So far this season Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) had yet to lose to another collegiate competitor. In fact, no one had even come close and on Friday she continued that dominance with a throw of 22.90 meters to win the NCAA title. McCall's first three throws were all good enough to win by several feet. After a fourth round foul, she still had secured the win and passed her final attempts. Ida Storm (UCLA) threw a good personal best for second place, but her best of 21.48m was still nearly five feet behind McCall. Brittany Smith (Illinoi State) took third and defending champion Felish Johnson (Indiana State) placed fourth.

Top seeded Marcel Lomnicky (Virginia Tech) broke 22 meters twice to win the NCAA title on Saturday morning. The former NCAA outdoor champion now has an indoor title to add to his collection. J.C. Lambert (Southern Illinois) came within inches of the win on his final attempt, but wasn't able to finish the weight throw sweep for the Salukis. Alexander Ziegler (Virginia Tech) brought home another podium finish for Virginia Tech with his third place finish.

While there were many amazing performances, the overall results were not as deep as expected. All 16 men had broken 21 meters this season, but only six managed to do so during the competition. On the women's side, 10 women had broken 21 meters earlier this season, but only two managed to do so at the meet. In fact, the lowest seeded woman had throw 20.76m entering the meet and only three women broke that barrier at the meet. It once again shows that these championships are often wide open and those athletes that peak at the right time can overcome even the lowest seed.

                   NCAA Division 1  2012 Indoor Championship                   
                      Nampa, Idaho-Jacksons Indoor Track                       
                Boise State University  - 3/9/2012 to 3/10/2012    

Men Weight Throw
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     Name                        Year School               Result          
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  1  Marcel Lomnicky               SR Virginia Tech        22.04m   72-03.75
  2  J.C. Lambert                  SR So. Illinois         21.97m   72-01.00
  3  Alexander Ziegler             JR Virginia Tech        21.59m   70-10.00
  4  Jeremy Postin                 JR Florida              21.51m   70-07.00
  5  Alec Faldermeyer              SO UCLA                 21.27m   69-09.50
  6  Lonnie Pugh                   JR Michigan State       21.14m   69-04.25
  7  Micah Hegerle                 JR Minnesota            20.76m   68-01.50
  8  Michael Lauro                 SR LSU                  20.75m   68-01.00
  9  Jay Gillespie                 SR Michigan State       20.41m   66-11.50
 10  Kevin Mays                    SR Central Michigan     20.22m   66-05.25
 11  Max Mays                      SR Ohio State           20.21m   66-02.75
 12  Akil Mills                    SO Illinois State       20.11m   65-11.75
 13  Matt DeChant                  SR Ohio State           19.41m   63-08.25
 14  Ethan Dennis                  SO Michigan             19.36m   63-06.25
 15  Montrell Morrow               JR East Carolina        19.22m   63-00.75
 16  Brandon Pounds                JR Indiana State        19.18m   62-11.25
 
Women Weight Throw
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     Name                        Year School               Result       
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  1  Jeneva McCall                 SR So. Illinois         22.90m   75-01.75
  2  Ida Storm                     SO UCLA                 21.48m   70-05.75
  3  Brittany Smith                JR Illinois State       20.89m   68-06.50
  4  Felisha Johnson               JR Indiana State        20.52m   67-04.00
  5  Beth Rohl                     JR Michigan State       20.20m   66-03.25
  6  Mele Vaisima                  SR Boise State          20.07m   65-10.25
  7  Amanda Bingson                SR UNLV                 19.97m   65-06.25
  8  Erin Atkinson                 SO Baylor               19.80m   64-11.50
  9  Maggie Mullen                 SR Ohio State           19.62m   64-04.50
 10  Amashi-Ali Kendall            JR Louisville           19.42m   63-08.75
 11  Benia Gregoire                JR FIU                  19.34m   63-05.50
 12  Kelly Closse                  JR Texas Tech           19.33m   63-05.00
 13  Alena Krechyk                 JR Kansas               18.87m   61-11.00
 14  Dani Bunch                    SO Purdue               18.84m   61-09.75
 15  Valerie Wert                  SR Akron                18.76m   61-06.75
 16  Denise Hinton                 SO LSU                  18.06m   59-03.00
 17  Taylor Smith                  JR Wisconsin            17.30m   56-09.25

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