Athlete Spotlight: Frank Nothaft

MileStat.com will be attempting to do a series of interview articles with a top male and female athlete from each region leading up to next weekend’s state championships. The first featured athlete spotlight is on Thomas Jefferson Science & Tech senior thrower Frank Nothaft. Nothaft has been one of the state’s top discus throwers this spring and looks to give TJ head track coach and distance coaching genius Matt Ryan his first AAA state boys’ individual state champion outside of the distance races. Nothaft is currently ranked fourth in the state with a season best discus throw of 166’4”, which is second best in Group AAA.

MileStat.com: When did you get involved with track and field and throwing and why?

Frank Nothaft: In the fall of 9th grade we had a short track unit in P.E. where we got to try most of the field events. My P.E. teacher was Coach James, one of the track team's coaches. He saw that I had promise in shot, and asked me to consider doing indoor track. I took him up...