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Posted by: Cinderella

Photographer speared by javelin at Utah meet

PROVO, Utah (AP) - A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships - and was speared through the leg by a javelin.

Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner was spared serious injury in Saturday's mishap, and even managed to snap a photo of his speared leg while others worked to help him.
"If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," McGeeney said later.
The 33-year-old McGeeney, an ex-Marine who spent six months in Afghanistan, was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into off-limits area set aside for the javelin throw.

Striking just below the knee, the javelin tip went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg.
"It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said.
Much of the javelin was cut off at the scene. The piece in McGeeney's leg was removed at a hospital, and he received 13 stitches.

The javelin was thrown by Anthony Miles, a Provo High School student who said when he saw what had happened, "my heart just stopped."
"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,'" Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday. He said Miles was "in a little bit of shock," but he assured the athlete that it was not his fault. With a subsequent throw, Miles went on to win the state title in javelin for teams in Provo High's size classification, 4-A.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080520/D90P26R00.html

Posted by: 7costanza

Thats great the coachs first thought was he was glad he brought another javelin...what an ass....

Posted by: 5-0

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Originally Posted by 7costanza

Thats great the coachs first thought was he was glad he brought another javelin...what an ass....

I would submit that as quote of the year actually.

Posted by: 7costanza

Picture this, the guy spends a tour in Iraq , comes home without a scratch and gets killed by a javelin... Hey atleast the kid won the state title.

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