JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?"5@ .8*Є.yX ;Û ``%%-%!44PEE.)1MQF(:H090 FhPj>xoҴqMxE!}g*`8""2 ;/و#=*1ݑhJ6k*;iثmA 9CJuCO42JoTi=jt]GYE֩WRG%`^+6c%$i8w)mhMTb)E9QLExY:*ZJ[IUr@ힵ"Z&#Sivee"d޽֡dTjvOlG-Hՙ:Q6@N=Eu@ӊk6ZDm}FoM_5,n-VI?!>cFbko9D.;:j#J?;5CxF축#4kd) NRԭa=`h?Ϋ̠'כ*& 97Xb=*,.a$q(hi.t6n3ڭYI#nq1K#oZW[v6)k56Ipj)f(sh5,]I<*֓VfQH tUaq#4p)\ i Bn4=h1"9XM< 1ȥ[h(@oZhv9TdI0\@,rPޅk¥!5oH= j<t*}A %?ʟP"J 3pw;4RfEV8ү?&1sE5XF##֭|#urh&as ӌ-#0&MCP.Gj,}MUc Ā8] OҸMQn<br>A Base of Power<br><br>The Nelson family is a family of athletes. His father was a center for Mississippi State; his sister, Sarah-Kate, was a soccer player for Dartmouth; and his brother, Grant, played rugby at the University of Colorado. Adam Nelson s athletic career originally focused on football. He started as a linebacker at Dartmouth, and when, as he says, his  butt got bigger, he was moved to defensive tackle. <br>The first time Nelson competed in the shot put was in eighth grade, but he certainly didn t do much to impress his coaches.  Actually, I was awful! says Nelson.  There were five other shot-putters in my eighth-grade class, and I ranked number four or five. But Nelson persisted, and in high school he captured the state title two years in a row. He went on to win the world juniors with a personal best of 60-2. His progress through college and leading up to the Olympic trials was impressive, as shown below:<br><br>1995 59-11.25<br>1996 62-9.5<br>1997 64-4.5<br>1998 67-6.5<br>1999 67-8.75<br><br>At the 2000 Olympic trials, on his final throw, Nelson won the event with a personal best of 72-7.0, which ranked him number one in the world by Track and Fiel