The qualifiers for the NCAA Division I Prelimary round next weekend have been announced. The NCAA preliminary round Men Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round will take palce at two sites. The top 48 men and women in the East region will fight for 12 qualifying spots each at the University of North Florida. The West region's competition will take place at the University of Texas. Overall, the regions were very similar in strength. On the men's side it took nearly equal marks to qualify for both regions, but the east region is slightly stronger among those expected to qualify with the 12th seed has a personal best more than a meter better. On the women's side, the west region is markedly strong from top to bottom. The top seven throwers in the nation are all from the west region and it also took nearly two meters more to qualify for the preliminary round.

Men Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Alec Faldermeyer              SO UCLA                 69.89mD
  2  Daniel Szabo                  FR USC                  67.10mD
  3  Quentin Mege                  JR Minnesota            67.08mD
  4  Nick Miller                   FR Okla. State          67.06mD
  5  Jordan Clarke                 JR Arizona State        65.39mD
  6  Pascal Tang                   SR No. Arizona          63.96mD
  7  Tyler Johnson                 JR Arizona              63.80mD
  8  Davis Fraker                  FR Illinois             63.30mD
  9  Micah Hegerle                 JR Minnesota            63.20mD
 10  Caleb Stuart                  JR UC Riverside         63.10mD
 11  David Phillips                JR Montana State        62.52mD
 12  Angus Taylor                  SR Washington           62.23mD
 13  Robert Drye                   SR Air Force            62.19mD
 14  Tanner Hurt                   SR No. Iowa             62.01mD
 15  Chris Nicasio                 SO Ark. State           61.84mD
 16  Zack Richards                 JR Iowa State           61.58mD
 17  Jacob Bullinger               JR Missouri             61.50mD
 18  Jon Lehman                    SO Minnesota            61.36mD
 19  Tomaz Bogovic                 SR Kansas State         60.69mD
 20  Zach Parry                    SR Weber State          60.58mD
 21  Casey Strong                  SO Texas A&M            60.49mD
 22  Matt Banse                    SR Iowa                 60.49mD
 23  Demetris Elia                 FR UTEP                 60.32mD
 24  Scott Esparza                 FR California           60.29mD
 25  Curtis Jensen                 JR Illinois State       60.25mD
 26  Casey Orgon                   JR N.D. State           60.22mD
 27  Akil Mills                    SO Illinois State       60.16mD
 28  Alex Kizirian                 SO Colorado             60.03mD
 29  Alex Umstead                  SR UC Santa Barbara     60.02mD
 30  Sean Herbison                 SR Air Force            60.00mD
 31  Kyle Rothwell                 SO Idaho                59.98mD
 32  Phil Steinert                 JR UTSA                 59.79mD
 33  Donald Romero                 SR East Illinois        59.73mD
 34  Jake Brinkmann                SR S.D. State           59.46mD
 35  Bradley Sauer                 FR So. Illinois         59.44mD
 36  Brett Ramirez                 SO Illinois             59.25mD
 37  Collin Otto                   SR So. Illinois         59.21mD
 38  Adam McDonnell                SO No. Iowa             59.08mD
 39  Trevor Kraychir               SR Boise State          58.97mD
 40  Killian Barry                 FR Texas Tech           58.85mD
 41  Trevor Sealy                  SO Sam Houston St       58.71mD
 42  Ben Stancombe                 JR Iowa                 58.66mD
 43  Derek White                   JR California           58.62mD
 44  Nathaniel Marshall            SO West Illinois        58.57mD
 45  Tanner Harris                 SO Oregon               58.56mD
 46  Bryce Hall                    JR Utah State           58.39mD
 47  Holden Mitchell               JR Oklahoma             58.34mD
 48  Will Lohman                   FR Boise State          58.27mD
 
