The Division II Championships started off a full weekend of track and field on Thursday and Rya Loughney (Ashland) was quick to start it on the right not. Loughney, the runner up last year as a freshman, threw a personal best in the second round to take the lead, and then improved again in the fourth round to secure his win even more. NCAA indoor champion Jason Stomps (Hillsdale) came close with an improvement in the final round, but still finished three feet behind Loughney. Defending champion Drew Frizzell (Central Missouri) settled for third after struggling with three fouls.

On the women's side, Amanda Madden led from start to finish. She tossed a personal best last week and that success carried into this week. In the end, she beat runner up Liz Murphy (Grand Valley State) by more than ten feet. Murphy was actually in third place entering the last round, but was able to improve and pass Kate Walter (NW Missouri) by just an inch. As just a freshman, Murphy will be in the mix for years to come. Walter, who struggled with foul trouble, will also be returning next year.

Men Hammer Throw
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 Meet Record: # 222-08  5/24/2007   Kibwe Johnson, Ashland                
      Metric:   67.86m                                                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Ryan Loughney             SO Ashland                 66.60m     218-06
      64.21m  66.41m  62.37m  66.60m  64.50m  65.54m                      
  2 Jason Stomps              SR Hillsdale               65.66m     215-05
      58.21m  65.08m  58.72m  64.47m  64.47m  65.66m                      
  3 Drew Frizzell             JR Central Missouri        64.02m     210-00
      63.79m  62.78m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  64.02m                            
  4 Aaron Falk                SR Hillsdale               61.42m     201-06
      FOUL  61.42m  FOUL  60.33m  FOUL  58.70m                            
  5 Mike Jeffery              JR Ashland                 60.80m     199-06
      FOUL  59.13m  60.80m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                              
  6 Brian Allen               SR Pittsburg St.           59.82m     196-03
      57.95m  FOUL  59.82m  FOUL  58.06m  58.78m                          
  7 Paul Wagner               SR East Stroudsburg        59.63m     195-08
      56.52m  54.50m  59.63m  59.57m  FOUL  59.46m                        
  8 Tyler Fischer             SR Central Washington      58.88m     193-02
      57.04m  57.89m  58.88m  58.50m  58.16m  FOUL                        
  9 Anthony Enyi              JR Minn. St. Moorhead      58.08m     190-07
      57.52m  54.46m  58.08m  FOUL  FOUL  57.35m                          
 10 Michael Hoffman           JR Western Washington      57.61m     189-00
      57.61m  FOUL  FOUL                                                  
 11 Craig Myers               JR Indianapolis            56.79m     186-04
      54.07m  56.79m  54.94m                                              
 12 Chase Sniadecki           JR Ashland                 56.26m     184-07
      56.26m  55.70m  56.25m                                              
 13 Tyler Fleet               SO Abilene Christian       54.38m     178-05
      FOUL  FOUL  54.38m                                                  
 14 Mitch Sahlfeld            JR Fort Hays St.           54.29m     178-01
      FOUL  53.77m  54.29m                                                
 15 Ben McKim                 SR NW Missouri             53.06m     174-01
      53.06m  52.21m  FOUL                                                
 -- Tim McElroy               JR Fort Hays St.             FOUL           
      FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                        

Women Hammer Throw
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 Meet Record: # 212-09  5/24/2002   Jackie Jeschelnig, Ashland            
      Metric:   64.84m                                         
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Amanda Madden             SR Northern State          58.70m     192-07
      56.29m  56.86m  53.19m  58.50m  58.70m  55.13m                      
  2 Liz Murphy                FR Grand Valley St.        55.38m     181-08
      53.64m  53.42m  52.07m  54.16m  53.62m  55.38m                      
  3 Kate Walter               JR NW Missouri             55.34m     181-07
      54.66m  55.34m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                              
  4 Kristin Cameron           SO Northwood               54.96m     180-04
      52.89m  FOUL  FOUL  52.76m  54.96m  FOUL                            
  5 Bidemi Balogun            SO American Int'l          54.09m     177-05
      51.98m  53.28m  54.09m  FOUL  53.54m  52.48m                        
  6 Anna Leutheuser           SR Hillsdale               54.06m     177-04
      54.04m  47.97m  51.33m  54.06m  52.88m  FOUL                        
  7 Emilie Mieseler           SR Missouri Southern       53.04m     174-00
      49.46m  52.49m  FOUL  50.49m  53.04m  50.17m                        
  8 Jessica Sloss             SR Abilene Christian       52.92m     173-07
      51.74m  52.92m  52.03m  51.99m  51.74m  51.94m                      
  9 Tara Cooper               JR Ashland                 52.86m     173-05
      51.40m  52.86m  52.22m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                            
 10 Jesscia Donovan           JR Central Missouri        52.36m     171-09
      52.28m  52.36m  FOUL                                                
 11 Krista Squiers            SR Northern Michigan       52.09m     170-11
      52.09m  46.11m  48.86m                                              
 12 Alexis DeJean             JR St. Joseph's (Ind.)     50.75m     166-06
      50.75m  48.57m  47.15m                                              
 13 Marie Archer              SR UC San Diego            50.63m     166-01
      50.63m  48.77m  FOUL                                                
 14 Torrie Self               JR Central Washington      49.54m     162-06
      49.54m  49.24m  49.10m                                              
 15 Noel Bentele              JR Augustana (S.D.)        49.06m     160-11
      46.38m  49.06m  FOUL                                                
 16 Paige Newby               JR Abilene Christian       48.55m     159-03
      FOUL  48.55m  FOUL                                                  
 17 Samantha Murphy           SR Nebraska-Kearney        48.24m     158-03
      FOUL  48.24m  46.06m                                                
 18 Jenny Schuler             SO Winona State            48.19m     158-01
      48.19m  FOUL  FOUL                                                  
 19 Kayla Muyskens            SO Central Missouri        47.88m     157-01
      46.39m  43.87m  47.88m                                              
 20 Emily Fox                 SR Grand Valley St.        47.21m     154-11
      47.21m  45.64m  44.09m 

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