In high school, Landon was an excellent javelin thrower, his 193 ft 4 in (58.93 m) toss in 1954 being the longest throw by a high schooler in the United States that year.
I sine high school-år, var Landon en fremragende spydkaster og med sine 193’ 4”, var hans kast i 1954, det længste spydkast af en elev i USA det år .