Firewood and hay bales helped Eatonville's Justin Kaelin become state's best ... - TheNewsTribune.com
Justin Kaelin doesn’t lift in state-of-the-art weight rooms or attend prestigious throwers camps. The senior at Eatonville High School has been the top thrower in the state the past two years — not only in the 1A classification — because of a work ethic developed from summers bucking hay bales, chopping wood and working on cars. Old cars, trucks and tractors (Kaelin’s father, Reg, says he’s a gatherer, not a hoarder as his wife might say) are parked to the sides with a wood shed to the left. Kaelin’s most frequented weight facility is the one up the stairs and down the hall in the same room he used to share a bunk bed with his older brother, Jordan. It was a little different last year when he traveled to the University of Oregon for the Oregon Relays for the first time. “It was really crowded,” Kaelin said. Throwing really began for Kaelin as a way to stay in shape for football. Kaelin threw the shot put 58-4½ at last year’s Nisqually League championship meet for the top mark in the state. He’ll be competing for his second consecutive state title in the shot put at the 1A/2B/1B track and field championships at Eastern Washington University this week, entering with a state-best mark of 59-5½. Former teammate Lucas Hatton, now... Source: www.thenewstribune.com