Men Hammer Throw East Preliminary Round
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Conor McCullough              SO Princeton            74.01mD
  2  Alexander Ziegler             JR Virginia Tech        73.17mD
  3  Jeremy Postin                 JR Florida              70.73mD
  4  Justin Welch                  SO Georgia              66.73mD
  5  Michael Lauro                 SR LSU                  66.39mD
  6  Anastas Papazov               FR Manhattan            66.08mD
  7  Brandon Pounds                JR Indiana State        65.34mD
  8  Montrell Morrow               SO East Carolina        64.57mD
  9  Carson Sears                  SO Gardner-Webb         64.48mD
 10  Ryan McCullough               SR Cen Michigan         64.20mD
 11  Nicolo Bolla                  JR Troy                 63.85mD
 12  Denis Mahmic                  JR Virginia Tech        63.39mD
 13  Vincenzo Chiariello           SR Virginia             63.16mD
 14  Eric Hubbard                  SR Akron                62.96mD
 15  Leonard Joseph                JR Bucknell             62.87mD
 16  Ethan Dennis                  SO Michigan             62.75mD
 17  Jay Gillespie                 SR Michigan State       62.19mD
 18  Max Mays                      SR Ohio State           61.84mD
 19  Dennis Aliotta                JR East Carolina        61.73mD
 20  Max Milder                    SO Northeastern         61.73mD
 21  Kevin Mays                    SR Cen Michigan         60.96mD
 22  Thaddeus Kusiak               JR Rhode Island         60.87mD
 23  Nicholas Snoad                JR Army                 60.66mD
 24  Joshua Faboyede               JR Connecticut          60.64mD
 25  Sam Bombaugh                  SO Louisville           60.63mD
 26  Matthias Tayala               FR Kent State           60.55mD
 27  Will Barr                     SO Penn State           60.53mD
 28  Brad Bolton                   FR Michigan             60.25mD
 29  Daniel Galos                  SR Indiana              59.97mD
 30  William Janes                 JR Rhode Island         59.56mD
 31  Joey Torres                   SR So. Alabama          59.50mD
 32  Ben Glauser                   FR Harvard              59.45mD
 33  Ryan Smith                    JR Liberty              59.42mD
 34  Jason Roberts                 SR Charlotte            59.27mD
 35  Suyi Georgewill               JR So. Mississippi      59.16mD
 36  Vincent Elardo                SR Monmouth             59.14mD
 37  Jamie Van Pelt                SR West Carolina        58.84mD
 38  Michael Levine                JR Yale                 58.71mD
 39  William Hubber                SO Memphis              58.68mD
 40  Bo Crabtree                   SO Kent State           58.56mD
 41  Jared Stalling                JR Appalachian St       58.52mD
 42  Jared Crafton                 JR McNeese State        58.24mD
 43  Eric Lewis                    SO Detroit Mercy        58.23mD
 44  Tom Davis                     SR Ohio State           58.18mD
 45  Kenneth Sugishita             JR USC Upstate          58.15mD
 46  David Triassi                 JR Florida              58.09mD
 47  Andrew Hills                  SR Notre Dame           58.05mD
 48  Adam Ruiz                     SR Miami (Ohio)         57.98mD

Women Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Amanda Bingson                SR UNLV                 69.75mD
  2  Jeneva McCall                 SR So. Illinois         69.39mD
  3  Alena Krechyk                 JR Kansas               69.02mD
  4  Jenny Ozorai                  SO USC                  68.08mD
  5  Brittany Smith                JR Illinois State       67.91mD
  6  Marissa Minderler             SR USC                  67.35mD
  7  Ida Storm                     SO UCLA                 66.30mD
  8  Taylor Bush                   JR Arizona              63.78mD
  9  Erin Atkinson                 SO Baylor               62.20mD
 10  Lindsey Spencer               SR Utah State           61.99mD
 11  Amanda Murphy                 SR Montana State        61.52mD
 12  Mele Vaisima                  SR Boise State          61.41mD
 13  Jade Niemeyer                 SR USC                  61.31mD
 14  Jade Siegel                   SR Nebraska             60.81mD
 15  Victoria Zimmerman            SR Nebraska             60.72mD
 16  Brooke Garner                 JR S.D. State           60.28mD
 17  Cj Navarro                    JR Arizona State        60.20mD
 18  Laishema Hampton              JR Iowa State           60.07mD
 19  DeAnne Hahn                   SR Minnesota            60.04mD
 20  Lauren Stuart                 SO No. Arizona          59.79mD
 21  J'Quyra Moncur-Blue           JR Fresno State         59.70mD
 22  Lauren Chambers               SO USC                  59.64mD
 23  Kim Fortney                   JR So. Illinois         59.50mD
 24  DeAnna Price                  FR So. Illinois         59.37mD
 25  Linda Oseso                   SR California           59.12mD
 26  Alyssa Osai                   JR Boise State          59.10mD
 27  Elisa Bryant                  SR Washington           59.09mD
 28  Ashley Lampley                JR Arizona State        59.05mD
 29  Ashley Hutchinson             SR Wyoming              58.90mD
 30  Jenna Sliwinski               JR Colo. State          58.48mD
 31  Kearsten Peoples              FR Missouri             58.42mD
 32  Danielle Rios                 SR UNLV                 58.32mD
 33  Kayla Kovar                   SO So. Utah             58.24mD
 34  Gabby Midles                  SR Idaho                58.18mD
 35  Meagan McKee                  SO Fresno State         58.13mD
 36  Traci Harms                   SR No. Iowa             58.01mD
 37  Danielle Frere                JR Iowa State           58.00mD
 38  Caitlin Byrd                  SO Fresno State         57.90mD
 39  Katie Bragg                   JR UTSA                 57.86mD
 40  Ashley Gatewood               SR UC Riverside         57.62mD
 41  Emma MacCorquodale            SR Hawaii               57.58mD
 42  Hayli Bozarth                 SO Iowa State           57.49mD
 43  Kenisha Throughsingh          SR Colo. State          57.39mD
 44  Caitlin Way                   SO Okla. State          57.34mD
 45  Kiah Hicks                    FR Colo. State          57.32mD
 46  Sarah Nutsch                  JR Idaho                57.23mD
 47  Annemie Smith                 FR Iowa                 57.19mD
 48  Melissa Coil                  SR Missouri             57.18mD
 
