Clark County native Kara Winger won her eighth women’s javelin title at the United States Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Thursday at Des Moines, Iowa. Winger, the defending national champion competiting unattached, held the lead from her first throw of 186 feet, 7 inches among the 16 competitiors. She increased the advantage with a throw of 188-11 on the fifth round, and, once the title was clinched, let her last one fly out to a season-best 206-3. That season-best mark easily topped the second-place distance of 185-6 by Avione Allgood of Florida. This was just her fourth competition of 2018.