Freeman takes third at Pan Am Juniors
John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) was the lone high school thrower representing the US at the Pan American Junior Championships in Canada last weekend. Freeman represented the high school athletes well by throwing a personal best of 211'10" with the 6 kilgoram (13.2 pound) implement. Freeman place third and beat many top throwers from North, Central, and South America. The winner of the men's competition was Boldizsar Kocsor. Kocsor had the 7th best mark among high school throwers last season and just finished his redshirt season at UCLA. Another former high school thrower, Michele Amete, placed sixth in the women's competition. Amete started throwing near the end of her senior year and currently attends Mesa Community College in Arizona.
Also over the weekend was the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. Winners of the different age groups were Walter Henning (West, Smithtown, NY), Buck Sullivan (Vacaville, CA), Allison Horner (Lovett, Marietta, GA), and Emily Bernhardt (Lassiter, Marietta, GA). Full results can be found on the link below.
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New Washington Class Record for Richards
Zack Richards (Monroe, WA) threw a new Washington State Freshman class record at the Centrali Twlight meet on Sunday evening. On his third round attempt, Richards threw a new personal best of 182'07". That broke Adam Midles's state class record of 180'05" from the 1999 season.
The premier hammer throwing event of the summer took place in Wakefield, Rhode Island on Sunday. John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) won a close boy's competition over Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY). Freeman threw 216'01", while Henning's best was 212'08". Freeman will represent the US at the Pan-American Junior Championships next weekend. The girl's competition was won by Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) at 151'00".
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Henning places 8th at World Youth Championships
Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) was the lone American hammer thrower at the World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, Morocco. However, he represented the US well with an eight place finish against the top youth throwers in the world. The World Youth Championships is held every other year and athletes under the age of 18 at the end of the year are eligble (those born in 1988 or later). The male athletes throw a 5 kilogram (11 pound hammer). Henning competed yesterday in the qualifying round to earn a spot in the final. He threw 68.57 meters (224'11") on his first attempt to automatically qualify for the finals. He produced the 10th best qualifying mark. Henning improved in the finals with a throw of 69.58 meters (225'00"). That placed him in eight place with three remaining throws. On his final attempt, Henning launched a new personal best of 70.91 meters (232'07"), but was unable to move into a higher position.
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Midles Improves, overtakes Henning
On Sunday, Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) improved his season best to 226'09" in Washington to move inches ahead of Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) on the national performance list. Henning, in the meantime, is preparing for next week's IAAF World Youth Championships in Morocco. The results of the Washington meet are not included in this week's rankings update.
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Boys have good showing at Junior Nationals
Over the past weekend, junior athletes (born in 1986 or later) competed for a chance to represent America at next month's Pan Am Junior Championships in Ontario, Canada. The top two finishers in each competition made Team USA. In the junior men's hammer throw, high school throwers did the best. Five of the top seven finishers were high school throwers. John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) led the way with a second place finish and a personal bes throw of 205'10" with the 6 kilogram (13.2# pound) hammer. Entering the final round, Freeman was in third place, however he improved and passed former high school hammer thrower Matt Wauters (now at the University of Idaho) to qualify for the team. Another former high school hammer thrower, Boldi Kocsor (now at UCLA) won the competition. Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) was the top high school finisher in the junior women's competition. She placed sixth with a throw of 166'05". Brittany Riley of Southern Illinois University won with a throw of 192'01".
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Muffet victorious in season debut
Ashley Muffet (North Canton, Hoowever, OH) was victorious in her first hammer throw competition of the season. Muffet threw 171'05" on her last throw to overtake Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) for the win at the Nike Outdoor Nationals. The men's competition was just as a close. Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) led the competition early, but failed to improve. However, John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) improved in the third round to move into first and secure the win. Also improving on this week's national performance list is Kimery Hern (South Whidbey, WA). Hern improved to 165'02" at last weekend's Brooks Washington/Oregon Meet of Champions. However, that mark was not reported until after last week's performance list was released. Hern now holds the fourth best mark in the nation.
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Yet another freshman record
Over the weekend, the battle for the freshman national record continued. This time, Allison Horder (Lovett, Marietta, GA) has claimed the record. Horner threw a new best of 159'09" at the Georgia Hammer Games to eclipse the olde record by just under four feet. Ariaan Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA) held the previous record at 155'10". Also this weekend, Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) and Sarah Cardinal (Blackfoot, ID) won at the Golden West Invitational. Cardinal's winning throw of 152'04" was also a personal best.
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Freeman, Maloney win state titles
John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) and Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) both won titles at the Rhode Island State Championships on Saturday. Freeman won in convincing fashion. Despite opening with a foul, Freeman threw over 215' in the second round. In the final round he improved to 223'00", while second place went to Brendan Lodge (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) at 206'10". Maloney was much closer in her win. Maloney opened up with her best throw in the first round. Runner-up Meg Joyce (South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI) made the competition close by throwing a personal best of155'08" in the fourth round to come within three inches of Maloney. However, Joyce was unable to produce another PR and Maloney held on for the win.
On the west coast, Daniella Thu (Monte Vista, Spring Valley, CA) won the California State Hammer Championships with a new state record throw of 162'04". The event was hosted by UC Davis and also saw Buck Sullivan (Vacaville, CA) win the boy's competition with a throw of 199'01". In Washington, Zack Midles (Capital, Olypmia, WA) won a close state championships competition. Kimery Hern (S. Whidbey, Langley, WA) threw a big personal best of 157'08" to win the girl's comeptition. In Georgia, Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) once again improved her national lead to 173'00".
