I've decided that my story will be on Brice Paey, a senior thrower for the UNH men's track & field team. Paey enjoyed a dominant winter season for the indoor track & field team, highlighted by his first place finish in shot put at the New England championships. The team has already begun competing outdoors, with two home meets in early April.
My initial research on Paey began with this article from The New Hampshire (the online archive sucks, so I had to link to the PDF version on Issuu).
http://issuu.com/tnhstaff/docs/issue31_2012
(page 19)
Key facts I learned from the article:
- Paey is from nearby Milton, N.H. and went to St. Thomas Aquinas High School, giving his story a local aspect.
- He didn't start taking shot put seriously until his senior year of high school.
- Paey owns the UNH shot put record, with a throw of 18.29 meters. According to UNHWildcats.com, the record came during the 2009-10 season at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic.
- He redshirted the 2010-11 season due to academic field trips.
- He wants to continue throwing past college, which begs the question, where else can a thrower compete, besides the Olympics, past college?
The other source from that article is the UNH track & field coach Jim Boulanger, who is an obvious choice for a source. I have interviews with both Paey and Boulanger later this week.
UNHWildcats.com also has a profile page for each athlete that competes at UNH. Paey's contains plenty of useful information, including past performances, records and even a little personal bio.
http://unhwildcats.com/sports/mtrack/2011-12/bios/paey%20brice%20yurj
Other sources could include Paey's teammates, former coaches and even his parents, who I'm sure are at most of his home meets. The interview with Paey later this week should yield some secondary sources.
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