The fields for the NCAA Division I Regionals were announced on Friday.  In the past, there were four regions where athletes competed for both automatic and at large bids.  This year will be the first (and perhaps last) using a new system with just two regional competitions next weekend.  In this new format, the top twelve finishers and relay teams from the West Regional in Austin and the East Regionals in Greensboro, North Carolina, will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene June 9-12. The top 48 athletes in each qualified to take part in the preliminary round, which should make for a long weekend of competition.

On the Women's side, the regions are fairly even.  While the two top throwers are in the East region, the 12th seed is nearly identical (59.43m in the east versus 59.07m in the west).  It also took only two more feet to place in the top 48 in the East region and thus qualify for the regional championship.

The men's side was a bit more lopsided.  The East region features five of the top six throwers in the country.  It also has the depth to match.  Twelth place in the East region is nearly a meter ahead of the twelth qualified in the West (64.19 versus 63.23m).  The last qualifier in the East (58.65m) was also well ahead of the last West qualified (56.30m).

You can find all of the entries below. Check back next weekend for pre-meet and post-meet coverage, including a preview of the competition, weeekly national rankings, results, athlete of the week honors, and commentary.

East Region - Women Hammer Throw Prelims
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     Name                        Year School             Seed Mark          
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  1  Dorotea Habazin               JR VA Tech              66.74mD
  2  Nikola Lomnicka               SO Georgia              66.07mD
  3  Kristin Smith                 SR Kentucky             63.57mD
  4  Jere' Summers                 SR Louisville           63.20mD
  5  D'Ana McCarty                 JR Louisville           62.24mD
  6  Crystal Bourque               JR Rhode Island         61.86mD
  7  Brittany Horne                SR Detroit Mercy        61.30mD
  8  Kelsey Hanley                 JR Indiana St.          60.88mD
  9  Brynn Smith                   JR Brown                60.85mD
 10  Lindsey Cook                  SR Louisville           59.68mD
 11  Kim Williams                  SR LSU                  59.66mD
 12  Suesanna Williams             SR S. Mississippi       59.43mD
 13  Alana Clooten                 SR Ga Tech              58.92mD
 14  Valerie Wert                  JR Akron                58.92mD
 15  Emma Ruggiero                 JR Princeton            58.83mD
 16  Maegan Lewis                  JR E. Carolina          58.77mD
 17  Tiphanie Baker                SR Troy                 58.68mD
 18  Faith Sherrill                JR Indiana              58.46mD
 19  Mallory Barnes                JR Dayton               58.44mD
 20  Aimee Veatch                  SO Radford              58.07mD
 21  Kristy Woods                  SO Buffalo              57.45mD
 22  Shant'e White                 SO Buffalo              57.20mD
 23  Irene Cooper                  SR W. Michigan          56.97mD
 24  Juliana Smith                 JR Ole Miss             56.72mD
 25  Victoria Flowers              SO Connecticut          56.68mD
 26  Ashlee Lathrop                SR New Hampshire        56.53mD
 27  Lisa Wilson                   SR Massachusetts        56.42mD
 28  Athalia Smith                 SO Sacred Heart         56.31mD
 29  Latifah Johnson               SO S. Alabama           56.23mD
 30  Beth Rohl                     FR Michigan St.         56.13mD
 31  Alicia Price                  SR Rider                56.11mD
 32  Alesha Asijie                 JR Georgia              55.97mD
 33  Melinda Bendik                JR Liberty              55.94mD
 34  Mykal Imbrock                 JR C. Michigan          55.84mD
 35  Symmone Fisher                SO Monmouth             55.40mD
 36  Brittany Cox                  SR M. Tenn. St.         55.37mD
 37  Effua Ampadu                  SR Kent State           55.36mD
 38  Maggie Mullen                 SO Ohio State           55.24mD
 39  Donisha Brown                 JR E. Carolina          54.75mD
 40  Emily Amendola                SR Ohio                 54.73mD
 41  Althea Charles                JR Northeastern         54.73mD
 42  Lauren Noe                    SO S. Florida           54.64mD
 43  Thanithia Billings            JR Princeton            54.62mD
 44  Monteka Flowers               SO W. Kentucky          54.54mD
 45  Kim Kanala                    SO E. Carolina          54.52mD
 46  Brittany Connor               JR Coastal Carolina     54.50mD
 47  Tayla Sawtelle                JR Rhode Island         54.49mD
 48  Meaghan McGovern              SO Richmond             54.43mD

