Masters Athlete Spotlight – Linn Dunton

Linn Dunton is not supposed to lift anything heavy, but not only does she lift things, she sends them soaring. Whether it is a shot put, discus, hammer, weight or javelin, Dunton excels at every throwing discipline there is; her versatility paid off when she brought home three Masters World Indoor Championship medals last year in Kamloops, B.C. While you wouldn’t know it by looking at her in the throwing ring, in the fall of 2007, Dunton was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the fight to save her life, Dunton underwent a massive lifestyle change and also had cancerous lymph nodes removed, leaving her with the doctor’s orders to take it easy and not strain her arm.