Freshman Bruno Boccalotta (Lindenwood) took home a convincing win at the NAIA Championships on Thursday. The freshman from France entered the meet as the clear favorite and did not disappoint, with all six of his throws being measuring further than runner-up Chris Dilley's (Eastern Oregon) best. Boccalotta's fifth round attempt of 65.09m was also his second best throw of the year. Dilley, meanwhile, was in a close competition for second with Scott Fritz (Hastings) and ended up ending Fritz by less than a foot.

Jean Marqueling (St. Francis) also convincingly won the women's competition, with all of her attempts better than runner-up Angela Krausz's (Lindenwood) best. Both Krausz and third place finisher Denise Mattoon (Oklahoma Christian) had four fouls and completed legal throws on only their first and last attempts. Matton threw 52.60m on her first attempt, whil Krausz improved to 52.62m on her final attempt to move from ninth to second place.

     NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - 5/27/2010 to 5/29/2010                
                 IWU Outdoor Track Complex, Marion, Ind.                     
 
Event 22  Men Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Bruno Boccalotta          FR Lindenwood              65.09m*    213-06
      61.72m  63.48m  64.68m  64.43m  65.09m  62.92m
  2 Chris Dilley              SR Eastern Oregon          59.83m     196-03
      FOUL  56.17m  FOUL  59.47m  59.83m  59.27m
  3 Scott Fritz               SR Hastings                59.56m     195-05
      55.85m  FOUL  FOUL  57.73m  59.56m  58.12m
  4 Joel Leong                SR Cornerstone             57.62m     189-00
      57.62m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  55.77m
  5 Jason Boeding             SR Black Hills St.         57.12m     187-05
      55.44m  FOUL  54.48m  57.12m  52.63m  56.10m
  6 Brandon Mansfield         JR Wayland Baptist         56.00m     183-09
      52.52m  54.71m  53.81m  55.29m  53.65m  56.00m
  7 Bo Johnson                FR Concordia (Ore.)        55.05m     180-07
      51.98m  52.85m  54.02m  55.05m  FOUL  50.39m
  8 Mitchell Heady            SO Lindenwood              54.09m     177-05
      46.47m  54.09m  50.75m  51.98m  50.47m  50.79m
  9 JJ Jackson                SR Bethel (Ind.)           54.07m     177-05
      54.07m  51.32m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL
 10 Cody Weber                SO Hastings                53.58m     175-09
 11 Jason Cogswell            SO Davenport               53.25m     174-08
 12 Aaron Winters             JR Fresno Pacific          53.09m     174-02
 13 Nick Adams                JR St. Francis (Ind.)      52.99m     173-10
 14 James Refenes             SR Concordia (Neb.)        52.74m     173-00
 15 Corbin Jones              SO Concordia (Neb.)        52.40m     171-11
 16 Cole Nicholas             JR Black Hills St.         52.23m     171-04
 17 Matthew Webster           SO Goshen                  52.20m     171-03
 18 Andy Munsey               SR Eastern Oregon          51.44m     168-09
 19 Toby Garza                SR Fresno Pacific          51.30m     168-04
 20 Garrett Wickham           SO Hastings                51.18m     167-11
 21 Derek Rodine              SO Concordia (Neb.)        51.15m     167-10
 22 Anthony Stockton          FR William Woods           50.99m     167-03
 23 Devin Tarrant             JR Aquinas                 50.23m     164-09
 24 Roger Chambers            JR Siena Heights           50.13m     164-06
 25 Joel Young                JR Siena Heights           49.78m     163-04
 26 Gabe Wickham              SO Hastings                49.65m     162-11
 27 Justin Schortgen          FR Indiana Wesleyan        49.29m     161-08
 28 Mitch Wheelhouse          SR Eastern Oregon          49.25m     161-07
 29 Danny Rufus               SO St. Ambrose             48.58m     159-04
 30 George Drinnin            SR Dana College            48.04m     157-07
 31 Joe Stachowicz            SO Aquinas                 47.40m     155-06
 32 Sean Baines               SO St. Francis (Ind.)      46.95m     154-00
 33 Tanner Payne              SO Milligan                44.65m     146-06
 34 Travis Boyd               SO Southern Nazarene       43.47m     142-07
 35 Alex Hutchins             SR Southwestern (Kan.)     41.09m     134-10
 -- Jim Freeman               JR Lindenwood                FOUL
 -- Chance Armstead           FR Hastings                  FOUL

Women Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Jean Marqueling           JR St. Francis (Ind.)      55.94m     183-06
      52.92m  55.94m  54.21m  FOUL  55.35m  53.79m                        
  2 Angela Krausz             SR Lindenwood              52.69m     172-10
      49.22m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  52.69m                              
  3 Denise Mattoon            JR Oklahoma Christian      52.60m     172-07
      52.60m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  46.90m                              
  4 Gabriella Dixson          FR Concordia (Ore.)        52.41m     171-11
      45.10m  52.41m  51.77m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                            
  5 Tierra Hubbard            SR Concordia (Neb.)        51.47m     168-10
      51.47m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                                
  6 Carly Stokebrand          SR Concordia (Neb.)        50.78m     166-07
      49.04m  50.58m  FOUL  FOUL  50.78m  FOUL                          
  7 Amanda Federicci          JR Concordia (Ore.)        50.19m     164-08
      50.19m  48.60m  FOUL  48.45m  47.05m  48.15m                        
  8 Kimberly Maley            SR Oklahoma Baptist        50.09m     164-04
      50.09m  47.72m  42.03m  48.96m  FOUL  FOUL                          
  9 Brittany Hoins            JR Hastings                49.77m     163-03
      FOUL  49.77m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                                
 10 Britany Riley             SO William Jewell          47.45m     155-08
 11 Erin Dwyer                SR Azusa Pacific           47.32m     155-03
 12 Olivia Boisse             SR Oklahoma Baptist        47.15m     154-08       
 12 Cody Milbourn             SO Black Hills St.         47.15m     154-08
 14 Whitney Collins           SO Doane                   46.75m     153-04
 15 Kirsten Smith             SO Lewis-Clark             46.74m     153-04
 16 Tara Leaman               SR Cedarville              46.54m     152-08
 17 Jackie Rogers             JR Bethany (Kan.)          46.37m     152-01
 18 Irina Reinhardt           JR Lindenwood              46.26m     151-09
 19 Jordan Robusto            SO Azusa Pacific           45.95m     150-09
 20 Victoria Lee              SO Indiana Wesleyan        45.85m     150-05
 21 Kara DenHerder            JR Northwestern (Iowa)     45.49m     149-03
 22 Andi Pavlushik            JR Hastings                45.43m     149-00
 23 Nichole Arnold            JR Bethel (Ind.)           45.26m     148-06
 24 Ashley Sparks             SR Briar Cliff             45.22m     148-04
 25 Jacqueline Holmberg       SR Sterling                44.78m     146-11
 26 Taylor Cotton             SO William Jewell          44.60m     146-04
 27 Holly Farrer              SR Bethel (Ind.)           44.47m     145-11
 28 Emily Alderfer            SR Malone                  43.87m     143-11
 -- Sara Retzlaff             SO Concordia (Neb.)          FOUL           
 -- Chelsea Maas              JR Grand View                FOUL           

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