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Loughney breaks meet record at D2 Nationals
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Junior Ryan Loughney (Ashland) broke the Division II National Championships meet record on Thursday with a first round attempt of 68.04m. He then improved to 70.15m in the second round and had two more attempts over the old meet record, leading the competition from start to finish over Drew Frizzell (Central Missouri). The throw was also a personal best and Loughney's first time ever over 70 meters. Frizzell finished second with 67.02m, and four mor atheltes broke 200 feet. On the women's side, sophomore Liz Murphy (Grand Valley State) also led the competition from start to finish with a first round best of 59.11m. Murphy entered the competition ranked first, just barely ahead of Danielle Thu (UC San Diego) on the performance lists. However, Thu struggled and placed fourth. Runner-up honors went to Jessice Horsley (Chadron State). Men Hammer Throw ============================================================== Advancement: Top 9 to the finals Meet Record: 67.86m * 5/24/2007 Kibwe Johnson D2 All Time: 75.95m 7/7/2007 Kibwe Johnson ============================================================== Name Year School Result ============================================================== 1 Ryan Loughney JR Ashland 70.15m* 2 Drew Frizzell SR Central Missouri 67.02m 3 Garrett Grey SO Ashland 63.51m 4 Mitch Sahlfeld SR Fort Hays State 62.67m 5 Christopher Heil JR Msu-Moorhead 62.25m 6 Matt Royer JR Indianapolis 60.84m 7 Ross Bunchek JR Wayne St. (Neb.) 59.78m 8 Mark Manno SO Lock Haven 59.27m 9 Tyler Fleet JR Abilene Christian 59.00m 10 Mike Jeffery SR Ashland 58.85m 11 Chris Warning SR Slippery Rock 58.58m 12 Adam Kershaw SR St. Cloud St 58.31m 13 Gavin Wuthrich SR Pittsburg St 58.00m 14 Michael Hoffman SR Western Washingon 56.51m 15 Craig Call JR Ashland 56.27m 16 Chase Sniadecki SR Ashland 56.11m 17 Anthony Enyi SR Msu-Moorhead 54.83m 18 Andrew Gorley SO Grand Valley St 50.14m Women Hammer Throw ============================================================== Advancement: Top 9 to the finals Meet Record: 64.85m * 5/24/2002 Jackie Jeschelnig D2 All Time: 64.85m 5/23/2002 Jackie Jeschelnig ============================================================== Name Year School Result ============================================================== 1 Liz Murphy SO Grand Valley St 59.11m 2 Jessica Horsley SR Chadron State 57.65m 3 Kristin Cameron JR Northwood 56.91m 4 Danielle Thu SR UC San Diego 55.72m 5 Alyssa Zokoe FR Grand Valley St 55.46m 6 Kayla Muyskens JR Central Missouri 54.40m 7 Jessica Pilling FR Ferris State 54.33m 8 Alexis DeJean SR St. Joseph's 54.08m 9 Christa Bergmann SR Fort Hays State 54.05m 10 Heidi Smith JR Pittsburg State 53.02m 11 Michelle Potter JR Winona State 52.74m 12 Tara Cooper SR Ashland 52.66m 13 Randi Depp SR Findlay 52.47m 14 Katelyn Fox SO Grand Valley St 50.76m 15 Torrie Self SR Cen. Washington 49.63m 16 Jenny Schuler JR Winona State 48.95m 17 Bidemi Balogun SR American Int'l 48.93m CollegeHammer.com is a published by the non-profit Evergreen Athletic Fund and edited by Martin Bingisser. Please consider donating to help support the site.
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