The outdoor season is still young, but Utah senior Sarah Grimm has already improved her personal best by almost ten feet. Grimm entered the year with a best of 60.65 meters from last season, but has so far been undefeated in five competitions this year and has improver her personal best twice in two weeks. Just a few days ago set her new best of 63.14m (207-02), which was the best mark in the NCAA over the weekend and earned her conference athlete of the week honors. Grimm qualified for the NCAA Championships last season, but missed the finals by one spot and less than a foot. With the fifth best mark in the NCAA this year, expect her to be right in the mix this year.

Others considered: Walter Henning (LSU) threw over 72 meters again at the Penn Relays and has won all nine of his weight and hammer throw competitions this year. John Freeman (Georgia) got off to a slow start this year, but threw a big personal best to have the second best mark of the weekend and the top collegiate mark at the Drake Relays.

The CollegeHammer.com Athlete of the Week honor is awarded for the nation's most impressive male or female collegiate hammer throw performance over the past week.Previous winners: Apr 19 - Lauren Chambers (USC).

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