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Former KU Athlete Mason Finley Keeps Up Family Tradition in Olympics

By Greg Echlin
Published August 11, 2016 at 3:21 PM CDT
Lawrence resident and Olympic discus thrower Mason Finley works out at Haskell Indian Nations University. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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Former University of Kansas athlete and Lawrence resident Mason Finley competing during the men's discus throw final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene Oregon in 2016. (Photo credit: Lawrence Journal-World) .
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The University of Kansas and Kansas State University have sent a combined total 11 athletes to the Olympics in Rio, just to compete in the track and field events. Of the 11, four are Americans. As Kansas Public Radio’s Greg Echlin explains, discus thrower Mason Finley, a former Kansas Jayhawk, has strong family ties to the Lawrence and Kansas City areas.
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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