The qualifiers for the NCAA Division I Prelimary round next weekend have been announced. The NCAA preliminary round Men Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round will take palce at two sites. The top 48 men and women in the East region will fight for 12 qualifying spots each at the University of North Florida. The West region's competition will take place at the University of Texas. Overall, the regions were very similar in strength. On the men's side it took nearly equal marks to qualify for both regions, but the east region is slightly stronger among those expected to qualify with the 12th seed has a personal best more than a meter better. On the women's side, the west region is markedly strong from top to bottom. The top seven throwers in the nation are all from the west region and it also took nearly two meters more to qualify for the preliminary round.
Men Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Alec Faldermeyer SO UCLA 69.89mD
2 Daniel Szabo FR USC 67.10mD
3 Quentin Mege JR Minnesota 67.08mD
4 Nick Miller FR Okla. State 67.06mD
5 Jordan Clarke JR Arizona State 65.39mD
6 Pascal Tang SR No. Arizona 63.96mD
7 Tyler Johnson JR Arizona 63.80mD
8 Davis Fraker FR Illinois 63.30mD
9 Micah Hegerle JR Minnesota 63.20mD
10 Caleb Stuart JR UC Riverside 63.10mD
11 David Phillips JR Montana State 62.52mD
12 Angus Taylor SR Washington 62.23mD
13 Robert Drye SR Air Force 62.19mD
14 Tanner Hurt SR No. Iowa 62.01mD
15 Chris Nicasio SO Ark. State 61.84mD
16 Zack Richards JR Iowa State 61.58mD
17 Jacob Bullinger JR Missouri 61.50mD
18 Jon Lehman SO Minnesota 61.36mD
19 Tomaz Bogovic SR Kansas State 60.69mD
20 Zach Parry SR Weber State 60.58mD
21 Casey Strong SO Texas A&M 60.49mD
22 Matt Banse SR Iowa 60.49mD
23 Demetris Elia FR UTEP 60.32mD
24 Scott Esparza FR California 60.29mD
25 Curtis Jensen JR Illinois State 60.25mD
26 Casey Orgon JR N.D. State 60.22mD
27 Akil Mills SO Illinois State 60.16mD
28 Alex Kizirian SO Colorado 60.03mD
29 Alex Umstead SR UC Santa Barbara 60.02mD
30 Sean Herbison SR Air Force 60.00mD
31 Kyle Rothwell SO Idaho 59.98mD
32 Phil Steinert JR UTSA 59.79mD
33 Donald Romero SR East Illinois 59.73mD
34 Jake Brinkmann SR S.D. State 59.46mD
35 Bradley Sauer FR So. Illinois 59.44mD
36 Brett Ramirez SO Illinois 59.25mD
37 Collin Otto SR So. Illinois 59.21mD
38 Adam McDonnell SO No. Iowa 59.08mD
39 Trevor Kraychir SR Boise State 58.97mD
40 Killian Barry FR Texas Tech 58.85mD
41 Trevor Sealy SO Sam Houston St 58.71mD
42 Ben Stancombe JR Iowa 58.66mD
43 Derek White JR California 58.62mD
44 Nathaniel Marshall SO West Illinois 58.57mD
45 Tanner Harris SO Oregon 58.56mD
46 Bryce Hall JR Utah State 58.39mD
47 Holden Mitchell JR Oklahoma 58.34mD
48 Will Lohman FR Boise State 58.27mD
Men Hammer Throw East Preliminary Round
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Conor McCullough SO Princeton 74.01mD
