Catching up with former area athletes: Lancer freshman Kellan Odell surges to GPAC lead in javelin

Catching up with former area athletes: Lancer freshman Kellan Odell surges to GPAC lead in javelin

YANKTON, S.D. — Mitchell native and Mount Marty University track and field freshman Kellan Odell has jumped into the Great Plains Athletic Conference lead for the javelin throw early in the season. Odell had a throw of 60.5 meters, or 198 feet, 6 inches, at the Wayne State College Wildcat Classic on March 27, which is now the top throw in the GPAC conference and an NAIA B qualifying standard mark, putting him in line for potential NAIA national …