After a big weekend last weekend, many of the top collegiate throwers took the week off. But some were still in action and Jeremy Postin (Florida) led the way. He added more than two meters to his personal best and broke 70 meters for the first time to win the Drake Relays and move to third place on the NCAA rankings. Division 2 thrower Ryan Loughney (Ashland) again produced one of the best results of the weekend at a home meet. However the pros stole the shot with Michael Mai throwing a season's best to beat A.G. Kruger. Elsewhere, Jake Freeman had his first meet after returning from a doping suspension and ended with a throw of 66.17m. Zach Hazen ended up with the third best mark of the weekend after tossing a new personal best of 69.40m. Amanda Bingson (UNLV) had the top women's collegiate result of the weekend, while Jessica Cosby won the UCSD Triton Invitational to produce the top pro mark. Brittany Smith (Illinois State) also had an impressive personal best to place second behind Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) at the Drake Relays.
Collegiate Men's Hammer Throw
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Name Year School Result
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1 Jeremy Postin JR Florida 70.73m 232-01
2 Ryan Loughney SR Ashland (D2) 68.37m 224-04
3 Ross Bunchek SR Wayne State (D2) 66.20m 217-02
4 Jordan Clarke JR Arizona State 65.39m 214-06
5 Garrett Grey SR Ashland (D2) 65.05m 213-05
6 Quentin Mege JR Minnesota 64.70m 212-03
7 Justin Welch SO Georgia 64.67m 212-02
8 Alec Faldermeyer SO UCLA 64.18m 210-07
9 Nicolo Bolla JR Troy 63.85m 209-06
10 Davis Fraker FR Illinois 63.30m 207-08
11 Daniel Szabo FR USC 62.63m 205-06
12 Tyler Johnson JR Arizona 62.39m 204-08
13 Brandon Pounds JR Indiana State 62.29m 204-04
14 Angus Taylor SR Washington 62.23m 204-02
Cutoff: 62.00m
Post-Collegiate Men's Hammer Throw (incl. selected international results)
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Name Affiliation (Location) Result
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US
1 Michael Mai US Army 74.24m 243-07
2 A.G. Kruger Nike 73.87m 242-04
3 Zach Hazen Unattached 69.40m 227-08
4 Kevin Becker Shore AC 69.16m 226-11
5 Garland Porter Unattached 68.55m 224-11
6 Brian Richotte Ferguson Enterprises 68.34m 224-02
7 Bryan Tolscer Unattached 66.77m 219-01
8 Jacob Freeman Nike / NYAC 66.17m 217-01
9 Colin Dunbar Unattached 66.06m 216-09
10 Chris Bryce Unattached 65.37m 214-06
11 Nick Welihozkiy NorCal Throwers TC 64.41m 211-04
12 Zechariah Whittington Unattached 64.30m 210-11
13 Arnaldo Cueto Unattached 63.49m 208-04
14 Vinny Tortorella Unattached 63.37m 207-11
15 Luke Woydziak Unattached 63.34m 207-10
16 Mike Milakovic Team Elite 62.80m 206-00
Non-US
1 Marcel Lomnixky Slovakia (Virginia) 75.15m 246-07
2 Mark Dry Great Britain (So Cal) 73.00m 239-06
3 Akos Hudi Hungary (So Cal) 69.36m 227-07
Cutoff: 62.00m
Collegiate Women's Hammer Throw
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Name Year School Result
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1 Amanda Bingson SR UNLV 67.71m 222-02
2 Jeneva McCall SR Southern Illinois 66.15m 217-00
3 Brittany Smith JR Illinois State 65.28m 214-02
4 Ida Storm SO UCLA 64.16m 210-06
5 Jenny Ozorai SO USC 63.96m 209-10
6 Alena Krechyk JR Kansas 63.03m 206-09
7 Taylor Bush JR Arizona 62.39m 204-08
8 Nikola Lomnicka SR Georgia 61.16m 200-08
9 Melinda Bendik SR Libety 60.30m 197-10
10 Lindsey Spencer SR Utah State 60.15m 197-04
Cutoff: 60.00m
Post-Collegiate Women's Hammer Throw (incl. selected international results)
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Name Affiliation Result
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US
1 Jessica Cosby Nike 70.04m 229-09
2 Aubrey Baxter Unattached 69.89m 229-03
3 Keelin Godsey Unattached 69.48m 227-11
4 Amy Haapanen Unattached 67.49m 221-05
5 Brittany Riley Unattached 67.35m 220-11
6 Gwendolyn Berry NYAC 66.23m 217-03
7 Loree Smith NYAC 65.87m 216-01
8 Kristin Smith Throw1Deep 63.58m 208-07
9 Valerie Frazier NEO Track Club 61.94m 203-02
10 Chelsea Cassulo Unattached 61.32m 201-02
11 Shelby Ash Unattached 61.32m 201-02
12 Emily Hunsucker Unattached 61.02m 200-02
Non-US
1 Sophie Hitchon Great Britain (So Cal) 68.52m 224-10
2 Megann Rodhe Canada (So Cal) 64.36m 211-02
3 Zoe Derham Great Britain (So Cal) 63.42m 208-01
4 Laura Igaune Latvia (Iowa) 62.50m 205-01
Cutoff: 60.00m
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