Sports
Whiz Kid: A.J. Hicks Can Really Throw
Solon Track & Field Star dominated at Indoor Track State Championships last weekend
Whiz Kid of the Week: A.J. Hicks
Age: High school senior
School: Solon High School
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Accomplishment: A.J. Hicks, the senior co-captain of the boys' indoor track team, collected two of the greatest throws in the county last weekend, winning two indoor track individual championships.
Key to Awesomeness: Hicks threw 70 feet,7.75 inches in the weight throw. That was good enough to break the Division I indoor state meet record and is, right now, the 7th best throw in the country.
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Hicks also won the state championship in the shot put, hurling the shot 61 feet, 4.75 inches to win that event. That throw is the 11th-best in the nation.
Hicks will attend the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill next fall on a track and field scholarship.
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