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06/21/2003 Archived Entry: "HANNES HOPLEY"

HANNES HOPLEY

Southern Methodist University thrower Hannes Hopley won the men's discus at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, June 14, with SMU Mustang freshman Michael Robertson taking third. Hopley, a native of Rustenburg, South Africa, was the top finisher in the qualifying round and won the final with a heave of 61.25m. The win marked the sophomore's first NCAA title.

Michael Robertson and Einar lived right across the hall from my granddaughter last year at SMU. She was the dorm RA. Hannes, Michael and Einar are good friends and usually found their way to Mackenzie's stash of brownies and cookies. Einar is from Iceland and is one of the premier high jumpers in the world.

We're working on Mackenzie to bring the three men home with her sometime so Einar can help Drew and Tyler with their high jumping and Hannes and Michael can help Caleb with his throwing. That would be really neat.