2 Alexander Ziegler JR Virginia Tech 73.17mD
3 Jeremy Postin JR Florida 70.73mD
4 Justin Welch SO Georgia 66.73mD
5 Michael Lauro SR LSU 66.39mD
6 Anastas Papazov FR Manhattan 66.08mD
7 Brandon Pounds JR Indiana State 65.34mD
8 Montrell Morrow SO East Carolina 64.57mD
9 Carson Sears SO Gardner-Webb 64.48mD
10 Ryan McCullough SR Cen Michigan 64.20mD
11 Nicolo Bolla JR Troy 63.85mD
12 Denis Mahmic JR Virginia Tech 63.39mD
13 Vincenzo Chiariello SR Virginia 63.16mD
14 Eric Hubbard SR Akron 62.96mD
15 Leonard Joseph JR Bucknell 62.87mD
16 Ethan Dennis SO Michigan 62.75mD
17 Jay Gillespie SR Michigan State 62.19mD
18 Max Mays SR Ohio State 61.84mD
19 Dennis Aliotta JR East Carolina 61.73mD
20 Max Milder SO Northeastern 61.73mD
21 Kevin Mays SR Cen Michigan 60.96mD
22 Thaddeus Kusiak JR Rhode Island 60.87mD
23 Nicholas Snoad JR Army 60.66mD
24 Joshua Faboyede JR Connecticut 60.64mD
25 Sam Bombaugh SO Louisville 60.63mD
26 Matthias Tayala FR Kent State 60.55mD
27 Will Barr SO Penn State 60.53mD
28 Brad Bolton FR Michigan 60.25mD
29 Daniel Galos SR Indiana 59.97mD
30 William Janes JR Rhode Island 59.56mD
31 Joey Torres SR So. Alabama 59.50mD
32 Ben Glauser FR Harvard 59.45mD
33 Ryan Smith JR Liberty 59.42mD
34 Jason Roberts SR Charlotte 59.27mD
35 Suyi Georgewill JR So. Mississippi 59.16mD
36 Vincent Elardo SR Monmouth 59.14mD
37 Jamie Van Pelt SR West Carolina 58.84mD
38 Michael Levine JR Yale 58.71mD
39 William Hubber SO Memphis 58.68mD
40 Bo Crabtree SO Kent State 58.56mD
41 Jared Stalling JR Appalachian St 58.52mD
42 Jared Crafton JR McNeese State 58.24mD
43 Eric Lewis SO Detroit Mercy 58.23mD
44 Tom Davis SR Ohio State 58.18mD
45 Kenneth Sugishita JR USC Upstate 58.15mD
46 David Triassi JR Florida 58.09mD
47 Andrew Hills SR Notre Dame 58.05mD
48 Adam Ruiz SR Miami (Ohio) 57.98mD
Women Hammer Throw West Preliminary Round
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Amanda Bingson SR UNLV 69.75mD
2 Jeneva McCall SR So. Illinois 69.39mD
3 Alena Krechyk JR Kansas 69.02mD
4 Jenny Ozorai SO USC 68.08mD
5 Brittany Smith JR Illinois State 67.91mD
6 Marissa Minderler SR USC 67.35mD
7 Ida Storm SO UCLA 66.30mD
8 Taylor Bush JR Arizona 63.78mD
9 Erin Atkinson SO Baylor 62.20mD
10 Lindsey Spencer SR Utah State 61.99mD
11 Amanda Murphy SR Montana State 61.52mD
12 Mele Vaisima SR Boise State 61.41mD
13 Jade Niemeyer SR USC 61.31mD
14 Jade Siegel SR Nebraska 60.81mD
15 Victoria Zimmerman SR Nebraska 60.72mD
16 Brooke Garner JR S.D. State 60.28mD
17 Cj Navarro JR Arizona State 60.20mD
18 Laishema Hampton JR Iowa State 60.07mD
19 DeAnne Hahn SR Minnesota 60.04mD
20 Lauren Stuart SO No. Arizona 59.79mD
21 J'Quyra Moncur-Blue JR Fresno State 59.70mD
22 Lauren Chambers SO USC 59.64mD
23 Kim Fortney JR So. Illinois 59.50mD
24 DeAnna Price FR So. Illinois 59.37mD
25 Linda Oseso SR California 59.12mD
26 Alyssa Osai JR Boise State 59.10mD
