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No upsets in NCAA men's hammer throw prelims
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The Division I NCAA Championship Preliminary Round (a/k/a Regionals) took place weekend and all of the favorites moved onto the finals. The top 12 finishers in each region moved onto the national finals which will take place in two weeks in Des Moines, Iowa. There were few surprises over the weekend and all of the top men qualified for the next round. Oliver Whaley (BYU) was the only athlete ranked in the top 15 that did not make the cut. Most of the surprise finishers were at the bottom of the qualifier list. The West Region was also troubled by bad weather, meaning the winning distances were much lower than most people's best results from this year. Chris Cralle (Sam Houston State) ended up winning with a throw of 66.67m, while most of the top throwers simply passed their final attempts ocne it was clear they had qualfieid for the next round. Over in the East region, national leader Marcel Lomincy (Virginia Tech) easily won with a throw of 73.91m, while his teammate Alexander Ziegler (Virginia Tech) also broke 70 meters. Defending NCAA champion Walter Henning (LSU) also improved his season's best to 69.09m. » Complete East Region Results Men Hammer Throw Qualifiers for the NCAA Finals ================================================================== Name Year School Regional Result ================================================================== 1 Marcel Lomnicky SR Virginia Tech 73.91mD 2 Alexander Ziegler JR Virginia Tech 71.18mD 3 Walter Henning SR LSU 69.09mD 4 Chris Cralle SR Sam Houston St. 66.67mD 5 Trey Henderson SR USC 66.56mD 6 Dimitrios Fylladitakis SR UTEP 66.50mD 7 Michael Lauro JR LSU 66.37mD 8 Colin Dunbar SR Long Beach St. 65.96mD 9 Justin Welch FR Georgia 65.69mD 10 Jeremy Postin SO Florida 65.42mD 11 Jordan Stray SR Oregon 65.41mD 12 Alec Faldermeyer FR UCLA 64.79mD 13 Tyler Johnson SO Arizona 64.16mD 14 Alex Nelson JR Boise State 63.79mD 15 J.C. Lambert JR So. Illinois 63.39mD 16 Micah Hegerle SO Minnesota 63.13mD 17 Pascal Tang JR Northern Arizona 62.95mD 18 Robert Keogh SR Temple 62.75mD 19 KP Singh SR Oklahoma 62.65mD 20 Mike Zajac SR South Carolina 62.39mD 21 Denis Mahmic SO Virginia Tech 62.32mD 22 Craig Pearce SR Princeton 62.31mD 23 Matt Pfleger SR Kent State 61.47mD 24 Malcolm Styers SR Appalachian St. 61.47mD 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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