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.

As with the men's competition, all of the favorites moved on. Amanda Bingson (UNLV) had the top result of 67.92m despite mediocre conditions at the West regional meet in Oregon. She held off a late charge by Jevena McCall (Southern Illinois) for the win and her teammate Chelsea Cassulo (UNLV) took third. In the east region, Dorotea Habazin (Virginia Tech) continued to show her consistency with a winning throw of 67.51m. Defending NCAA Champion Nikola Lomnicka took third and also moved on to the NCAA final.

» Complete East Region Results
» Complete West Region Results

Women Hammer Throw Qualifiers for the NCAA Finals

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     Name                        Year School       Regional Result          
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  1  Amanda Bingson                JR UNLV                 67.92mD
  2  Dorotea Habazin               SR Virginia Tech        67.51mD
  3  Jeneva McCall                 JR So. Illinois         67.24mD
  4  Laura Igaune                  SR Western Kentucky     63.90mD
  5  Chelsea Cassulo               JR UNLV                 63.24mD
  6  Nikola Lomnicka               JR Georgia              62.88mD
  7  Gwen Berry                    SR So. Illinois         62.06mD
  8  Jenny Ozorai                  FR USC                  62.03mD
  9  Marissa Minderler             SR USC                  60.90mD
 10  Felisha Johnson               SO Indiana State        60.85mD
 11  Brynn Smith                   SR Brown                60.69mD
 12  Ida Storm                     FR UCLA                 60.36mD
 13  Juliana Smith                 SR Mississippi          60.07mD
 14  Mallory Barnes                SR Dayton               59.82mD
 15  Crystal Bourque               SR Rhode Island         59.41mD
 16  Cj Navarro                    JR Arizona State        58.97mD
 17  D'Ana McCarty                 SR Louisville           58.76mD
 18  Melissa Kurzdorfer            FR Kent State           58.69mD
 19  Beth Rohl                     SO Michigan State       58.49mD
 20  Brieanna Kennedy              JR LSU                  58.30mD
 21  Samantha Musil                SR Nebraska             58.29mD
 22  Brittany Smith                SO Illinois State       58.26mD
 23  J'Quyra Moncur-Blue           SO Fresno State         58.18mD
 24  Constance McAlman             SR Nevada               58.09mD

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