May 12, 2008

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - 2Lt Dana Pounds and 2Lt Olivia Korte, two former Academy track and field standouts, competed in separate events this weekend as a part of the Air Force World Class Athlete Program (WCAP). Pounds competed in the javelin at the Oregon Invitational, while Korte participated at the Hartnell Throwers Meet in Salinas, Calif.

Pounds won the nine-competitor javelin throw with a toss of 194'7" to defeat Kim Kreiner (191'4") for the third time since entering the WCAP. As usual, the duo separated themselves from the field by nearly 30 feet. Featured within a series that bettered 180-feet, Pounds' toss was the third-longest of her career.

Korte won the second session of the discus-only meet in Salinas. Her career-best toss of 181'0" was nearly 12 feet farther than the rest of the field in her section. Korte will also compete this week (May 13-15) at the Big Winds Discus Challenge in Maui, Hawaii.