McCorkle's Corner: The College Report XXXV

Home Coverage – R.A. Long grad Chapin hammers out new school record at WWU; plus other local talent at the next level

R.A. Long grad Kathryn Chapin, a sophomore at Western Washington University, prepares to let fly with the women’s hammer during competition in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships. Chapin won the event with a school-record toss of 186-feet-2. / Photo courtesy of Western Washington Athletics.

By Rick McCorkle for Blast Zone Media / blastzonenews@gmail.com

College Athletics / Alumni Radar

It's been a successful week of top finishes and school-records for R.A. Long grad Kathryn Chapin, a sophomore student-athlete with the Western Washington University women's track team.

At the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships held in Ellensburg, Chapin twirled the hammer a school-record 186-feet-2, also a personal-best distance, in winning the event. She also heaved the shot put 46-1 1/4 to place second.

Chapin's victory run for the week didn't stop there. At the Emilie Mondor Invitational hosted by Simon Fraser University in Canada, she claimed the shot put with a toss of 46-1 1/2.

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