photo by: Mike Yoder

Canadian Dylan Armstrong gives a thumbs up to the crowd after winning the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Reese Hoffa of Evans, Ga., tosses one of his shot put throws on his way to a second-place finish in the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Canadian Dylan Armstrong tosses one of his long shot put throws on his way to a win in the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Adam Nelson of Watkinsville, Ga., rips off his warmup shirt and gets the crowd pumped up during the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence, Wednesday on April 20, 2011. Nelson, ranked 10th in the world, finished third in the event.

photo by: Nick Krug

The masses pack the intersection of Eighth and New Hampshire Street as Dylan Armstrong of Canada prepares to throw during the Men's Shot Put event of the Kansas Relays. Armstrong won the event with a throw of 70 feet, 7 1/4 inches.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A large crowd of spectators line the sidewalks along 8th Street between New Hampshire and Massachusetts Streets to watch the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence, Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Reese Hoffa of Evans, Ga., tosses one of his shot put throws on his way to a second-place finish in the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Cory Martin of Bloomington, Ind., winds up for a shot put throw on 8th Street between New Hampshire and Massachusetts Streets during the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Dylan Armstrong throws during the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence, Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Canadian Dylan Armstrong tosses one of his long shot put throws on his way to a win in the Kansas Relays Men's Elite Shot Put event in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Kansas' Rebecca Neville runs during the women's 200-meter dash during the heptathlon on Wednesday, April 19, 2011 in Memorial Stadium.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Kansas' Nick Canton makes his first attempt in the high jump on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 during the decathlon competition at the Kansas Relays in Memorial Stadium. Men and women were competing in heptathlon and decathlon.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Kansas' Rebecca Neville throws the shot put 9.58 meters on Wednesday during the heptathlon on Wednesday April 19, 2011 in Memorial Stadium.