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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Vinegar, it's not just for salad dressing. 5/20/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 That's got to hurt: Photog gets javelin in the leg A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships -- and was speared through the leg by a javelin. Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner in Utah was spared serious injury in Saturday's mishap, and even managed to snap a photo of his speared leg while others worked to help him. "If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," McGeeney said later. The 33-year-old McGeeney, an ex-Marine who spent six months in Afghanistan, was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into off-limits area set aside for the javelin throw. Striking just below the knee, the javelin tip went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg. "It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said. Much of the javelin was cut off at the scene. The piece in McGeeney's leg was removed at a hospital, and he received 13 stitches. The javelin was thrown by Anthony Miles, who went on to win the state title in javelin on a subsequent throw.

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