The Division I NCAA Championship Preliminary Round (a/k/a Regionals) took place weekend and all of the favorites moved onto the finals. The top 12 finishers in each region moved onto the national finals which will take place in two weeks in Des Moines, Iowa.

There were few surprises over the weekend and all of the top men qualified for the next round. Oliver Whaley (BYU) was the only athlete ranked in the top 15 that did not make the cut. Most of the surprise finishers were at the bottom of the qualifier list. The West Region was also troubled by bad weather, meaning the winning distances were much lower than most people's best results from this year. Chris Cralle (Sam Houston State) ended up winning with a throw of 66.67m, while most of the top throwers simply passed their final attempts ocne it was clear they had qualfieid for the next round. Over in the East region, national leader Marcel Lomincy (Virginia Tech) easily won with a throw of 73.91m, while his teammate Alexander Ziegler (Virginia Tech) also broke 70 meters. Defending NCAA champion Walter Henning (LSU) also improved his season's best to 69.09m.

» Complete East Region Results
» Complete West Region Results

Men Hammer Throw Qualifiers for the NCAA Finals
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     Name                        Year School       Regional Result          
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  1  Marcel Lomnicky               SR Virginia Tech        73.91mD
  2  Alexander Ziegler             JR Virginia Tech        71.18mD
  3  Walter Henning                SR LSU                  69.09mD
  4  Chris Cralle                  SR Sam Houston St.      66.67mD
  5  Trey Henderson                SR USC                  66.56mD
  6  Dimitrios Fylladitakis        SR UTEP                 66.50mD
  7  Michael Lauro                 JR LSU                  66.37mD
  8  Colin Dunbar                  SR Long Beach St.       65.96mD
  9  Justin Welch                  FR Georgia              65.69mD
 10  Jeremy Postin                 SO Florida              65.42mD
 11  Jordan Stray                  SR Oregon               65.41mD
 12  Alec Faldermeyer              FR UCLA                 64.79mD
 13  Tyler Johnson                 SO Arizona              64.16mD
 14  Alex Nelson                   JR Boise State          63.79mD
 15  J.C. Lambert                  JR So. Illinois         63.39mD
 16  Micah Hegerle                 SO Minnesota            63.13mD
 17  Pascal Tang                   JR Northern Arizona     62.95mD
 18  Robert Keogh                  SR Temple               62.75mD
 19  KP Singh                      SR Oklahoma             62.65mD
 20  Mike Zajac                    SR South Carolina       62.39mD
 21  Denis Mahmic                  SO Virginia Tech        62.32mD
 22  Craig Pearce                  SR Princeton            62.31mD
 23  Matt Pfleger                  SR Kent State           61.47mD
 24  Malcolm Styers                SR Appalachian St.      61.47mD

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