Typically the only way athletes make headlines during the NCAA preliminary round is by failing to live up to expectation. But Amanda Bingson (UNLV) and Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) made sure that wasn't the case this year. Bingson added more than a meter to her personal best with a winning throw of 71.04 meters. That not only was her first time over 70 meters and an NCAA leading mark, but also ranks her fourth in the US and just under the 'A' qualifying standard for this summer's games. Not to be overlooked, McCall also had a great day. Even though she passed her last three attempts (she also placed third in the shot put and sixth in the discus), she was little more than a foot off of her personal best. The women's competition eneded up being very deep, with seven throwers over 64 meters. By comaprison the East Preliminary round had just one thrower over 64 meters. And all of the top names passed through. Alec Faldermeyer (UCLA) won the men's competition, again with the big names passing through.
NCAA Division I 2012 Outdoor
Track & Field Championships -West Preliminary
University of Texas -Austin - 5/24/2012 to 5/26/2012
Men Hammer Throw
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Three seeded flights. Worst to best. Random throw order
Advance top 16 to final for 3 more attempts. Reverse order
30 minute flight specific warm-up
Advance top 12 placers from final to Drake. No ties
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Alec Faldermeyer SO UCLA 67.04mq 219-11
63.51m 66.55m 67.04m PASS PASS PASS
2 Quentin Mege JR Minnesota 65.61mq 215-03
63.40m 65.61m FOUL PASS PASS PASS
3 Tyler Johnson JR Arizona 65.05mq 213-05
65.05m 63.31m 63.01m FOUL FOUL FOUL
4 Nick Miller FR Oklahoma State 64.52mq 211-08
62.63m FOUL 62.59m 63.70m FOUL 64.52m
5 Caleb Stuart JR UC Riverside 63.60mq 208-08
60.26m FOUL 62.58m 63.60m FOUL FOUL
6 Micah Hegerle JR Minnesota 63.52mq 208-05
62.77m 63.52m FOUL FOUL FOUL 62.46m
7 Daniel Szabo FR USC 62.99mq 206-08
60.27m 60.00m 62.99m 62.20m 56.89m PASS
8 Scott Esparza FR California 62.87mq 206-03
61.23m 61.70m 62.87m 58.89m 60.95m 58.33m
9 Pascal Tang SR Northern Arizona 62.58mq 205-04
61.47m FOUL FOUL 61.00m 62.34m 62.58m
10 Jordan Clarke JR Arizona State 62.26mq 204-03
60.80m FOUL 62.26m FOUL 58.62m PASS
11 Akil Mills SO Illinois State 62.26mq 204-03
62.26m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL 59.45m
12 Matt Banse SR Iowa 61.55mq 201-11
FOUL 60.92m FOUL 59.43m 60.43m 61.55m
13 David Phillips JR Montana State 60.85m 199-08
57.11m 60.85m FOUL 59.63m 57.52m FOUL
14 Robert Drye SR Air Force 60.81m 199-06
FOUL FOUL 60.81m FOUL 59.16m FOUL
15 Angus Taylor SR Washington 60.37m 198-01
60.37m FOUL FOUL FOUL 58.57m FOUL
16 Demetris Elia FR UTEP 60.31m 197-10
50.28m 60.31m 58.70m FOUL FOUL FOUL
17 Casey Orgon JR North Dakota St. 60.20m 197-06
56.93m 59.35m 60.20m
