The fields for the NCAA Preliminary round have been announced with 96 women qualifying for next weekend's preliminary rounds. The qualifiers are split between the East and West region based on geographic location. The top 12 finishers in each region will move on to the NCAA final in June.

While the West region has some of the best talent with three of the top four throwers and eight of the top 11 throwers in the country. But that may actually matter little this weekend. The top throwers just have to place in the top 12, so distance does not matter. What mattrs is the level of the 12th best thrower and there the qualifying in each region will be on roughly the same level. The 12th best qualifier in the West region has a season's best less than one meter better than the 12th best qualified in the East.

The complete entries for the women can be found below.

Women Hammer Throw East Region Prelims
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Dorotea Habazin               SR Virginia Tech        68.36mD
  2  Nikola Lomnicka               JR Georgia              64.70mD
  3  Laura Igaune                  SR Western Kentucky     64.44mD
  4  Shant'e White                 JR Buffalo              62.90mD
  5  Kelsey Hanley                 SR Indiana State        62.58mD
  6  D'Ana McCarty                 SR Louisville           62.16mD
  7  Juliana Smith                 SR Mississippi          61.86mD
  8  Brynn Smith                   SR Brown                61.85mD
  9  Felisha Johnson               SO Indiana State        61.14mD
 10  Melissa Kurzdorfer            FR Kent State           60.76mD
 11  Beth Rohl                     SO Michigan State       60.28mD
 12  Stacey Wannemacher            SR Purdue               59.37mD
 13  Althea Charles                SR Northeastern         59.28mD
 14  Mallory Barnes                SR Dayton               59.27mD
 15  Emma Ruggiero                 SR Princeton            59.23mD
 16  Valerie Wert                  SR Akron                59.09mD
 17  Alexis Thomas                 SO Ohio State           58.55mD
 18  Maggie Mullen                 JR Ohio State           58.51mD
 19  Crystal Bourque               SR Rhode Island         58.47mD
 20  Athalia Smith                 JR Sacred Heart         58.31mD
 21  Maureen Laffan                JR Virginia             58.21mD
 22  Mykal Imbrock                 SR Central Michigan     58.09mD
 23  Jessie Rowland                SO Bowling Green        57.69mD
 24  Maegan Lewis                  SR East Carolin         57.55mD
 25  Kadine Johnson                SR Albany               57.53mD
 26  Alesha Asijie                 SR Georgia              57.43mD
 27  Latifah Johnson               JR South Alabama        57.36mD
 28  Lacey Craker                  SO Brown                57.28mD
 29  Monteka Flowers               JR Western Kentucky     57.12mD
 30  Brittney Waller               SO Clemson              56.77mD
 31  Angelica Howard               JR Alabama              56.76mD
 32  Amanda Phelps                 JR Navy                 56.41mD
 33  Moriah Young                  SO Maryland             56.19mD
 34  Brieanna Kennedy              JR LSU                  56.18mD
 35  Dani Bunch                    FR Purdue               56.01mD
 36  Kerry Allen                   SR Dayton               56.00mD
 37  Kaitlyn Griffith              JR Youngstown St.       55.99mD
 38  Meaghan McGovern              JR Richmond             55.85mD
 39  Karen Henning                 FR LSU                  55.82mD
 40  Jessie Echard                 JR Maryland             55.75mD
 41  DeJon Griffin                 SR Northwestern St.     55.60mD
 42  Lauren Noe                    JR South Florida        55.58mD
 43  Brittany Funk                 FR Akron                55.57mD
 44  Emily Settle                  SR Lehigh               55.53mD
 45  Samantha Gable                JR Miami (Ohio)         55.25mD
 46  Kristen Crawford              SR Indiana              55.20mD
 47  Kristen Batts                 SR Maryland             55.20mD
 48  Kim Kanala                    JR East Carolin         54.58mD

Women Hammer Throw West Region Prelims
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Gwen Berry                    SR So. Illinois         70.52mD
  2  Amanda Bingson                JR UNLV                 69.79mD
  3  Jeneva McCall                 JR So. Illinois         68.07mD
  4  Jenny Ozorai                  FR USC                  64.70mD
  5  Chelsea Cassulo               JR UNLV                 64.24mD
  6  Marissa Minderler             SR USC                  64.09mD
  7  Ida Storm                     FR UCLA                 63.72mD
  8  Brittany Smith                SO Illinois State       62.88mD
  9  Ayla Gill                     JR SMU                  61.70mD
 10  Terran Alexander              SR UTEP                 60.88mD
 11  Olga Ciura                    SR So. Illinois         60.68mD
 12  Victoria Zimmerman            JR Nebraska             60.28mD
 13  Jade Siegel                   JR Nebraska             60.11mD
 14  Britta Christofferson         SR Iowa State           59.65mD
 15  Amanda Murphy                 JR Montana State        59.47mD
 16  Gabby Midles                  JR Idaho                59.29mD
 17  Constance McAlman             SR Nevada               59.06mD
 18  Samantha Musil                SR Nebraska             59.00mD
 19  Brittani Daniels              SR UC Riverside         58.99mD
 20  Chid Onyewuenyi               SR UC Davis             58.96mD
 21  J'Quyra Moncur-Blue           SO Fresno State         58.75mD
 22  Kim Fortney                   SO So. Illinois         58.24mD
 23  Cj Navarro                    JR Arizona State        58.09mD
 24  Anneli Stahl                  SO Utah                 57.84mD
 25  Chioma Amaechi                FR California           57.65mD
 26  Linda Oseso                   JR California           57.49mD
 27  Brooke Garner                 SO South Dakota St.     57.27mD
 28  Taylor Bush                   JR Arizona              57.00mD
 29  Baillie Gibson                FR Arizona              56.94mD
 30  Traci Harms                   JR Northern Iowa        56.83mD
 31  Melissa Fraser                JR DePaul               56.82mD
 32  Melissa Coil                  JR Missouri             56.81mD
 33  Taylor Freeman                SO Arizona              56.56mD
 34  Emma MacCorquodale            JR Hawaii               56.36mD
 35  Cassandra Woodall             JR BYU                  56.15mD
 36  Tipaleli Fotu                 SR BYU                  56.02mD
 37  Danielle Rios                 JR UNLV                 55.69mD
 38  Megan McFarland               SR UC Riverside         55.56mD
 39  Ashlyn Gulvas                 FR Iowa                 55.55mD
 40  Olivia Midles                 FR East. Washington     55.55mD
 41  DeAnne Hahn                   JR Minnesota            55.33mD
 42  Emily Nugent                  SR Iowa State           55.24mD
 43  Ashley Hutchinson             JR Wyoming              55.22mD
 44  Kenisha Throughsingh          JR Colorado St.         55.16mD
 45  Elisa Bryant                  JR Washington           55.04mD
 46  Jamie Roth                    SR Marquette            55.04mD
 47  Sarah Yoldi                   SO Sacramento St.       55.02mD
 48  Jasmine Mosley                JR South Dakota         55.01mD

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