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Mesa CC: Earned his Associates degree from Mesa Community College (Mesa, Ariz.) in 2006... competed at MCC for two years in the javelin... finished third in the nation at the 2005 NJCAA Championships... earned All-America honors for his 2005 national finish... won the javelin in the conference and region championships in both 2005 and 2006.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Valley Christian High School (Chandler, Ariz.)... lettered in track & field and football four times each and once each in wrestling and swimming... captained the track and football teams as a junior and senior... ranked among the Top 5 in school history in both the 200m dash and the shot put... in football, earned team's Defensive Player of the Year (2003) and MVP (2004)... as a senior, started at linebacker, tailback, kickoff and punt returner and punter.
Personal: Majoring in nutrition... parents are Fred and Karie Hughes... has two sisters: Kim Brown and Whitney Hughes... prior to coming to ASU, spent 18 months training with world No. 4 javelin thrower Gavin Lovegrove at the Oceanic Olympic Training Center in New Zealand... born May 10, 1985, in Phoenix... full name is Clif Alexander Weston.
Personal Bests Javelin: 220-03