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D-II Sidebar: Stomps Wins Weight Throw After Harrowing Two Years

Published by
Martin Bingisser   Mar 13th 2010, 2:57pm
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By Glen Rosales
Special to NCAA.com

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Not much more than a year ago, it would have been difficult to envision Jason Stomps holding an NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championship trophy for the weight throw at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

In November 2008, Stomps of Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.), was lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a battery of respirators while fighting a particularly virulent strain of pneumonia.

"He was not on his death bed, but he was not very far off it," said Chargers coach Bill Lundberg. "He had a high fever and there really was some concern."

In all, he ended up spending 17 days in the hospital, most of those in the intensive care unit. His 250-pound body of chiseled muscle used in the throwing events had shrunk by some 40 pounds....


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