AM 1240 WJON » amanda smock http://wjon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Top 10 Stories – #6 Two Local Olympians http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:49:46 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=156750 Today (Monday) we continue our countdown of the Top 10 local stories of the year with our number six story. It's a story that actually played-out across the pond over in London. During the Games of the XXX Olympiad July 27th through August 12th, we were fortunate enough to have not just one, but two, women from Stearns County competing for Team USA.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/feed/ 0 Melrose Native Olympian Smock Honors 40 Years Of Title IX http://wjon.com/melrose-native-olympian-smock-honors-40-years-of-title-ix/ http://wjon.com/melrose-native-olympian-smock-honors-40-years-of-title-ix/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:36:14 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=136619 Students and community members gathered at the College of Saint Benedict Gorecki Center yesterday (Monday) to hear 2012 Olympian Amanda Smock speak on behalf of the 40th anniversary of Title IX.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melrose-native-olympian-smock-honors-40-years-of-title-ix/feed/ 0 Ashli Gerdes Souhan in London: Talking Phelps, Start of Track and Field http://wjon.com/souhan-in-london-talking-phelps-start-of-track-and-field/ http://wjon.com/souhan-in-london-talking-phelps-start-of-track-and-field/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:45:01 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=122574 Star Tribune sports writer Jim Souhan is covering the Olympics for us on WJON. He reports live from London every morning at 7:15 a.m.

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]]> http://wjon.com/souhan-in-london-talking-phelps-start-of-track-and-field/feed/ 0 Melrose's Smock Finished In 27th Place http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-finished-in-27th-place/ http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-finished-in-27th-place/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:16:08 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=122566 Melrose native Amanda Smock finished 27th in the London Summer Olympic qualification round and she does not advance to the next round. Smock is the lone American that qualified for the triple-jump at the Summer games.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-finished-in-27th-place/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (Courtesy of Becky Miller) Olympics: Smock Does Not Advance in Triple Jump http://wjon.com/olympics-smock-does-not-advance-in-triple-jump/ http://wjon.com/olympics-smock-does-not-advance-in-triple-jump/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:37:35 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=122535 Melrose Native Amanda Smock has failed to advance to the finals in the Triple Jump this (Friday) morning at the Olympics.

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]]> http://wjon.com/olympics-smock-does-not-advance-in-triple-jump/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (Courtesy of Becky Miller) Melrose's Smock Walks in Opening Olympic Ceremony http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/ http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:01:21 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=120994 Melrose native Amanda Smock walked in the parade of nations during the opening ceremony for the Games of the XXX Olympiad on Friday night. We found a picture she posted on Twitter of her and fellow Olympian Tyrone Smith.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-walks-in-opening-olympic-ceremony/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (Twitter) Times, Dates When Local Olympians Will Compete http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/ http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:33:16 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=119901 Central Minnesota is fortunate to have a few athletes competing in the London Olympics. So when will we need to be paying attention to how our local athletes are doing?

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]]> http://wjon.com/times-dates-when-local-olympians-will-compete/feed/ 0 Getty Images; USOC/Long Photography; Team USA; Facebook Smock Coming Home to Melrose Before Olympics [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/smock-coming-home-to-melrose-before-olympics-audio/ http://wjon.com/smock-coming-home-to-melrose-before-olympics-audio/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:07:04 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=115540 Melrose native Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock is still getting used to the idea that she's an Olympian. Smock is going to be in Melrose this weekend for their city celebration.

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]]> http://wjon.com/smock-coming-home-to-melrose-before-olympics-audio/feed/ 0 Melrose's Smock Wins at U.S. Olympic Trials http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-wins-at-u-s-olympic-trials/ http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-wins-at-u-s-olympic-trials/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:21:04 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=112908 Melrose native Amanda Smock (Tieschafer) won the women's triple-jump at the U.S. Olympic trials Monday night in Eugene, Oregon. Smock is headed to London for the Summer Olympics. Her best jump was her first, 45 feet and 9 inches.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melroses-smock-wins-at-u-s-olympic-trials/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (NDSU) UPDATE: Melrose Native Heading to the Olympics http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/ http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:39:33 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=112822 Melrose native Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock has qualified for the Olympics later this summer in London. Twenty-nine year old Smock won the triple jump this (Monday) evening at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

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]]> http://wjon.com/update-melrose-native-heading-to-the-olympics/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (NDSU) Melrose Native Competing for Spot on Olympic Team http://wjon.com/melrose-native-competing-for-spot-on-olympic-team/ http://wjon.com/melrose-native-competing-for-spot-on-olympic-team/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:40:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=112627 A Melrose native will be competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team tonight (Monday). Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock is in first place in the triple jump after the preliminary round on Saturday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/melrose-native-competing-for-spot-on-olympic-team/feed/ 0 Amanda Smock (NDSU)