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Loughney and Bergmann set bests to win D2 weight titles
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The men's race for the D2 title has been exciting this season. Nine throwers surpassed 20 meters this year. Ryan Loughney (Ashland) was the first over the barrier with a huge personal best of 20.74m (71-4) in December. However, that remained his best during the season as others improved. At the end of February Drew Frizzell (Central Missouri) took the national lead away from Loughney. But Loughney came through in the second round to pass Frizell and win the NCAA title. He then improved in the third round with a new personal best of 21.99m (72-1 3/4). Frizzell improved in the final round to 21.47m (70-5 1/4) and thid place went to GLIAC Field Event athlete of the year Mike Jeffery (Ashland). Loughney's winning mark was just under the winning D1 mark, and Frizzell's second place mark actually exceeded 2nd place at the D1 meet. Christa Bergmann (Fort Hays State) was the surprise winner on the women's side. Her personal best of 19.47m (63-10 1/2) eclipesed her seed mark by nearly one meter as was the case with runner-up Kelly Ash (Ashland). Ash took the early lead in the first round before being passed by just inches in the fifth round by Bergmann, who barely made the finals. Pre-meet favorite Liz Murphy (Grand Valley State) took third, just barely ahead of teammate Sam Lockhart (Grand Valley State). Men Weight Throw =================================================================================== Meet: * 25.08m 3/9/2007 Kibwe Johnson, Ashland Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 Ryan Loughney JR Ashland 21.74m 21.99m 72-01.75 20.82m 21.33m 21.99m 21.17m 21.47m 21.26m 2 Drew Frizzell SR Central Missouri 21.87m 21.47m 70-05.25 21.32m 21.30m 21.19m FOUL FOUL 21.47m 3 Mike Jeffery SR Ashland 21.25m 20.25m 66-05.25 19.87m 20.25m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL 4 Ben Jacobson SR U-Mary 19.76m 20.18m 66-02.50 19.74m 19.25m 20.18m 18.59m 18.49m 19.05m 5 Anthony Enyi SR MSU-Moorhead 20.34m 19.96m 65-06.00 18.91m 19.64m FOUL 19.02m 19.96m FOUL 6 Ross Bunchek JR Wayne St. (Neb.) 20.03m 19.92m 65-04.25 FOUL 19.12m 19.59m FOUL 19.92m FOUL 7 Garrett Grey SO Ashland 20.84m 19.82m 65-00.50 19.07m 19.77m FOUL 19.61m 18.97m 19.82m 8 Derrick Vicars JR Findlay 20.82m 19.80m 64-11.50 18.73m 19.61m FOUL 19.26m FOUL 19.80m 9 Christopher Heil SR MSU-Moorhead 19.75m 19.50m 63-11.75 10 Matt Royer JR Indianapolis 20.10m 19.48m 63-11.00 11 Nathaniel Kurtz SR Findlay 19.70m 19.09m 62-07.75 -- Richard Quick Women Weight Throw =================================================================================== Meet: * 20.53m 3/9/2002 Jackie Jeschelnig, Ashland Name Year School Seed Finals =================================================================================== 1 Christa Bergmann SR Fort Hays St. 18.55m 19.47m 63-10.50 16.24m 17.72m 17.39m FOUL 19.47m 19.28m 2 Kelly Ash JR Ashland 18.52m 19.41m 63-08.25 19.41m 18.44m FOUL 19.25m FOUL FOU 3 Liz Murphy SO Grand Valley St. 20.57m 19.23m 63-01.25 18.23m FOUL FOUL 19.22m FOUL 19.23m 4 Sam Lockhart SO Grand Valley St. 19.29m 19.20m 63-00.00 18.11m 18.55m 18.88m 19.20m FOUL FOUL 5 Kristin Cameron JR Northwood 19.13m 18.86m 61-10.50 17.82m 18.50m 18.86m 17.83m 18.22m FOUL 6 Mary Theisen SO Winona State 18.96m 18.83m 61-09.50 17.71m 17.97m 18.11m FOUL 18.07m 18.83m 7 Tara Cooper SR Ashland 19.37m 18.65m 61-02.25 17.28m 18.10m 18.65m 18.20m 18.54m FOUL 8 Jamie Smith SO Grand Valley St. 18.00m 18.23m 59-09.75 17.65m FOUL 17.56m 16.92m FOUL 18.23m 9 Bidemi Balogun JR American Int'l 18.23m 17.85m 58-06.75 10 Jessica Horsley SR Chadron State 19.24m 17.60m 57-09.00 11 Katie Sopher SR Ashland 18.18m 17.56m 57-07.50 12 Catherine Nass SO Hillsdale 17.83m 17.00m 55-09.25 13 Randi Depp SR Findlay 18.33m 15.85m 52-00.00 CollegeHammer.com is a published by the non-profit Evergreen Athletic Fund and edited by Martin Bingisser. Please consider donating to help support the site. |