Holly Ozanich (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) domainted the field in the women's weight throw at the NCAA Division III Championships. Ozanich, who entered the meet as the clear favorite, fouler her first attempt but took the lead in the second round and never looked back. Her best of 20.62m (67-8) was more than a meter better than the runner up, set a new personal best, and was more than three feet better than her winning mark from last year. Ozanich also won the shot put competition and led her team to an NCAA title with 20 of the team's 46.5 points. By our records, it also moved her up to second on the all-time D3 list behind three-time NCAA weight throw champion Robyn Jarocki (also of Wisconsin-Oshkosh). Second place went to Yaneve Fonge (Rochester), who improved her personal best by more than a foot. Mindy Harrington took third, and made sure the podium matched the pre-meet form chart.

Pete Delzer (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) shook up the standing on the men's side to make sure that the Titans took home both titles. His personal best of 19.60m (64-3 3/4) in the fifth round launched him from sixth to first place. He entered the meet ranked just seventh and took the title away from Tony Sigrist (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), who was ranked 11th entering the meet. His best of 19.51m (64-0 1/4) added more than two feet to his personal best. Third place finisher Robert Kapustka (North Central College) also threw a personal best. Ben Ludtke (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) added more points for Oshkosh with a season's best for fourth place. Oshkosh finished with three of the top eight throwers.

Women's Weight Throw
   1 Holly Ozanich, Sr, Wisconsin Oshkosh               67-8 (20.62m) 
                       (F, 20.25, 20.62, 19.95, 19.57, 19.78)
                               Betters old DIII season's best
    2 Yaneve Fonge, Sr, Univ of Rochester            63-1 1/2 (19.24m) 
                       (17.89, 18.09, 17.73, 17.62, 19.24, F)
    3 Mindy Harrington, Sr, Carthage College         59-6 1/4 (18.14m) 
                       (16.78, 18.14, 16.11, 17.75, 17.76, F)
    4 Allison Devor, So, Monmouth College (Il)       57-6 1/4 (17.53m) 
                       (16.73, 16.88, F, 16.39, 17.53, 17.22)
    5 Jecel Gerner, So, Wisconsin Oshkosh            57-4 3/4 (17.49m) 
                       (17.49, F, 16.97, 16.93, 17.36, 17.20)
    6 Alexia Child, Jr, Wisconsin Oshkosh            57-4 1/4 (17.48m) 
                           (17.48, F, 17.16, F, 16.37, 15.89)
    7 Amanda Brichacek, Sr, Nebraska Wesleyan        56-2 1/2 (17.13m) 
                                   (F, 17.13, 17.04, F, F, F)
    8 Jessa Luebke, Sr, Wisconsin Whitewater             56-2 (17.12m) 
                   (17.12, 15.71, 16.73, 16.72, 16.06, 16.41)
    9 Amanda Gricus, Sr, Westfield State                 56-0 (17.07m) 
   10 Emily Niehaus, Jr, Centre College                  54-2 (16.51m) 
   11 Amina Avril, Fr, Williams College              54-1 3/4 (16.50m)
   12t Kristin Constantine, Sr, Chicago             52-11 1/2 (16.14m)  
   12t Tope Waheed, Jr, Wheaton College (Ma)        52-11 1/2 (16.14m) 
   13 Rochaunda Harris, Sr, Greenville College           52-6 (16.00m) 
   14 Brenna Coyle, Jr, Hamline University           51-7 3/4 (15.74m) 
   15 Sara Ellen Godek, Sr, Bates College           50-10 1/4 (15.50m) 
      Brittany Frederick, Jr, Wisconsin Eau Claire         ND

Men's Weight Throw
    1 Pete Delzer, So, Wisconsin Oshkosh             64-3 3/4 (19.60m) 
                           (18.34, 18.31, 19.01, F, 19.60, F)
    2 Tony Sigrist, Jr, Wisconsin Eau Claire         64-0 1/4 (19.51m) 
                                   (F, 19.51, F, F, 19.39, F)
    3 Robert Kapustka, Jr, North Central College         63-6 (19.35m) 
                           (17.71, 18.54, 19.35, F, F, 18.50)
    4 Ben Ludtke, Jr, Wisconsin Oshkosh                  63-5 (19.33m) 
                           (19.33, 19.30, F, 18.53, 18.72, F)
    5 Christopher Murtagh, Sr, Bates College        62-11 1/2 (19.19m) 
                           (F, 18.65, F, 19.00, 18.83, 19.19)
    6 Darien West, Sr, Illinois Wesleyan             62-8 3/4 (19.12m) 
                               (18.43, 18.84, F, 19.12, F, F)
    7 Bryan Kolacz, Sr, Keene State College          62-7 3/4 (19.09m) 
                               (18.95, F, 18.14, 19.09, F, F)
    8 Tony Baker, Sr, Wisconsin Oshkosh              61-8 1/4 (18.80m) 
                           (18.46, 18.46, 18.76, F, 18.80, F)
    9 Kevin Phipps, Sr, Baldwin-Wallace                  61-4 (18.69m)
   10 Andrew Brueggen, Sr, Saint Mary's (Minn )      60-1 3/4 (18.33m) 
   11 Ray Lund, Sr, Brockport Suny                   59-6 3/4 (18.15m) 
   12 Steven Kirk, Jr, Illinois Wesleyan                 59-5 (18.11m) 
   13 Kenneth Cooper, So, Mass Inst Technology       56-3 1/4 (17.15m) 
   14 Chinedum Umachi, Jr, Mass Inst Technology     54-10 3/4 (16.73m)

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