Dan Austin '06 does not advance at U.S. Olympic discus trials

Dan Austin (Mechanicsburg, PA) placed 11th in the 12-person second flight of throwers at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in the discus Wednesday night in Eugene, Oregon and did not advance to the finals of the event.

Austin was attempting to overcome a self-imposed layoff from the event after a subpar throwing year as a graduate student at the University of Arizona. He was hoping to re-gain the form and technique that enabled him to throw 208' feet shortly after graduating from Williams in 2006 and contest for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team headed to Beijing.

Austin's best throw of the competition sailed 53.12m (174' 3").

Soon Austin will join Teach for America in the New York City area and he has been assigned to a school in the Bronx. He may choose to continue throwing while participating in Teach for America due to the history of discus throwers maturing in their late 20s and/or early 30s.