After a week-long vacation, CollegeHammer.com is back. First, let's talk about this week's action led by the results at the Drake Relays. There, Gwen Berry (Southern Illinois) stole the show with a personal best and NCAA leading mark of 70.52m. With that throw, Berry became the fifth collegiate thrower ever to break 70 meters and now ranks third all-time behind record holder Jenny Dahlgren and SIU grad Brittany Riley. On the west coast, Amanda Bingson (UNLV) was also close to 70 meters with a personal best of 69.79m. And in the men's competition at Drake, true freshman Justin Welch (Georgia) continued to impress with a new personal best of 68.63m, also the top mark of the weekend.
Out west, the USC/UCLA dual meet provided some close competition and great throws. Trey Henderson (USC) beat out another true freshman (Alec Faldermeyer (UCLA) by just inches despite Faldermeyer's final round personal best of 66.58m. On the women's side, Jenny Ozorai (USC) and Ida Storm (UCLA) both threw a season bests, with Ozario winning in the end.
Many of the elite throwers were also in action. At the Ashland Alumni Kibwe Johnson defeated A.G. Kruger for the second straight weekend. Chris Rohr also improved in the final round for a season's best of 74.40m that tied Kruger. Amber Campbell won the women's competition with yet another throw over 70 meters.
Also, we can't forget some exciting action that took place last weekend while we were gone. The Virginia Tech throwers dominated the ACC Championships. Marcel Lomnicky (Virginia Tech) threw a personal best and improved his NCAA leading mark to 75.84m. His teammate Alexander Ziegler took second place at 71.99m, which ranks second in the nation this season. Dorotea Habazin (Virginia Tech) won the women's competition with a personal best of 68.36m, which then ranked her second in the nation (she now has the third best mark).
Collegiate Men's Hammer Throw
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Name Year School Result
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1 Justin Welch FR Georgia 68.63m 225-02
2 Ryan Loughney JR Ashland (D2) 66.96m 219-08
3 Colin Dunbar SR Long Beach State 66.79m 219-01
4 Dimitrios Fylladitakis SR UTEP 66.66m 218-08
5 Drew Frizzell SR Central Missouri (D2) 66.63m 218-07
6 Trey Henderson SR USC 66.62m 218-07
7 Alec Faldermeyer FR UCLA 66.58m 218-05
8 Jeremy Postin SO Florida 66.12m 216-11
9 Micah Hegerle SO Minnesota 64.79m 212-07
10 Alex Nelson JR Boise State 64.56m 211-10
11 Eric Flores SR Cal Lutheran (D3) 64.53m 211-08
12 Walter Henning SR LSU 63.49m 208-03
13 Matt Pfleger SR Kent State 63.43m 208-01
14 Anthony Enyi SR MSU Moorhead 64.36m 211-02
15 Chris Holly SR Missouri 63.32m 207-09
Cutoff: 63.00m
Oustanding Collegiate Men's Results from the Weekend of 4/23/11
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Name Year School Result
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1 Marcel Lomnicky SR Virginia Tech 75.84m 248-10
2 Alexander Ziegler JR Virginia Tech 71.99m 236-02
3 Ryan Loughney JR Ashland (D2) 68.42m 224-05
4 Ben Bishop SR SIU-Edwardsville 67.47m 221-04
5 Drew Frizzell SR Central Missouri (D2) 67.15m 220-03
6 Trey Henderson SR USC 66.66m 218-08
7 Justin Welch FR Georgia 66.64m 218-07
8 Oliver Whaley SR BYU 65.16m 213-09
Post-Collegiate Men's Hammer Throw (Americans Only)
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Name Affiliation Result
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1 Kibwe Johnson New York Athletic Club 75.27m 246-11
2 A.G. Kruger III Unattached 74.40m 244-01
3 Chris Rohr Unattached 74.40m 244-01
4 Garland Porter Unattached 72.99m 239-06
5 David Paul Unattached 66.87m 219-05
6 John Freeman Unattached 66.75m 219-00
7 Brian Richotte Unattached 65.15m 213-09
8 Kevin Becker Unattached 65.12m 213-08
9 Bryan Tolcser Unattached 63.34m 207-10
10 Vinny Tortorella Unattached 63.27m 207-07
Cutoff: 63.00m
Collegiate Women's Hammer Throw
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Name Year School Result
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1 Gwen Berry SR Southern Illinois 70.52m 231-04
2 Amanda Bingson JR UNLV 69.79m 229-00
3 Jenny Ozorai FR USC 64.70m 212-03
4 Laura Igaune SR Western Kentucky 63.52m 208-05
5 Nikola Lomnicka JR Georgia 62.90m 206-04
6 Ida Storm FR UCLA 62.79m 206-00
7 Brittany Smith SO Illinois State 60.86m 199-08
8 Felisha Johnson SO Indiana State 60.49m 198-05
9 Brynn Smith SR Brown 60.19m 197-06
10 Marissa Minderler SR USC 60.18m 197-05
11 Jade Siegel JR Nebraska 60.11m 197-02
Cutoff: 60.00m
Oustanding Collegiate Women's Results from the Weekend of 4/23/11
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Name Year School Result
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1 Dorotea Habazin SR Virginia Tech 68.36m 224-03
2 Jeneva McCall JR Southern Illinois 68.07m 223-04
3 Gwen Berry SR Southern Illinois 66.78m 219-01
4 Amanda Bingson JR UNLV 65.75m 215-08
5 Nikola Lomnicka JR Georgia 64.70m 212-03
6 Laura Igaune SR Western Kentucky 63.56m 208-06
Post-Collegiate Women's Hammer Throw (Americans Only)
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Name Affiliation Result
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1 Amber Campbell Nike 70.72m 232-00
2 Keelin Godsey Unattached 67.71m 222-02
3 Loree Smith New York Athletic Club 62.29m 204-04
4 Aubrey Baxter Unattached 61.89m 203-01
5 Crystal Smith-Johnson New York Athletic Club 61.15m 200-07
6 Suesanna Williams Golden Elite 61.14m 200-07
7 Britney Henry Adidas 61.07m 200-04
8 Melinda Bendik Unattached 60.43m 198-03
Cutoff: 60.00m
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