The guy is brilliant, said Deal, who did some welding on the hammer cage.

The hammer cage is no place for lightweights.

The competition was held on a specially constructed hammer cage in the Portland suburb of Beaverton.

And for both Deal and Stray, thats one of the commonalities between coach and athlete that goes beyond the hammer cage.

Harold Alfond Stadium new in 2008, contains an illuminated 400-meter, 8-lane track, with area for the long and triple jump, new discus and hammer cage and separate areas for shot put and javelin competition.

EUGENE, Ore. — Lance Deal, the last American to win an Olympic medal in the hammer throw, swept the hammer cage he built free of rain the other day at Hayward Field.

Apart from the lack of officials the worst of it was having to scrap the 400s and relays because the hammer cage was declared to be a danger in the wind, and having to cancel the TJ because of the state of the runway.