Rod Ewaliko (born April 18, 1954) is an American track and field athlete known for the Javelin throw.
[4] He threw in two other Olympic Trials, finishing sixth in 1976 and was unable to land a legal throw in the finals of 1984.
[5] Ewaliko represented the United States in several international competitions, finishing fourth in the 1977 and 1981 World Cup, sixth at the 1979 Pan American Games, and eleventh at the 1983 World Championships.
He threw collegially for the University of Washington where he was one of the four U of W athletes to sweep the throwing events at the 1976 Pac-10 Championships, a feat that has not been duplicated.
[6] His personal best of 90.66 m (297 ft 5 in), thrown at UCSB on February 25, 1984 ranks as the 41st best effort with the old style javelin.