Walter Henning (LSU) jumped into the national lead this week with a new personal best of 23.06m (75-08.00) to win on a fast ring at the University of New Mexico.  On his blog this week, Henning revealed that his season opening mark of last week was actually with a heavy 38-pound weight.  With the lighter 35-pound weight, Henning showed that he is in great form and ready to challenge for the national title this season.

Defending NCAA champion Jason Lewis (Arizona State) was the last front runner to open his season, but he did so this weekend at Northern Arizona University.  Despite being about a meter off of his personal best, Lewis threw significantly further than he did at the same meet last year, when he only threw 21.17m. Steffen Nerdal (Memphis) also hit another 22-meter throw over the weekend and Mike Zajac (South Carolina) broke 21-meters for the first time.  This was also a great weekend for D2 throwers, with seven throwers breaking 19-meters and a new season's best of 20.59m by defending champion Drew Frizzell (Central Missouri).

On the women's side, Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) had the top mark of the weekend for the second straight week.  She topped an impressive field with four throwers breaking 20-meters at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Memorial.

Jacob Freeman and Amber Campbell led the post collegiate throwers with wins at the Millrose Games.

Collegiate Men's Weight Throw  
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    Name                    Year School                  Result            
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  1 Walter Henning            JR LSU                     23.06m   75-08.00
  2 Steffen Nerdal            SR Memphis                 22.34m   73-03.50
  3 Jason Lewis               SR Arizona State           21.92m   71-11.00
  4 Mike Zajac                JR South Carolina          21.06m   69-01.25
  5 Leif Arrhenius            JR BYU                     20.86m   68-05.25
  6 Drew Frizzell             JR Central Missouri (D2)   20.59m   67-06.75
  7 Brad Millar               SR DePaul                  20.48m   67-02.25
  8 Michael Lauro             SO LSU                     20.46m   67-01.50
  9 Seid Mujanovic            SR Manhattan               20.19m   66-03.00
 10 Ben Bishop                JR SIU Edwardsville        19.92m   65-04.25
 11 Curtis Durocher           SR Northern Arizona        19.79m   64-11.25
 12 Oliver Whaley             JR BYU                     19.76m   64-10.00
 13 Tyler Fischer             SR Central Washington (D2) 19.73m   64-08.75
 14 Aaron Falk                SR Hillsdale (D2)          19.65m   64-05.75
 15 J.C. Lambert              SO Southern Illinois       19.60m   64-03.75
 16 Trevor Kraychir           SO Boise State             19.57m   64-02.50
 17 Bryca Buffaloe            SR Temple                  19.47m   63-10.50
 18 Ryan Loughney             SO Ashland (D2)            19.46m   63-10.25
 19 Matthew Gac               SR Buffalo                 19.41m   63-08.25
 20 Matt DeChant              SO Ohio State              19.41m   63-08.25
 21 Brian Allen               SR Pittsburg State (D2)    19.28m   63-03.25
 22 Mike Jeffery              JR Ashland (D2)            19.26m   63-02.25
 23 Brian Soverns             SR Western Kentucky        19.25m   63-02.00
 24 Jason Stomps              SR Hillsdale (D2)          19.20m   63-00.00
 25 Faisal Muhammad           SR Southeastern Louisiana  19.11m   62-08.50
 26 Max Mays                  SO Ohio State              19.02m   62-05.00
Cutoff: 19.00m

Post Collegiate Men's Weight Throw  
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    Name                         Affiliation             Result            
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  1 Jacob Freeman                NYAC                    23.57m   77-04.00
  2 Cory Martin                  Nike                    23.39m   76-09.00
  3 A.G. Kruger                  Nike                    23.24m   76-03.00
  4 Michael Mai                  US Army                 23.05m   75-07.50
  5 Chris Rohr                   Unattached              22.73m   74-07.00
  6 Robert Klenk                 Unattached              21.61m   70-10.75
  7 Chris Bryce                  Unattached              19.91m   65-04.00
  8 Jesse Doty                   Syracuse Chargers       19.90m   65-03.50
  9 Steve Bartholomew            Unattached              19.77m   64-10.50
 10 Jacob Basher                 Unattached              19.29m   63-03.50
Cutoff: 19.00m

Collegiate Women's Weight Throw  
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    Name                    Year School                  Result            
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  1 Jeneva McCall             SO Southern Illinois       20.85m   68-05.00
  2 Kristin Smith             SR Kentucky                20.51m   67-03.50
  3 Brittany Cox              SR Middle Tennessee State  20.34m   66-08.75
  4 Gwen Berry                JR Soutner Illinois        20.32m   66-08.00
  5 Kelsey Hanley             JR Indiana State           19.99m   65-07.00
  6 Mallory Barnes            JR Dayton                  19.65m   63-05.75
  7 Rickael Roach             JR Southern Illinois       19.55m   64-01.75
  8 Sasha Leeth               SR Southern Illinois       19.50m   63-11.75
  9 Victoria Flowers          SO Connecticut             19.39m   63-07.50
 10 Stacey Wannemacher        SR Purdue                  19.28m   63-03.25
 11 Kristen Crawford          JR Indiana                 18.96m   62-02.50
 12 Althea Charles            JR Northeastern            18.95m   62-02.25
 13 Frednisha Marshall        SR Stephen F. Austin       18.81m   61-08.50
 14 Johanne Verpil            SR Wisconsin               18.78m   61-07.50
 15 Lakendra Thams            SR Central Florida         18.73m   61-05.50
 16 Sara Neubauer             SR Air Force               18.64m   61-02.00
 17 Amanda Hoeppner           SR Wisconsin               18.63m   61-01.50
 18 Alena Krechyk             FR Kansas                  18.59m   61-00.00
 19 Olga Ciura                JR Southern Illinois       18.51m   60-08.75
 20 Valerie Wert              JR Akron                   18.50m   60-08.50
 21 Mele Vaisima              JR Boise State             18.49m   60-08.00
 22 Lawanda Henry             SO North Carolina State    18.46m   60-06.75
 23 Kristy Woods              SO Buffalo                 18.39m   60-04.00
 24 Tara Cooper               JR Ashland (D2)            18.36m   60-03.00
 25 Lauren Noe                SO South Florida           18.32m   60-01.25
 26 Deidre Tarver             SR Texas A&M               18.24m   59-10.25
 27 Tynisha McMillan          SR Connecticut             18.01m   59-01.25
Cutoff: 18.00m

Post Collegiate Women's Weight Throw  
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    Name                         Affiliation             Result            
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  1 Amber Campbell               Nike/Mjolnir            24.20m   79-04.75
  2 Erin Gilreath                Asics/NYAC              21.60m   70-10.50
  3 Stevie Large                 Unattached              21.58m   70-09.75
  4 Loree Smith                  John Godina WTC         21.29m   69-10.25
  5 Caressa Sims                 Unattached              19.72m   64-08.50
  6 Anna Weber                   Unattached              19.57m   64-02.50
  7 Tamara Burns                 Unattached              19.14m   62-09.50
Cutoff: 19.00m

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