West Region - Women Hammer Throw Prelims
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     Name                        Year School             Seed Mark          
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  1  Alena Krechyk                 SO Kansas               64.57mD
  2  Amanda Bingson                SO UNLV                 64.07mD
  3  Jeneva McCall                 SO S. Illinois          63.37mD
  4  Sarah Grimm                   SR Utah                 63.14mD
  5  Sasha Leeth                   SR S. Illinois          62.99mD
  6  Lauren Chambers               FR USC                  62.93mD
  7  Gwen Berry                    JR S. Illinois          62.26mD
  8  Jaynie Goodbody               SR Stanford             61.08mD
  9  Ozioma Okolie                 SR Texas Tech           60.86mD
 10  Nicole Luckenbach             SR E. Washington        60.85mD
 11  Kristi Koplin                 SR S. Utah              59.91mD
 12  Jade Hodson                   SO Nebraska             59.07mD
 13  Brittany Smith                FR Illinois St.         59.05mD
 14  Sara Neubauer                 SR Air Force            59.01mD
 15  Gabby Midles                  SO Idaho                58.92mD
 16  Morgan Bogard                 SR Northridge           58.90mD
 17  Marissa Minderler             SO USC                  58.85mD
 18  Kjirsten Jensen               SO WSU                  58.74mD
 19  Olga Ciura                    JR S. Illinois          58.63mD
 20  Meagan Berg                   SR Colo St              58.39mD
 21  Terran Alexander              JR UTEP                 58.34mD
 22  Ashley Morrison               SR S. Utah              58.08mD
 23  Victoria Zimmerman            SO Nebraska             57.90mD
 24  Rickael Roach                 SO S. Illinois          57.83mD
 25  DeAnne Hahn                   SO Minnesota            57.78mD
 26  Lauren Stuart                 FR N. Arizona           57.39mD
 27  Lauren Kuhner                 SR SMU                  56.96mD
 28  Jordyn Brown                  SR Texas                56.84mD
 29  Britta Christofferson         JR Iowa St.             56.82mD
 30  Ayla Gill                     SO SMU                  56.74mD
 31  Samantha Musil                JR Nebraska             56.65mD
 32  Leah Elmshauser               SR Colo St              56.60mD
 33  J'Quyra Moncur-Blue           FR Fresno St.           56.44mD
 34  Lindsey Spencer               JR Utah State           56.23mD
 35  Tamara Baumann                SO USC                  55.85mD
 36  Amanda Hoeppner               SR Wisconsin            55.55mD
 37  Melissa Fraser                JR DePaul               55.54mD
 38  Anneli Stahl                  FR Utah                 55.50mD
 39  Emma MacCorquodale            SO Hawaii-Manoa         55.37mD
 40  Michelle Schuch               JR S. Dakota St.        55.05mD
 41  Meaghan Green                 SR N. Colorado          54.94mD
 42  Taylor Bush                   SO Arizona              54.93mD
 43  Courtney Landers              SR UNI                  54.74mD
 44  Tipaleli Fotu                 JR BYU                  54.58mD
 45  Linda Oseso                   SO California           54.53mD
 46  Deidre Tarver                 SR Texas A&M            54.11mD
 47  Allison Jones                 SR Montana St.          53.80mD
 48  Jennifer Mack                 JR S. Dakota St.        53.77mD
 
East Region - Men Hammer Throw Prelims
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     Name                        Year School             Seed Mark          
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  1  Marcel Lomnicky               SO VA Tech              74.83mD
  2  Walter Henning                JR LSU                  72.98mD
  3  Steffen Nerdal                SR Memphis              70.00mD
  4  Alexander Ziegler             FR VA Tech              68.83mD
  5  Branislav Danis               SR Georgia              68.25mD
  6  John Freeman                  SR Georgia              67.13mD
  7  Adonson Shallow               SR SE Louisiana         67.07mD
  8  Michael Lauro                 SO LSU                  66.36mD
  9  Timothy Morse                 SR Radford              65.70mD
 10  Matej Muza                    SR VA Tech              65.68mD
 11  Mike Zajac                    JR S. Carolina          64.31mD
 12  Zach Berg                     SR Clemson              64.19mD
 13  Matt Pfleger                  JR Kent State           63.53mD
 14  Alex Padgett                  JR Clemson              63.23mD
 15  Seid Mujanovic                SR Manhattan            63.02mD
 16  James Eric                    SR Kent State           62.93mD
 17  Mark Van Orden                SR Navy                 62.35mD
 18  Denis Mahmic                  FR VA Tech              62.04mD
 19  Paul DeTurk                   JR New Hampshire        61.97mD
 20  Craig Pearce                  JR Princeton            61.80mD
 21  Jason Jensen                  SO Coastal Carolina     61.64mD
 22  Wilfredo deJesus Elias        JR Albany               61.54mD
 23  Dennis Aliotta                SO E. Carolina          61.48mD
 24  Matthew Gac                   SR Buffalo              61.32mD
 25  Max Mays                      SO Ohio State           61.13mD
 26  Knut Syversen                 JR Memphis              60.90mD
 27  David Scheidt                 SR Georgia              60.83mD
 28  Jeremy Postin                 FR Florida              60.59mD
 29  Jack Brady                    SR Harvard              60.48mD
 30  Brendan Lodge                 SR Michigan             60.23mD
 31  Chris Bless                   SR LSU                  60.02mD
 32  Vincent Elardo                JR Monmouth             59.92mD
 33  Grant West                    SR Temple               59.85mD
 34  Tom Davis                     SO Ohio State           59.74mD
 35  Alex Lippai                   SR Dartmouth            59.65mD
 36  Faisal Muhammad               SR SE Louisiana         59.63mD
 37  Jeffrey Kaste                 SR New Hampshire        59.62mD
 38  Bryce Buffaloe                SR Temple               59.55mD
 39  Matt Dobson                   SR Radford              59.48mD
 40  Malcolm Styers                JR App. State           59.41mD
 41  Travis Whitfield              SR Fla State            59.33mD
 42  Cory Eck                      JR Penn St.             59.30mD
 43  Anthony Agrusa                JR Michigan St.         59.25mD
 44  Eric Hubbard                  SO Akron                59.20mD
 45  Brian Soverns                 SR W. Kentucky          59.12mD
 46  Christoph Hutschalik          SO Gardner-Webb         59.05mD
 47  Larry Lundy                   SR Monmouth             58.71mD
 48  Greg Davis                    JR Notre Dame           58.65mD
 
