Do any javelin throwers get a full ride?

Our school did (DI - CUSA). He actually walked on as a former quarterback and proceeded to win Penn Relays, Conference, and then placed Top 10 at the Olympic Trials in the only full season he ever threw the javelin. Complete natural talent with an arm.

In Power 5 conferences points can be tough to come by. I think a lot of teams (but not the top teams) in the SEC will shell out a full to any athlete they feel has a good shot at all conference, regardless of event.

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Thoughts?

High school T&F counts on Am. football players for most events except 800m, 1600m and 3200m. I've seen several h.s. T&F teams with the best 800m runner is an Am. football player. When I was a D-2 athlete, there was a partnership between Am. football team and T&F team. There was athlete sharing. I transferred to a D-1 university. I was no longer an athlete. I kept in touch with athletic department. There was no athlete sharing between Am. football team and T&F team. If the Am. football team and T&F team at a college/university do not share athletes then a great javelin thrower will have an opportunity for a full ride like any other T&F athlete.

Ole miss... look at the tfrrs list and may name you cannot pronounce. Probably has a full.

Not too often.

Coaches would rather shell the full rides out for people who can actually score in multiple events. Having someone who can only throw a jav and do nothing else only gives a 10 pt potential. Be multifaceted and your chances will increase.

If there's a potential NCAA champion and guaranteed points at NCAA's I could see a decent P5 school giving full ride for that. They'd probably get 10 points at conference outdoors and some points at NCAA's. That's really what it's all about.

Men have like 12.6 scholarships, so 10 points per scholarship (1st place) would net you 126 points, and that's a very good team at conference, and an unbelievable team at NCAA's that won't happen. An average P5 school might only score 50-60 poionts at conference which that 10 points is more than worth a full scholarship.

I was on a staff that had 2 javelin throwers on full rides. One won it and was a +78 meter guy and the other was around 74 meters. I think they placed 1 and 5 at nationals, which is worth 15 points. That goes a long way towards getting team into the top 25 at nationals, which AD's love.

Coach Henry likely gave the Greek guy a full ride and doesn't regret it.

If uga coach gave his female thrower Obst a full ride, he is seriously regretting it.

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Not too often.

Coaches would rather shell the full rides out for people who can actually score in multiple events. Having someone who can only throw a jav and do nothing else only gives a 10 pt potential. Be multifaceted and your chances will increase.

No question an elite 400m hurdler who can also race sub-46 400m is more valuable than a very good javelin thrower to a college T&F team. No question an elite 110m hurdler who can sprint sub-10.3 100m and also long jump at an elite level is more valuable to a college T&F team than a very good javelin thrower. I'd rather have a very good javelin thrower on a college T&F team than a 9:10 3200m runner who cannot break 57 seconds for 400m.

A few have said it already. A first place at the Big Ten is worth a full ride. Some are saying that a guy who can score in multiple events is worth more. That sounds true in theory but if both are likely to get 10+ points, they can't get more than a full ride so their "pay" or value is the same.

Where do you find javelin throwers with demonstrated performance?

I'm guessing most of them are european. There aren't that many high school associations that throw javelin.