Happy Birthday - Britney Henry

Happy Birthday Britney!

the Britney Henry Project

Interview with Tim Huntley

Tim Huntley interviewed Olympic Hopeful, Britney (The Hammer) Henry for My Athletic Life. Read about a typical day in the life of an Elite Athlete and Britney's training sessions - with video of  Britney throwing her Hammer.

Photo: Graham Smith

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Behind the Scenes with Tim Mantoani

We are very excited to have Tim Mantoani join the BHP crew. Tim graciously accepted to photograph Britney, so we all got together at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. He has photographed several professional atheletes, including San Diegos' own Tony Gwynn for the cover of Sports Illustrated. We're looking forward to seeing the incredible images he created with Britney, but until then, here are a few behind the scenes shots.

Many thanks to everyone that rocked it out to make this shoot happen:

• Tim Mantoani - Photographer
• Chris Park - Mantoani Studio Manager
• Austin Sosa - Assistant
• Momi Gonzales - Makeup and Hair
• Graham Smith - Mastermind behind it all
• Teresa Heath  - that's me. Documentor of all things behind the scenes for the BHP

Photos by Teresa Heath.
For the gearheads out there: I used the Mamiya C220 with Ilford Delta 3200 and Contax G2 with Ilford HP5+.

Behind the Scenes with Britney & The BHP

The BHP crew caught up with Britney at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA for a photoshoot. What better time than when Brit is in peak condition for the throwing season. While Brent Haywood focused on our star, I grabbed some shots of the goings-on behind the scenes.

Graham Smith checking the shotlist while Britney sasses the camera.

Andrei and Brent setting up the shot. 

Dawn Vitale comes in for a quick touch-up.

Javelin thrower and bestie, Kara Patterson, drops in to say hi.

Film Maker, Andrei Booriakin

The BHP crew wishes Britney the best of luck tomorrow at Mt SAC. Stay tuned for more media from the Relays as well as Brent Haywood's work from the above shoot.

All images © 2011 Teresa Heath

Meet Record - Oregon Preview 2011

Photo by Natalie Rombach

Wearing competition green Addias stripes, Britney Henry breaks her own meet record at the Oregon Preview 2011 by throwing her hammer 218 feet 9 inches in the first pre-season meet of 2011.

 From the Register-Guard by Curtis Anderson: Oregon Preview 2011...

"Former UO standout Britney Henry, who is still coached by the Ducks’ Lance Deal, overcame fouls on her first two throws to uncork a winning effort of 218 feet, 9 inches. Henry broke her own meet record of 216-9, which she set last year.

It was a gratifying season opener for Henry after she was stuck in the San Francisco airport for 12 hours on Friday because of weather delays.

“My body was still mad about that airport stay, but hey, take what you can get,” said Henry, whose PR of 233-10 is just off the “A” standard of 234-7. “A win is a win, and I think that’s pretty good for how I feel right now.” "   Read more...

From the Oregonian by Ken Roe: Oregon Preview 2011...

Oregon track & field: Pros Tyler Mulder, Sally Kipyego and Britney Henry tear up the Oregon Preview record book. Read more...

Practice, practice, practice

Britney Henry at practice.

"A lifetime of training for just ten seconds."
Jesse Owens

Britney Henry Video at Mt SAC Relays 2010

MT SAC Relays 2010 from Andrei Booriakin on Vimeo.

Watch Britney Henry, the Hammer, compete against the best athletes in the world at the 2010 Mt. SAC Relays.

The Mount San Antonio College Relays 2010 is an international, invitational Track and Field meet held at the beginning of the Track and Field competition season each year, in Walnut California.

The Elite Athletes, fresh out of winter training, see this competition as their first chance to test new techniques and to see how they measure up against each other.

The 2010 Women's Hammer throw featured the best hammer throwers throughout the America's and Canada for their International Distance Carnival. Watch Olympic Hopeful, Britney Henry compete against the most experienced and highly ranked athletes in the field.

Representing the United States of America are Erin Gilreath (American Record Holder), Amber Campbell (USA National Champion), Loree Smith (Bejing Olympics 2008) and Britney Henry (rising star) vs international athletes Sultana Frizell (Canadian National Champion) and Eva Orban of Hungary.

 About the Video >>

The Britney Henry Project photographers and film makers were granted Press Credentials to cover the Mt SAC Relays and to film Elite Athlete Britney Henry in competition. We created this video to promote Britney Henry and her dream of becoming an Olympian in 2012

Film maker Andrei Booriakin filmed and edited "Mt SAC Relays 2010" as his first installment of a high definition video series for The Britney Henry Project.  This video was filmed with a Canon 5D MK2,  and Canon 7D and edited on an 8 core Mac Pro with Final Cut Pro, Motion and other software. Andrei currently works as the Senior Manager, Art Development at Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Mark Matcho, illustrator and musician extraordinaire, wrote, performed and produced the original score for this video, entitled Mountain III. His private recording studio is located deep in a cave somewhere in Pasadena, California.

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American Woman Video by Andrei Booriakin and Graham Smith. A rocking 30 music video featuring Britney Henry throwing the hammer.

Behind the scenes photos by photographer Teresa Heath document the day in the most beautiful way.

Mt. SAC Relays photos and portraits of the Elite Athletes by Graham Smith, can be seen here.

Read Britney's account of the day on her blog Olympian in Progress.

Mt SAC Relays 2010. Copyright © 2010 The Britney Henry Project. All Rights Reserved.