Oregon Track and Field Star Pierced in Eye With Javelin

The athlete was hospitalized, where he was upgraded from serious to stable condition

An Oregon track and field athlete’s eye was pierced with a javelin after he tripped and fell onto the spear during a meet Friday, NBC News reported. 

Parker Kennedy, 18, was competing at the USA Track & Field Oregon Championships when he fell face-first into the javelin, Hood River Valley High School track and field coach Donnie Herneisen said. 

Kennedy was hospitalized, where he was upgraded from serious to stable condition. 

Kennedy is a star athlete and won the State Pole Vault Championship in May. Kerneisen said the athlete was signed to compete for the University of Washington.

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