The new year has not yet begun, but once again the new season has quietly started already. And there are already some great marks. Senior Jeneva McCall (Southern Illinois) added a half meter to her PR in her first meet with a throw of 23.02m. Last year...
Dec 7th 2011, 7:19am
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Jessica Cosby took home her fourth US National title on Saturday in a close competition over defending champion Amber Campbell. Cosby took the lead in the third round with a throw of 71.33m, which was good enough to hang on for the win. Cambell, meanwh...
Jun 26th 2011, 8:46am
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Several of the top collegiate men were in action at the USATF championships on Thursday. The competition was easily won by professional Kibwe Johnson. Johnson led the competition from start to finish, and ended the competition with a personal best of 8...
Jun 24th 2011, 5:16am
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Last year's runner-up Dorotea Habazin (Virginia Tech) turned in a convincing performance to win the NCAA women's hammer throw title on Friday. In doing so, she also complete a sweep for the Virginia Tech team that also took home the men's hammer title ...
Jun 11th 2011, 6:51pm
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To get an idea of how much the level of the NCAA women's hammer throw has increased in one year, just look at the results from last year's NCAA Championships. Gwen Berry placed 4th with 61.31m. This year, she has the best mark of the season with 70.52m...
Jun 10th 2011, 7:58am
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Lightning was both in the sky and in the ring in Des Moines on Thursday. Inclimiate weather delayed much of the competition at the NCAA Championships, but did not prevent a great hammer throw competition. As expected, 2009 NCAA Champion Marcel Lomnicky...
Jun 10th 2011, 7:40am
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Predicting a national champion normally starts and ends with the defending champion. However the combination of Marcel Lomnicky's (Virginia Tech) dominance, and defending champion Walter Henning's (LSU) slow start makes it hard to pick Henning to repea...
Jun 9th 2011, 12:14pm
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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,...
May 30th 2011, 12:01pm
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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,...
May 30th 2011, 11:59am
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Despite a rain-filled circle and poor weather, Eric Flores (Cal Luthern) successfully defended his NCAA Division III national title on Thursday at Ohio Wesleyan University. Flores was little more than a meter off of his NCAA Championship record and led...
May 27th 2011, 8:11pm
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