Lastly, there is a correction as to the freshman record announced last week. Allison Horner (Lovett, Marietta, GA) supposedly set the freshman record last weekend, but it was discovered that Arianna Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA) actually surpassed the record two days before Horner. Lugo threw 155'10" at the Memorial Day Weekend Event hosted by Citrus College in California. Lugo had a great series with five throws over 150' and two over 155'.
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Top girls improve; Horner sets new freshman record
There were lots of great throws over the long weekend among the nation's best girls. Four of the top eight throwers improved. Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) led the action by throwing 172'07" at the Memorial Day Open in Georgia to regain the national lead. Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI), who was previously the nation's leader, also improved over the weekend. Freshman Allison Horner (Lovett, Marietta, GA) also provided highlights for the weekend. Horner extended the national freshman record to 153'04". The freshman record has been broken several times this season by Horner and Arianna Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA). Lugo held the previous record at 150'02".
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Improvements in Rhode Island shake up top 5
This weekend's class championships in Rhode Island produced a few notable improvements. In the girl's Class B Championships Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) won with a new personal best of 163'05". That throw moves her back atop the national performance list. John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) won the boy's Class A Championship with a new personal best of 224'11". That throw moves him to second on the performance lists and into the top-15 all-time.
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WIlliams moves into first
Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA) threw a personal best this weekend at the Armed Forces Day Invitational in Georgia to move into first on the national performance list. Her best toss of 161'06" puts the junior a mere four inches ahead of Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI). On the boy's side, three more men broke 210' feet making it a total of six so far this season.
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Henning increases national lead, sets new record
Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) continued his impressive Sophomore campaign on Sunday by breaking his own national class record. Henning had the luxury of throwing at home and won the St. Anthony's Invitational with a toss of 226'06". That mark also increases his lead on the national performance list.
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Megan Maloney takes national lead
Megan Maloney (LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI) improved to 161'02" last Monday to take the national lead. Maloney also went on to win at the Cumberland Invitational over the weekend with another throw over her old personal best. Also among the nation's top five this week were slight improvements by Shannon Harvey (Olympia, WA), Kim Williams (Alexander, Douglasville, GA), and John Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI).
As the late signing period for colleges is underway, there are a few signings from the class of 2005 that are noteworthy. Brad Charters will be heading to Wyoming. Earlier, Brendan Lodge signed with Michigan and the Maloney siblings decided on Oregon. Zack Midles will stay close to home at Washington, and Andrew Hackeny of Georgia will be going to Louisville.
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Henning moves back to first, breaks record
Once again, Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) improved his own national sophomore class record over the weekend. At a meet hosted by Uniondale High School on Friday, Henning added another five feet onto his personal best with a throw of 224'08". Three of his four legal throws were over the prvious record. As well as breaking his own record, Henning moves to number 13 on the all-time list and first on this year's national performance list.
The Tri Cities Hammer Championships in Washington produced many improvements on the women's side. Shannon Harvey (Olympia, WA) climed up to third with a new personal best of 155'05" and Gabby Midles (Camas, WA) improved her state sophomore class record to 152'11".
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Midles imporves, Lugo sets new record
After sitting in second place for one week, Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) returned to the top position on the national performance list with a slight improvement over the weekend. His throw of 222'08" at the Centralia Spring Fling meet moves him with the all-time top 15. Back down in California, Arianna Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA) broke her own freshman record once again at the Springco-Long Beach Invitational hosted by Long Beach State University. Her best throw of 150'02" bettered her old record by four feet.
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Lugo breaks her own freshman record
Arianna Lugo (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA) broke her own freshman record this week at the Meet of Champions hosted by Azusa Pacific University. Lugo had previous thrown 144'03" to break Kate Johnston's national freshman recrod. Last weekend she improved her mark to 146'10". On the west coast, Washington throwers produced some great hammer throw marks. Brad Charters (Camas, WA), barely beat Zack Midles (Capital, Olympia, WA) at a meet in Camas. Both athletes threw personal bests and Charters' best throw of 222'00 moved him to the top of the national performance lists. He is also within inches of moving into the all-time top 15.
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Henning breaks sophomore hammer record twice
This week, Walter Henning (St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY) broke the national sophomore record twice. He first threw 213'00" at the Iona Prep Invitatinoal on March 30th. A few days later he won the 37th Annual Knights of Columbus Relays in Rhode Island with an even better throw of 219'04". Prior to this season, the record was held by Alvin Jackson (Classical, Providence, RI) with a throw of 208'10" in 1970. It was the oldest class record still standing.
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First outdoor lists released; Lugo sets Freshman record
The first outdoor lists of the season have been released. This list is one of the shortest ever released and is the first without any throwers from Rhode Island (because Rhode Island has yet to have any meets). The list will likely include more throwers as they start their outdoor seasons over the next few weeks.
Arianna Lugo (Los Altos, Havienda Heights, CA) threw a new national Freshman class record two weeks ago at the Ben Brown Invitational at Cal State-Fullerton. Her throw of 143'09" broke Kate Johnston's (Warick Veterans Memorial, RI) record of 141'03" from 1998. Lugo already has the national freshman class weight throw record.
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