Whitefish's Talon Holmquist launches a throw of 50 feet 1 inch in the boys shot put at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 30. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
April 30, 2022
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Whitefish’s Holmquist excels in technique-heavy shot put
Matt Beckwith, longtime throwing coach at Whitefish High School and a 160-foot discus thrower in his high school days, knows the good ones don’t come around very often. In Talon Holmquist, the Bulldogs have a shot putter that looks the part (6-foot-6, 245 pounds) and backs it up.