This has been one of the deepest years in the history of NCAA Division II. On the men's side, you have two guys over 66 meters, another two over 65 meters and another five over 60 meters. It was just back in 2005 that only one thrower broke 200-feet at the NCAA Championships and only two throwers surpassed that barrier in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Five throwers broke the mark at last year's meet and most of them are returning to make this year's meet even better.

Defending champion Drew Frizzell (Central Missouri) leads the way. His season best of 66.87m is only one centimenet short of his winning throw at least year's meet. Meanwhile, his closest competitors have all improved. Jason Stomps (Hillsdale) has thrown of 66-meters and Ryan Loughney (Ashland) and Brian Allen (Pittsburg State) both sit over 65 meters. Loughney and Allen placed second and fifth respecitvely at least year's meet while Stomps was the 2010 NCAA indoor champion. No clear favorite has emerged among the group. Frizzell has yet to face many of the other throwers, and the rest have all traded wins. In fact, Stomps' teammate Aaron Falk (Hillsdale) has recorded a number of wins against him and coupld be the potential dark horse.

Defending women's champion Danielle Thu (UC San Diego) compete unattached this year and will not be there to defendher title. The competition looks like it will be a close competition between 2009 runner-up Amanda Madden (Northern State) and freshman Liz Murphy (Grand Valley State). Murphy has the best mark in the nation this season and place third indoors, but Madden was the indoor champion and threw a personal best last weekend to show that she may be peaking at the right time. Eight more throwers are entered over 55 meters and should make this a close competition for every position.

Men Hammer Throw
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Thursday 5/27/2010 - 12:30 PM
 Top 9 Qualify to Final
 Meet Record:  222-08  5/24/2007   Kibwe Johnson, Ashland                      
      Metric:  67.86m                                                          
           Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1    478 Drew Frizzell                 JR Central Miss         66.87m 
  2    552 Jason Stomps                  SR Hillsdale            66.39m 
  3    451 Ryan Loughney                 SO Ashland              65.91m 
  4    625 Brian Allen                   SR Pittsburg St         65.76m 
  5    550 Aaron Falk                    SR Hillsdale            64.16m 
  6    449 Mike Jeffery                  JR Ashland              63.05m 
  7    512 Paul Wagner                   SR East Strouds         61.94m 
  8    561 Craig Myers                   JR Indianapolis         60.25m 
  9    534 Mitch Sahlfeld                JR Fort Hays St         60.23m 
 10    402 Tyler Fleet                   SO Abilene Chrstn       59.82m 
 11    708 Michael Hoffman               JR Western Wash         59.50m 
 12    623 Ben McKim                     SR NW Missouri          58.89m 
 13    533 Tim McElroy                   JR Fort Hays St         58.89m 
 14    598 Anthony Enyi                  JR Minn. St. Mo         58.88m 
 15    456 Chase Sniadecki               JR Ashland              58.08m 
 16    483 Tyler Fischer                 SR Central Wash         57.86m
 
Women Hammer Throw
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Thursday 5/27/2010 - 2:30 PM
 Top 9 Qualify to Final.
 Meet Record:  212-09  5/24/2002   Jackie Jeschelnig, Ashland                  
      Metric:  64.84m                                                          
           Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1    130 Liz Murphy                    FR Grand Valley         60.29m 
  2    209 Amanda Madden                 SR Northern Sta         59.26m 
  3     30 Bidemi Balogun                SO American Int         57.06m 
  4    194 Emilie Mieseler               SR Missouri Sou         56.89m 
  5    212 Kristin Cameron               SO Northwood            56.63m 
  6    260 Alexis DeJean                 JR St. Joseph's         56.51m 
  7    216 Kate Walter                   JR NW Missouri          55.99m 
  8     40 Tara Cooper                   JR Ashland              55.63m 
  9     78 Kayla Muyskens                SO Central Miss         55.25m 
 10    139 Anna Leutheuser               SR Hillsdale            55.08m 
 11     80 Torrie Self                   JR Central Wash         54.67m 
 12      9 Jessica Sloss                 SR Abilene Chrstn       53.99m 
 13     75 Jesscia Donovan               JR Central Miss         53.87m 
 14    121 Emily Fox                     SR Grand Valley         53.45m 
 15    271 Marie Archer                  SR UC San Diego         52.40m 
 16     44 Noel Bentele                  JR Augustana (S         52.37m 
 17    207 Krista Squiers                SR Northern Mic         52.28m 
 18    311 Jenny Schuler                 SO Winona State         52.21m 
 19    198 Samantha Murphy               SR Nebraska-Kea         52.09m 
 20      6 Paige Newby                   JR Abilene Chrstn       51.70m 

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