Women Hammer Throw East Preliminary Round
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Alexis Thomas                 SO Ohio State           64.62mD
  2  Melissa Kurzdorfer            SO Penn State           63.33mD
  3  Victoria Flowers              JR Connecticut          63.24mD
  4  Beth Rohl                     JR Michigan State       62.87mD
  5  Nikola Lomnicka               SR Georgia              62.71mD
  6  Brieanna Kennedy              SR LSU                  62.56mD
  7  Maggie Mullen                 SR Ohio State           62.42mD
  8  Melinda Bendik                SR Liberty              61.35mD
  9  Monteka Flowers               SR West Kentucky        61.19mD
 10  Favian Cowards                SR Miss State           60.84mD
 11  Annjulie Vester               FR Virginia Tech        60.61mD
 12  Latifah Johnson               SR So. Alabama          60.24mD
 13  Athalia Smith                 SR Sacred Heart         60.12mD
 14  Karen Henning                 SO LSU                  60.11mD
 15  Maureen Laffan                SR Virginia             59.62mD
 16  Felisha Johnson               JR Indiana State        59.53mD
 17  Amashi-Ali Kendall            JR Louisville           59.35mD
 18  Brittany Funk                 SO Akron                58.65mD
 19  Denise Hinton                 SO LSU                  58.34mD
 20  Lydia Gomez-Diaz              FR East Michigan        58.17mD
 21  Amethyst Holmes               JR Alabama              58.12mD
 22  Jackie Leppelmeier            FR Kent State           57.88mD
 23  Patrice Gates                 SO Louisville           57.63mD
 24  Erin Miller                   JR Buffalo              57.56mD
 25  Angelica Howard               SR Alabama              57.26mD
 26  Kristy Woods                  JR Buffalo              57.16mD
 27  Angela Scarber                SR East Michigan        57.15mD
 28  Michelle Anumba               SO Duke                 57.11mD
 29  Emily Pendleton               SR Michigan             57.09mD
 30  Meaghan McGovern              SR Richmond             57.03mD
 31  Ashley Holmes                 SR Miami                56.79mD
 32  Robyn McFetters               FR Maine                56.65mD
 33  Shantelle Patterson           SR Coastal Carolina     56.55mD
 34  Lacey Craker                  JR Brown                56.28mD
 35  Jessie Echard                 SR Maryland             56.20mD
 36  Moriah Young                  JR Maryland             56.16mD
 37  Kaitlyn Griffith              SR Youngstown St        56.15mD
 38  Rachel Pena                   SO Lafayette            55.79mD
 39  Cathy Liebowitz               FR Dartmouth            55.73mD
 40  Emily Allen                   JR Samford              55.67mD
 41  Kim Kanala                    JR East Carolina        55.63mD
 42  Monique Riddick               SR Indiana              55.55mD
 43  Jessica Dunston               JR Campbell             55.50mD
 44  Bobbie Williamson             SO So. Alabama          55.41mD
 45  Adabelle Ekechukwu            SO Harvard              55.38mD
 46  Jessica Fekete                JR SE Louisiana         55.38mD
 47  Terina Miller                 SR West Virginia        55.25mD
 48  Laquoya Kelly                 SR Tennessee            55.15mD

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