27 Elisa Bryant SR Washington 59.09mD
28 Ashley Lampley JR Arizona State 59.05mD
29 Ashley Hutchinson SR Wyoming 58.90mD
30 Jenna Sliwinski JR Colo. State 58.48mD
31 Kearsten Peoples FR Missouri 58.42mD
32 Danielle Rios SR UNLV 58.32mD
33 Kayla Kovar SO So. Utah 58.24mD
34 Gabby Midles SR Idaho 58.18mD
35 Meagan McKee SO Fresno State 58.13mD
36 Traci Harms SR No. Iowa 58.01mD
37 Danielle Frere JR Iowa State 58.00mD
38 Caitlin Byrd SO Fresno State 57.90mD
39 Katie Bragg JR UTSA 57.86mD
40 Ashley Gatewood SR UC Riverside 57.62mD
41 Emma MacCorquodale SR Hawaii 57.58mD
42 Hayli Bozarth SO Iowa State 57.49mD
43 Kenisha Throughsingh SR Colo. State 57.39mD
44 Caitlin Way SO Okla. State 57.34mD
45 Kiah Hicks FR Colo. State 57.32mD
46 Sarah Nutsch JR Idaho 57.23mD
47 Annemie Smith FR Iowa 57.19mD
48 Melissa Coil SR Missouri 57.18mD
Women Hammer Throw East Preliminary Round
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Alexis Thomas SO Ohio State 64.62mD
2 Melissa Kurzdorfer SO Penn State 63.33mD
3 Victoria Flowers JR Connecticut 63.24mD
4 Beth Rohl JR Michigan State 62.87mD
5 Nikola Lomnicka SR Georgia 62.71mD
6 Brieanna Kennedy SR LSU 62.56mD
7 Maggie Mullen SR Ohio State 62.42mD
8 Melinda Bendik SR Liberty 61.35mD
9 Monteka Flowers SR West Kentucky 61.19mD
10 Favian Cowards SR Miss State 60.84mD
11 Annjulie Vester FR Virginia Tech 60.61mD
12 Latifah Johnson SR So. Alabama 60.24mD
13 Athalia Smith SR Sacred Heart 60.12mD
14 Karen Henning SO LSU 60.11mD
15 Maureen Laffan SR Virginia 59.62mD
16 Felisha Johnson JR Indiana State 59.53mD
17 Amashi-Ali Kendall JR Louisville 59.35mD
18 Brittany Funk SO Akron 58.65mD
19 Denise Hinton SO LSU 58.34mD
20 Lydia Gomez-Diaz FR East Michigan 58.17mD
21 Amethyst Holmes JR Alabama 58.12mD
22 Jackie Leppelmeier FR Kent State 57.88mD
23 Patrice Gates SO Louisville 57.63mD
24 Erin Miller JR Buffalo 57.56mD
25 Angelica Howard SR Alabama 57.26mD
26 Kristy Woods JR Buffalo 57.16mD
27 Angela Scarber SR East Michigan 57.15mD
28 Michelle Anumba SO Duke 57.11mD
29 Emily Pendleton SR Michigan 57.09mD
30 Meaghan McGovern SR Richmond 57.03mD
31 Ashley Holmes SR Miami 56.79mD
32 Robyn McFetters FR Maine 56.65mD
33 Shantelle Patterson SR Coastal Carolina 56.55mD
34 Lacey Craker JR Brown 56.28mD
35 Jessie Echard SR Maryland 56.20mD
36 Moriah Young JR Maryland 56.16mD
37 Kaitlyn Griffith SR Youngstown St 56.15mD
38 Rachel Pena SO Lafayette 55.79mD
39 Cathy Liebowitz FR Dartmouth 55.73mD
40 Emily Allen JR Samford 55.67mD
41 Kim Kanala JR East Carolina 55.63mD
42 Monique Riddick SR Indiana 55.55mD
43 Jessica Dunston JR Campbell 55.50mD
44 Bobbie Williamson SO So. Alabama 55.41mD
45 Adabelle Ekechukwu SO Harvard 55.38mD
46 Jessica Fekete JR SE Louisiana 55.38mD
47 Terina Miller SR West Virginia 55.25mD
48 Laquoya Kelly SR Tennessee 55.15mD
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