Track and field today—it comprised a five-event competition of the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, stadion footrace, and wrestling. Track and field events were also present at the Panhellenic Games in Greece around this period, and they spread to Rome in Italy around 200 BC. After the period of Classical antiquity (in which the sport was largely Greco-Roman influenced) new track and field events began developing in parts of Northern Europe in the Middle Ages. The stone put and weight throw competitions popular among Celtic societies in Ireland and Scotland were precursors to the modern shot put and hammer throw events. One
Geoff Vanderstock in the 1968 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and was a two time All-American He was ranked in the top ten American 400 metre hurdlers 5 straight years 1965-1969, including two years, 1966 and 1968 ranked as number one. He is now a San Fernando Valley real estate broker. He appeared in the 1979 track and field oriented movie" Goldengirl", the 1989 movie "Tango & Cash", and made a couple of appearances in the 1987 FOX comedy TV series "Mr. President". Geoff Vanderstock Geoffrey Peter "Geoff" Vanderstock (born October 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) (also known as Jeff)