Fuqua: Man on a mission


Jim Fuqua is shown throwing the javelin during one of his practice sessions at Guthrie Smith Park in Fayette.

After a lifetime of competing in various sports and suffering through numerous injuries and surgeries, Jim Fuqua of Fayette thought he had lost his competitive desire. Since his last injury in 2015, he had competed only once in a javelin competition before starting to throw the javelin again this year in February. “I told my wife that I was going to give this one more try, but if I couldn’t be competitive, I was giving it up,” he said.

 


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