18 Collin Otto SR Southern Illinois 59.75m 196-00
59.75m 59.16m 56.13m
19 Trevor Kraychir SR Boise State 58.98m 193-06
54.59m 56.80m 58.98m
20 Zack Richards JR Iowa State 58.82m 193-00
FOUL 58.82m 54.34m
21 Jon Lehman SO Minnesota 58.75m 192-09
FOUL 58.75m 56.01m
22 Killian Barry FR Texas Tech 58.52m 192-00
58.52m 56.88m 57.29m
23 Davis Fraker FR Illinois 58.47m 191-10
58.47m 56.57m 58.03m
24 Ben Stancombe JR Iowa 58.40m 191-07
57.31m 54.33m 58.40m
25 Tomaz Bogovic SR Kansas State 58.31m 191-04
57.91m 56.49m 58.31m
26 Jacob Bullinger JR Missouri 58.21m 191-00
55.68m 58.21m 57.46m
27 Tanner Hurt SR Northern Iowa 58.18m 190-10
56.46m FOUL 58.18m
28 Phil Steinert JR UTSA 58.15m 190-09
58.15m FOUL FOUL
29 Tanner Harris SO Oregon 58.06m 190-06
58.06m FOUL 55.89m
30 Trevor Sealy SO Sam Houston St. 57.98m 190-03
FOUL 55.83m 57.98m
31 Curtis Jensen JR Illinois State 57.66m 189-02
56.97m 57.66m FOUL
32 Sean Herbison SR Air Force 57.60m 189-00
57.60m FOUL FOUL
33 Alex Umstead SR UC Santa Barbara 57.52m 188-08
FOUL FOUL 57.52m
34 Alex Kizirian SO Colorado 57.12m 187-05
FOUL 56.44m 57.12m
35 Jake Brinkmann SR South Dakota St. 57.09m 187-04
57.09m FOUL FOUL
36 Brett Ramirez SO Illinois 57.04m 187-02
55.32m 56.70m 57.04m
37 Derek White JR California 57.02m 187-01
FOUL 56.20m 57.02m
38 Bradley Sauer FR Southern Illinois 56.52m 185-05
54.29m 55.59m 56.52m
39 Holden Mitchell JR Oklahoma 56.44m 185-02
56.44m FOUL FOUL
40 Adam McDonnell SO Northern Iowa 56.25m 184-06
55.68m FOUL 56.25m
41 Zach Parry SR Weber State 55.94m 183-06
FOUL FOUL 55.94m
42 Chris Nicasio SO Arkansas State 55.84m 183-02
FOUL 55.84m 55.52m
43 Donald Romero SR Eastern Illinois 55.56m 182-03
54.72m 55.56m FOUL
44 Will Lohman FR Boise State 54.63m 179-03
54.33m 53.59m 54.63m
45 Nathaniel Marshall SO Western Illinois 52.53m 172-04
FOUL 52.53m FOUL
46 Bryce Hall JR Utah State 51.69m 169-07
FOUL 51.69m FOUL
-- Kyle Rothwell SO Idaho FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Casey Strong SO Texas A&M FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
Women Hammer Throw
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Three seeded flights. Worst to best. Random throw order
Advance top 16 to final for 3 more attempts. Reverse order
30 minute flight specific warm-up
Advance top 12 placers from final to Drake. No ties
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Amanda Bingson SR UNLV M 71.04mq 233-01
69.57m FOUL 71.04m 64.35m FOUL FOUL
2 Jeneva McCall SR Southern Illinois 69.13mq 226-10
69.13m 68.70m FOUL PASS PASS PASS
3 Alena Krechyk JR Kansas 68.23mq 223-10
FOUL 68.23m PASS PASS PASS PASS
4 Jenny Ozorai SO USC 66.61mq 218-06
FOUL FOUL 66.61m 63.35m 64.38m 64.36m
5 Brittany Smith JR Illinois State 66.19mq 217-02
FOUL FOUL 61.76m 66.19m 63.20m 60.57m
6 Ida Storm SO UCLA 65.47mq 214-09
58.74m 64.09m FOUL 65.47m 63.24m 65.25m
