 The magazine put him on the cover of its April 1969 issue.Murro continued improving in the next years, breaking Covelli's American record with a throw of 292 ft 8 in (89.21 m) in Tempe, Arizona on May 23, 1969.Murro won both the NCAA championship (representing Arizona State) and the national championship that year, with his national championship mark of 284 ft 3 in (86.64 m) breaking Al Cantello's meeting record from 1960.