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EUGENE, Ore. -- You got big hands, Angela Washington told her daughter, Whitney Ashley. Hold this thing.The thing was a discus. The year was 2006. Washington knew nothing about track and field, but the coach at John W. North High School in Riverside, California, needed an extra parent to help keep the kids busy. Ashley, then a junior, liked the shot put and basketball. But the team had no one to throw the discus at meets, so Washington forced Ashley to pick it up. For her first few seasons, Ashley didnt even spin when she threw it.We learned it together, Washington said Saturday, after Ashley, 27, won the discus at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a toss of 204 feet, 2 inches, earning a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in Rio.Holding her daughters medal in her hands for the first time, Washington dissolved into tears, overwhelmed by the past 10 years of struggle and doubt.Ashley focused on the shot put through junior college, then became serious about the discus at San Diego State. After winning the NCAA title in discus in 2012, Ashley graduated and was invited to train with legendary throwing coach Art Venegas. She strained her groin before the 2013 World Championships and finished dead last. In 2014, she added about 20 pounds to gain strength, but felt slow, got injured again and finished fifth at the U.S. championships. The following year, Ashley made the national team, but finished ninth at the world championships.I just didnt see a future in it, Ashley said Saturday. I thought I would go to grad school and work toward becoming an athletic director.But it all came together by this years trials. With Ashleys long arms (shes about 5-foot-9, short for her sport) and speed across the ring helping her consistently beat all U.S. competition, she won trials by more than 6 feet.She sacrificed. She never gave up when it got hard, Washington said, crying. She stepped back a little bit and she dug in. My babys not a quitter.The night before the final at Hayward Field, Ashley couldnt sleep. She tried listening to music or watching television, but her mind kept replaying all her past meets, good and bad. She ate breakfast, then promptly threw it back up.Its a grueling process, it really is. Because four years comes down to two days, Ashley said.Now, she has another two-day challenge in Rio. Her goal is to make the final. Ashleys personal best of 212 feet, 7 inches is well behind the worlds top throwers, but if she reaches a personal best at the Olympics, she could get into the top five or maybe even on the medal stand.Its been four years of hard work and dedication, Ashley said. I know its cliché, but blood, sweat and tears. A lot of tears have hit my pillow at night. I was just so uncertain of the future. For it to come together, its so rewarding. It really is. Admiral Schofield Jersey . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Washington Wizards Shirts . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. https://www.cheapwizardsonline.com/1689k-c-j-miles-jersey-wizards.html . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Chris Chiozza Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Tim Legler Jersey . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Brent Stockstill fired a 23-yard pass to Ty Lee with 2:36 left to rally Middle Tennessee past Louisiana Tech, 38-34 in a Conference USA showdown Saturday night.Ryan Higgins threw his second TD pass to Trent Taylor early in the third quarter to give the Bulldogs a 27-7 advantage.Stockstill hit ITavius Mathers with a 37-yard scoring strike to start the comeback and Mathers ran for two more scores in the fourth quarter -- the second giving the Blue Raiders 31-27 lead.Kam McKnight capped an eight-play, 82-yard drive with a 1-yard run to give Louisiana Tech a 34-31 lead with 3:56 left, but Stockstill completed the comeback with a five-play, 75-yard drive for the win.dddddddddddd.Stockstill finished with 356 yards on 27 of 46 passing for Middle Tennessee (3-1, 1-0).Higgins was 36 of 59 for 504 yards and three touchdowns for Louisiana Tech (1-3, 0-1). ' ' '