The domestic professional season started in earnest this past week with some of the first big head-to-head matchups on Saturday. The Mt. SAC Relays once again drew the best field, especially on the women's side. Jessica Cosby was looking to build on her near-US record in Arizona two weeks ago and took the early lead, but US indoor champion Amber Campbell took tossed a season's best in the fourth round for the win. Campbell and Cosby have faced each other 10 times since the 2008 Olympic Trials with each thrower wining five meets. It should be fun to watch as they build up to the 2012 Trials.

Sophie Hitchon threw a British record for third place and Britney Henry took fourth with her second straight meet over 70 meters. After an impressive result last weekend, Gwen Berry sturgled slightly and finished 11th. Ida Storm (UCLA) had the top collegiate mark of the meet with a personal best of 66.30m.

The Mt. SAC men's competition was dominated by foriegners after the late withdrawal of Kibwe Johnson (due to the birth of his daughter) and Drew Loftin (due to injury). Libor Charfreitag took the win with a throw of 75.01m, followed by top throwers from France and Great Britain. Michael Mai was the best American with a throw of 73.96m for fourth.

Across the country both Ryan Loughney (Ashland) and Alexander Ziegler (Virginia Tech) broke 70 meters to lead collegiate throwers. Another notable post-collegiate mark came from Chris Cralle who threw a personal best of 71.98m. Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) had the top women's collegiate mark with 66.63m. Alena Krechyk (Kansas) also improved her season's best with a 66 meter throw.

Collegiate Men's Hammer Throw  
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    Name                    Year School                  Result           
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  1 Ryan Loughney             SR Ashland (D2)            70.15m   230-02
  2 Alexander Ziegler         JR Virginia Tech           70.09m   229-11
  3 Alec Faldermeyer          SO UCLA                    69.89m   229-03
  4 Jeremy Postin             JR Florida                 68.07m   223-04
  5 Nick Miller               FR Oklahoma State          67.06m   220-00
  6 Matt Royer                SR Indianapolis (D2)       64.84m   212-09
  7 Anastas Papazov           FR Manhattan               63.69m   208-11
  8 Montrell Morrow           SO East Carolina           63.68m   208-10
  9 Denis Mahmic              JR Virginia Tech           63.39m   208-00
 10 Brandon Pounds            JR Indiana State           63.14m   207-02
 11 Ross Bunchek              SR Wayne State (D2)        63.03m   206-09
 12 Ethan Dennis              SO Michigan                62.53m   205-02
 13 Joesph Leonard            JR Bucknell                62.30m   204-05
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                 73.96m   242-08
  2 Chris Cralle                 Unattached              71.98m   236-02
  3 colin dunbar                 Unattached              67.48m   221-05
  4 Brian Allen                  Unattached              66.65m   218-08
  5 Kevin Phipps                 Unattached              65.60m   215-03
  6 Drew Frizzell                Unattached              65.44m   214-08 
  7 Mike Milakovic               Team Elite              65.37m   214-06
  8 Jesse Doty                   Unattached              65.51m   214-11
  9 Robert Koegh                 Greater Philadelphia TC 64.38m   211-03
 10 Dan Raithel                  Unattached              63.75m   209-02
 11 Lucais MacKay                Oregon TC               63.62m   208-09
 12 Paul Wagner                  Unattached              63.59m   208-07
 13 Frederick Hannie             Unattached              63.56m   208-06
 14 Tim Morse                    Unattached              63.37m   207-11
 15 Nick Welihozkiy              NorCal Throwers TC      63.30m   207-08
 16 Jordan Stray                 Unattached              62.84m   206-02
 17 Bryan Kolacz                 Greater Boston TC       62.15m   203-11
Non-US
  1 Libor Charfreitag            Slovakia (Mt. SAC)      75.01m   246-01
  2 Jerome Bortoluzzi            France (Mt. SAC)        74.43m   244-02
  3 Mark Dry                     Great Britain (Mt. SAC) 74.37m   244-00 
  4 Akos Hudi                    Hungary (Mt. SAC)       70.43m   231-01   
  5 Trey Henderson               Canada (Mt. SAC)        67.55m   221-07 
Cutoff: 62.00m

Collegiate Women's Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Result           
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  1 Jeneva McCall             SR Southern Illinois       66.63m   218-07
  2 Ida Storm                 SO UCLA                    66.30m   217-06
  3 Alena Krechyk             JR Kansas                  66.05m   216-08
  4 Jenny Ozorai              SO USC                     64.58m   211-10
  5 Amanda Bingson            SR UNLV                    64.07m   210-02
  6 Brittany Smith            JR Illinois State          63.91m   209-08
  7 Taylor Bush               JR Arizona                 63.78m   209-03
  8 Victoria Flowers          JR Connecticut             63.24m   207-06
  9 Brieanna Kennedy          SR LSU                     62.56m   205-03
 10 Erin Atkinson             SO Baylor                  61.83m   202-10
 11 Marissa Minderler         SR USC                     61.44m   201-07
 12 Mele Vaisima              SR Boise State             61.41m   201-06
 13 Lindsey Spencer           SR Utah State              61.04m   200-03
 14 Melissa Kurzdorfer        SO Penn State              60.09m   197-02
 15 Michelle Potter           SR Winona State (D2)       60.08m   197-01
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 Amber Campbell               Nike-Mjolnir            71.57m   234-10
  2 Jessica Cosby                Nike                    71.29m   233-11
  3 Britney Henry                ASTF                    70.04m   229-09
  4 Keelin Godsey                Unattached              69.39m   227-08
  5 Brittany Riley               Unattached              68.30m   224-01
  6 Aubrey Baxter                Unattached              67.97m   223-00
  7 Chandra Andrews              Shocker Track Club      66.72m   218-11
  8 Amy Haapanen                 Unattached              66.50m   218-02
  9 Gwendolyn Berry              NYAC                    65.56m   215-01
 10 Kristin Smith                Throw1Deep              65.07m   213-06
 11 Brittany Hinchcliffe         Unattached              63.83m   209-05
 12 Kimery Hern                  Unattached              63.65m   208-10
 13 Chelsea Cassulo              Unattached              63.46m   208-02
 14 Crystal Bourque              Unattached              60.88m   199-09
 15 Lisa Wilson                  Greater Boston          60.85m   199-08
Non-US
  1 Sophie Hitchon               Great Britain (Mt. SAC) 70.47m   231-02
  2 Laura Igaune                 Latvia (Tennessee)      68.94m   226-02
  2 Sarah Holt                   Great Britain (Mt. SAC) 67.60m   221-09
  3 Eva Orban                    Hungary (Mt. SAC)       66.73m   218-11
  4 Zoe Derham                   Great Britain (Mt. SAC) 63.54m   208-05
  5 Jennifer Joyce               Canada (Mt. SAC)        62.74m   205-10
Cutoff: 60.00m

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