West Region - Men Hammer Throw Prelims
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     Name                        Year School             Seed Mark          
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  1  Dimitrios Fylladitakis        JR UTEP                 68.82mD
  2  Trey Henderson                JR USC                  67.63mD
  3  James Rogan                   SR Idaho                67.55mD
  4  Jason Lewis                   SR Az State             67.07mD
  5  Jordan Stray                  JR Oregon               66.36mD
  6  Brad Millar                   SR DePaul               66.13mD
  7  KP Singh                      JR Oklahoma             65.69mD
  8  Micah Hegerle                 FR Minnesota            64.45mD
  9  Zack Midles                   SR Washington           63.85mD
 10  Curtis Durocher               SR N. Arizona           63.57mD
 11  J.C. Lambert                  SO S. Illinois          63.48mD
 12  Hans Eriksson                 SR UTEP                 63.23mD
 13  Beau Whitney                  SR Idaho                62.52mD
 14  Trevor Kraychir               SO Boise State          62.21mD
 15  Brett Suckstorf               SR Nebraska             62.08mD
 16  Carter Wells                  JR Stanford             61.91mD
 17  Matt McHugh                   JR Illinois             61.83mD
 18  Oliver Whaley                 JR BYU                  61.78mD
 19  Chris Holly                   JR Missouri             61.42mD
 20  Tim Greene                    SR Fresno St.           61.00mD
 21  Zack Richards                 SO Iowa St.             60.98mD
 22  Miles Palacios                SR California           60.69mD
 23  Eric Petersen                 SR Nebraska             60.68mD
 24  Matt Banse                    SO Iowa                 60.66mD
 25  Joe Paradiso                  SR S. Illinois          60.46mD
 26  Alex Nelson                   SO Boise State          60.44mD
 27  Angus Taylor                  SO Washington           60.37mD
 28  Scott Penny                   JR Oregon               60.11mD
 29  Sam Lambert                   SR Wyoming              59.89mD
 30  Josh Koglin                   JR Iowa St.             59.69mD
 31  Brandon Colbert               JR SE Missouri          59.30mD
 32  Scott Johnson                 SR N. Dakota St.        58.92mD
 33  Pat Eckerson                  SR Montana St.          58.90mD
 34  Alex Butler                   SR Northridge           58.65mD
 35  Ryan Shumaker                 SR S. Illinois          58.10mD
 36  Alex Umstead                  JR Santa Barbara        58.06mD
 37  Matt Langdon                  SR Stephen F Austin     57.59mD
 38  Sean Burns                    JR S. Dakota St.        57.55mD
 39  Julius Joseph                 SO Fullerton            57.10mD
 40  Zach Parry                    SO Weber St.            57.06mD
 41  Robert Drye                   SO Air Force            57.02mD
 42  Ben Stancombe                 FR Iowa                 56.68mD
 43  Jon Arthur                    SO Stephen F Austin     56.63mD
 44  Collin Otto                   SO S. Illinois          56.58mD
 45  Jeff Kluge                    SR Marquette            56.49mD
 46  Tyler Kleinhuizen             SO Minnesota            56.39mD
 47  Ian Lettow                    JR Colo St              56.34mD
 48  Logan Hollenkamp              JR N. Dakota St.        56.30mD

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