I don't think most sports writers know that in field events the discus, hammer and javelin are "thrown" and the shot is "put". The events are officially hammer throw, javelin throw, discus throw and shot put. So in the articles about our football recruits who also do field events they need to either say he throws the discus so many feet and puts the shot so many feet, or they need to say discus so many feet and shot so many feet. But mixing the two by saying discus so many feet and "shot put" so many feet tells me the author doesn't understand track and field terminology.