Coupeville’s Logan Martin learns from Camryn Rogers, reigning world champ in the hammer throw. (Photos courtesy Abbie Martin)
Canada is the place to go if you’re serious about being a top-level hammer thrower, eh.
Coupeville grad Logan Martin, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, continues to work year-round in his pursuit of excellence, and that sent him to Langley, British Columbia last weekend.
Dad Bob, who coaches the CHS track team, was supposed to go along for the trip, but the family dog brought that to a skidding halt, eating the elder Martin’s passport.
Rumors abound that papa, a former Marine Drill Sergeant, is currently making the persnickety pooch run laps.
Is the hangdog hound dog responding by doing a note-perfection imitation of Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman, whining “I got nowhere else to go!”
One can only hope so.
World champ Ethan Katzberg informs Martin all of his power comes from his ‘stache.
Meanwhile, back in reality, Logan Martin spent his time in maple syrup country training with world champion hammer throwers Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers, as well as coaches Dylan Armstrong and Garrett Collier.
The first of those coaches is a former Olympian who trained with the sport’s top guru, Dr. Anatolij Bondarčuk, while the latter mentors throwers at the University of British Columbia.
Along with the chance to train with top-level hammer chuckers, Logan Martin also inspired his own throwing coach, Martin Bingisser, to put together a podcast on the subject for his massive HMMR Media network.
That reunited Bingisser, an 11-time national champ, with Armstrong, as the pair were training partners in the old days.
Working with the big boys.
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