Junior Alex Rose competes in the discus May 15, 2012 at the Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track and Field Complex. Rose won the event with a throw of 180-10.
Competing in the Olympics for his father’s home country of Samoa had always been a dream for former Central Michigan discus thrower Alex Rose.
He lived that dream this summer.
“Competing in front of thousands and thousands of people there, I got all this adrenaline. I had my season’s best throw and I knew I wanted to be the best I can be,” Rose said. “I want to be one of the guys that people look up to and model technically and try to throw like.