NCAA HAMMER THROW RESULTS
Senior
Stephanie Powell (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) made a repeat trip to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field national championship meet, and Powell narrowly missed qualifying for the finals in the hammer throw, finishing in 10th place out of 23 competitors.
Powell recorded an effort of 50.85 meters (166 feet, 10 inches) in the second flight of the hammer throw Friday morning on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus in Delaware, Ohio.
The top nine finishers in each heat moved onto the finals, and Powell's effort was 1.06 meters shy of qualifying for the finals. Holly Ozanich, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, won the hammer with an effort of 60.95 meters (200 feet), to win by nearly two full meters.
Powell — who made her second consecutive appearance at the outdoor national meet — was seeded 16th out of 23 competitors heading into the meet. Powell, who finished 12th in the hammer during the 2010 Outdoor National Championship meet, earned the repeat trip to nationals after provisionally qualifying with an effort of 51.40 meters (168 feet, 7.68 inches) during the Roberts Wesleyan Raider Open, held April 30.
With her performance at the Raider Open, Powell came within 0.36 inches of Bridget Mayne's school record of 51.41 meters (168 feet, 8.04 inches) set on April 25, 2008.
Powell was the only Golden Eagle competing at nationals. The hammer throw's top seed was Sue Trzebiatowski, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh who posted a qualifying effort of 58.21 meters (191 feet).
Powell, the two-time State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) hammer throw champion, has posted several provisional qualifying efforts for nationals this outdoor season. During the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships, her final tune-up for nationals, Powell recorded an effort of 49.18 meters to place third. It was the eighth time in eight outdoor meets that Powell has logged a top-three finish in the hammer throw.
A two-time, first-team All-SUNYAC selection the last two outdoor seasons, Powell won the hammer throw twice this outdoor season, with three second-place finishes and three third-place finishes.
