LAWRENCE
Shot put competition is lacking in Canada, according to Tim Nedow. So he came to Lawrence, Kansas.
Nedow won the Kansas Relays’ fifth annual downtown shot put event, which takes over a city block in downtown Lawrence. Nedow launched his winning throw of 67 feet, 11 inches in the sixth and final round — down 8th Street, towards New Hampshire Street, the ball skirting over parts of 750 tons of crushed limestone that covered the asphalt.
It was the third year in a row Nedow came to Lawrence for the downtown event, but it was the first time he won here.