Eric Flores (California Lutheran) capped off his impressive season with a dominant win at the NCAA Division III Championships at Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio. Flores took the lead in the second round and improved again in the fifth round to 66.35m. Flores not only won the competition by over 4 meters, but he also set a new NCAA Division III meet record. Taylor Berliant (Claremont Mudd Scipps) threw new personal bests in the first and second rounds, btu still finished back in second at 62.22m. Defendign champion Brian Kolacz threw a season best of 60.12m for third place.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh took an unprecedented three of the top four spots on the women's side. Season leader Holly Ozanich (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) was less than a meter off of her best and took home the women's title. Ozanich threw her best in the third round (you can view video of her best throw here), but was nearly caught in the fourth round by runner-up Christa Youngbern's (California Lutheran) best of 56.99m. Susie Trzebiatowski (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) improved in the final round to finish in third at 55.79m. Defending champion Ellie Sitek (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) was in fourth, helping give her school massive points in the event.

Men's Hammer Throw
    1 Eric Flores, Jr, California Lutheran              217-8 (66.35m) 
                       (61.12, 64.91, 62.87, 60.81, 66.35, F)
                                    NCAA Championships record
 Was 215-5 (65.66m); Jeremy Wendt, Wisconsin Whitewater, 2004
                                               Stadium record
    2 Taylor Berliant, Jr, ClaremontMuddScripps         204-1 (62.22m) 
                           (62.17, 62.22, F, 61.72, F, 59.83)
    3 Bryan Kolacz, Jr, Keene State College             197-3 (60.12m) 
                           (58.50, F, 58.58, 56.56, F, 60.12)
    4 Sean Larson, Sr, Wisconsin Stout                  194-6 (59.28m) 
                       (54.90, 56.45, F, 55.37, 54.92, 59.28)
    5 Rich McNeil, Sr, Bates College                    193-7 (59.00m) 
                           (F, F, 56.31, 59.00, 58.61, 55.81)
    6 Kevin Phipps, Jr, Baldwin-Wallace                 193-5 (58.95m) 
                       (56.37, F, 56.71, 58.95, 57.64, 57.25)
    7 Josh Brennan, Jr, Carthage College                187-1 (57.03m) 
                                   (57.03, F, 55.48, F, F, F)
    8 Erik Whiting, Sr, Rensselaer Poly Inst            186-3 (56.77m) 
                               (54.13, 56.41, F, F, 56.77, F)
    9 Shaun Davis, Sr, Wisconsin Whitewater             184-8 (56.29m) 
                       (56.08, 56.29, F, 54.27, 55.05, 54.99)
   10 Tony Baker, Jr, Wisconsin Oshkosh                 183-4 (55.88m) 
   11 Jerry Prusinski, Jr, Wisconsin Stevens Pt         183-2 (55.84m) 
   12 Tom Friederick, Sr, Wisconsin Platteville        180-11 (55.15m)
   13 Andrew Brueggen, Jr, St. Mary's (Minn)            178-6 (54.40m) 
   14 Darin Decker, Sr, Augustana (Illinois)            178-4 (54.37m) 
   15 Ben Ludtke, So, Wisconsin Oshkosh                 176-8 (53.86m)  
   16 Aaron Wilkerson, Sr, Hamline University          174-10 (53.29m) 
   17 Ross Bunchek, So, Carthage College                166-4 (50.70m) 

Women's Hammer Throw
    1 Holly Ozanich, Jr, Wisconsin Oshkosh              188-4 (57.40m) 
                       (F, 50.55, 57.40, 56.17, 53.05, 55.02)
                                               Stadium record
    2 Christa Youngern, Sr, California Lutheran        186-11 (56.99m) 
                           (F, 53.11, 55.08, 56.99, F, 56.22)
    3 Susie Trzebiatowski, Sr, Wisconsin Oshkosh        183-0 (55.79m) 
                           (54.80, 54.10, F, F, 51.77, 55.79)
    4 Ellie Sitek, Sr, Wisconsin Oshkosh                177-3 (54.02m) 
                       (50.00, F, 51.93, 50.24, 50.96, 54.02)
    5 Claire Ray, Sr, University of Chicago            175-11 (53.63m) 
                   (52.37, 51.73, 53.49, 53.63, 51.12, 51.73)
    6 Alyssa Pirinelli, Sr, St. Lawrence                173-4 (52.85m) 
                   (50.97, 52.45, 51.15, 51.19, 50.03, 52.85)
    7 Amanda Brichacek, Jr, Nebraska Wesleyan           171-8 (52.33m) 
                                   (F, 52.33, F, F, 48.79, F)
    8 Rochaunda Harris, Jr, Greenville College          171-7 (52.30m) 
                           (49.35, 48.95, 51.32, 52.30, F, F)
    9 Vantiel Elizabeth Dunca, Sr, Bates College        170-5 (51.94m) 
                               (F, 51.94, 48.70, 50.36, F, F)
   10 Emily Niehaus, So, Centre College                 168-0 (51.20m) 
   11 Jessa Luebke, Jr, Wisconsin Whitewater            167-9 (51.15m)
   12 Stephanie Powell, Sr, Brockport S U N Y           167-0 (50.91m) 
   13 Brittany Frederick, So, Wisconsin Eau Claire      166-1 (50.62m) 
   14 Samantha Loew, Fr, Wisconsin Oshkosh              164-9 (50.22m) 
   15 Yaneve Fonge, Jr, Univ of Rochester               161-3 (49.14m) 
   16 Sharon Rymut, Sr, Ohio Wesleyan                   157-3 (47.95m) 
   17 Erica Cox, Jr, Whitworth University               156-8 (47.77m) 
   18 Alexia Child, So, Wisconsin Oshkosh              149-10 (45.66m) 

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