7 Marissa Minderler SR USC 64.04mq 210-01
64.04m 62.18m 63.86m 60.89m 63.85m FOUL
8 Jade Niemeyer SR USC 63.40mq 208-00
60.69m 63.40m FOUL PASS PASS PASS
9 Taylor Bush JR Arizona 62.93mq 206-05
58.58m 60.93m 61.17m 62.93m 58.33m FOUL
10 DeAnna Price FR Southern Illinois 62.62mq 205-05
58.07m 61.85m 61.99m FOUL 62.62m 60.89m
11 Kearsten Peoples FR Missouri 62.38mq 204-08
58.31m 58.93m 62.38m 58.46m 56.82m 61.70m
12 Amanda Murphy SR Montana State 62.20mq 204-01
60.83m 56.57m FOUL 58.02m 62.20m 62.05m
13 Lindsey Spencer SR Utah State 61.60m 202-01
FOUL 59.84m 61.34m 61.60m 60.25m FOUL
14 Linda Oseso SR California 60.80m 199-06
60.72m FOUL 59.36m 60.80m FOUL 59.86m
15 Jade Siegel SR Nebraska 60.64m 198-11
60.14m 59.78m 60.64m 57.79m 59.19m 59.85m
16 J'Quyra Moncur-Blue JR Fresno State 60.31m 197-10
58.17m 60.31m FOUL 56.49m FOUL 57.32m
17 DeAnne Hahn SR Minnesota 59.97m 196-09
58.93m 59.97m 57.30m
18 Erin Atkinson SO Baylor 59.93m 196-07
FOUL 52.08m 59.93m
19 Victoria Zimmerman SR Nebraska 59.47m 195-01
FOUL 59.47m FOUL
20 Kim Fortney JR Southern Illinois 59.11m 193-11
58.49m 59.11m 55.70m
21 Lauren Chambers SO USC 58.63m 192-04
58.63m FOUL FOUL
22 Meagan McKee SO Fresno State 58.54m 192-01
57.07m 58.54m 57.92m
23 Jenna Sliwinski JR Colorado St. 58.31m 191-04
58.28m 57.69m 58.31m
24 Danielle Rios SR UNLV 58.20m 190-11
FOUL 58.20m 57.68m
25 Kayla Kovar SO Southern Utah 58.16m 190-10
58.16m FOUL FOUL
26 Kiah Hicks FR Colorado St. 58.10m 190-07
55.48m 56.21m 58.10m
27 Mele Vaisima SR Boise State 57.77m 189-06
57.77m FOUL FOUL
28 Caitlin Way SO Oklahoma State 57.59m 188-11
FOUL FOUL 57.59m
29 Alyssa Osai JR Boise State 57.35m 188-02
57.35m FOUL FOUL
30 Brooke Garner JR South Dakota St. 57.32m 188-01
51.20m 53.87m 57.32m
31 Laishema Hampton JR Iowa State 56.54m 185-06
55.84m FOUL 56.54m
32 Hayli Bozarth SO Iowa State 56.54m 185-06
56.54m FOUL FOUL
33 Cj Navarro JR Arizona State 56.43m 185-02
FOUL 56.43m FOUL
34 Gabby Midles SR Idaho 55.76m 182-11
FOUL 55.31m 55.76m
35 Melissa Coil SR Missouri 55.49m 182-01
51.64m 55.49m 53.86m
36 Lauren Stuart SO Northern Arizona 54.87m 180-00
FOUL 54.87m 53.06m
37 Ashley Gatewood SR UC Riverside 54.66m 179-04
53.76m FOUL 54.66m
38 Caitlin Byrd SO Fresno State 54.63m 179-03
FOUL 54.63m 54.21m
39 Emma MacCorquodale SR Hawaii 54.53m 178-11
FOUL 54.53m 54.44m
40 Annemie Smith FR Iowa 54.42m 178-06
53.37m FOUL 54.42m
41 Ashley Hutchinson SR Wyoming 53.58m 175-09
FOUL 53.58m FOUL
42 Kenisha Throughsingh SR Colorado St. 53.56m 175-09
FOUL FOUL 53.56m
43 Katie Bragg JR UTSA 53.51m 175-07
53.51m 52.57m FOUL
44 Sarah Nutsch JR Idaho 53.16m 174-05
FOUL 52.75m 53.16m
45 Elisa Bryant SR Washington 53.05m 174-00
FOUL FOUL 53.05m
46 Traci Harms SR Northern Iowa 52.67m 172-10
FOUL 51.75m 52.67m
47 Danielle Frere JR Iowa State 52.66m 172-09
52.66m 51.37m FOUL
48 Ashley Lampley JR Arizona State 52.51m 172-03
52.47m 52.51m FOUL 
