allow me to quote 97% of the girls I asked out in college as a way of answering that question:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not a chance, buddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like we are going to have to start getting used to this. Another weekend, another American Junior record in the indoor shot for SIU&#8217;s Raven Saunders. SIU throws coach John Smith sensed earlier in the week that this might be coming. He said that during practice Raven put the 16-pound \u00a0shot 39&#8217;4&#8243;, the 12-pound &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/?p=869\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Raven Redux<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shot-put"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8knIb-e1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcthrows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}