XCHQ's Joe Frye throws well at NCAA Championships
Tue, May 31, 2011 - By Bob Frye
Joe Frye is on sabbatical from Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team and Michigan Cup competition. He been quite busy, however.
As you can see below Joe had some serious competition in the NCAA Eastern Division I Regionals in men's hammer throw. The guys who took 1st and 2nd second place are the best in the USA. The rest of the group is made up of throwers from Division I schools mostly east of the Mississippi. Compare Joe's finish to all the Big Ten Schools to get an idea of what he was up against.
In the prelims there were 3 flights of 16 throwers in each flight. Joe was in the second flight and threw well. He qualified for the finals placing 15th out of the 16 finalists. During the warm ups for the finals Joe had a magnificent throw. I would say 3 meters further than his personal record. Of course the chances were slim that he could repeat that throw in the finals. In the finals his first throw was OK, he fouled on his second throw and on his third and final throw of his NCAA career he threw his 2nd best throw ever. Even if he had thrown his personal record he still would have ended up in 14th place. The top 12 places go on the NCAA Division I Finals in Iowa. We are extremely proud of Joe and of the hard work he has put forth over the past 5 years of his college athletic career (he was redshirted in his junior year).
Joe will stay on at Belmont through next year as a Graduate Assistant Track and Field coach. He will receive his Master's Degree in Athletic Administration in May of 2012.
We believe that kids and adults who play outdoors all year around and are encouraged to participate in athletics have a great future.
All the best,
Bob & Lynne
Indiana University Track & Field
NCAA Division I 2011 Outdoor
Track & Field Championships -East Preliminary
Indiana University - 5/26/2011 to 5/28/2011
Event 19 Men Hammer Throw
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American: A 82.52m 9/7/1996 Lance Deal, NYAC
College Best: C 82.56m 8/23/1995 Balazs Kiss, USC
NCAA Meet: N 80.86m 5/31/1996 Balazs Kiss, USC
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Marcel Lomnicky SR Virginia Tech 73.91mq 242-06
73.91m 73.00m 72.14m FOUL FOUL 70.93m
2 Alexander Ziegler JR Virginia Tech 71.18mq 233-06
69.62m 71.18m 67.59m PASS PASS PASS
3 Walter Henning SR LSU 69.09mq 226-08
63.18m 65.91m 69.09m PASS PASS PASS
4 Michael Lauro JR LSU 66.37mq 217-09
FOUL 65.12m 66.37m 65.80m FOUL 66.34m
5 Justin Welch FR Georgia 65.69mq 215-06
FOUL FOUL 65.69m 63.38m FOUL FOUL
6 Jeremy Postin SO Florida 65.42mq 214-07
62.32m 64.97m FOUL 65.36m 64.10m 65.42m
7 Robert Keogh SR Temple 62.75mq 205-10
62.18m 62.75m 57.95m 60.97m 61.48m 60.91m
8 Mike Zajac SR South Carolina 62.39mq 204-08
59.20m 61.95m 62.03m 62.39m 61.74m FOUL
9 Denis Mahmic SO Virginia Tech 62.32mq 204-05
57.36m FOUL 62.32m 58.45m FOUL FOUL
10 Craig Pearce SR Princeton 62.31mq 204-05
FOUL 62.31m 60.03m 60.16m FOUL 59.52m
11 Malcolm Styers SR Appalachian State 61.47mq 201-08
58.59m 56.50m 60.42m 61.47m 56.47m 58.56m
11 Matt Pfleger SR Kent State 61.47mq 201-08
57.46m 59.39m 60.79m FOUL 61.47m 61.26m
13 Eric Hubbard JR Akron 61.07m 200-04
60.51m 60.50m 60.89m FOUL FOUL 61.07m
14 Joe Frye SR Belmont 60.95m 200-00
59.31m FOUL 60.31m 57.14m 56.80m 60.95m
15 Ryan McCullough JR Central Michigan 60.39m 198-01
59.84m 58.96m 60.39m FOUL 59.95m FOUL
16 Ross Roubion SR LSU 60.13m 197-03
60.01m 60.13m 59.52m 59.91m FOUL 58.85m
17 Eric Clayman SR Harvard 59.72m 195-11
FOUL 57.80m 59.72m
18 Dennis Aliotta JR East Carolina 59.67m 195-09
59.67m 58.87m FOUL
19 Wilfredo deJesus Elias SR Albany 59.39m 194-10
57.63m 57.67m 59.39m
20 Max Mays JR Ohio State 59.24m 194-04
56.55m 57.35m 59.24m
21 John Belcher SR Notre Dame 58.82m 193-00
FOUL FOUL 58.82m
22 Montrell Morrow SO East Carolina 58.66m 192-05
54.49m 56.32m 58.66m
23 Matthew Gac SR Buffalo 58.53m 192-00
56.29m 57.58m 58.53m
24 William Janes SO Rhode Island 58.17m 190-10
FOUL 58.17m FOUL
25 Jay Gillespie JR Michigan State 57.95m 190-01
FOUL FOUL 57.95m
26 Vincenzo Chiariello JR Virginia 57.94m 190-01
57.94m 55.32m FOUL
27 Brad Wentzel JR Michigan State 57.52m 188-08
FOUL 56.16m 57.52m
28 David Irving SR Dartmouth 57.51m 188-08
57.51m 56.65m 54.85m
29 Joey Torres JR South Alabama 57.28m 187-11
54.38m 56.49m 57.28m
30 Alex Padgett SR Clemson 57.20m 187-08
55.24m 57.20m 55.88m
31 Bo Crabtree FR Kent State 57.15m 187-06
FOUL 56.78m 57.15m
32 Steven Nobles JR South Alabama 56.88m 186-07
54.31m 56.88m FOUL
33 Tommy Smith SR Indiana 56.84m 186-06
FOUL FOUL 56.84m
34 Joshua Faboyede SO Connecticut 56.60m 185-08
56.60m 55.63m FOUL
35 Anthony Agrusa SR Michigan State 56.51m 185-05
55.80m FOUL 56.51m
36 Tom Davis JR Ohio State 56.11m 184-01
FOUL 56.11m FOUL
37 Leonard Joseph SO Bucknell 55.77m 183-00
54.14m 55.77m FOUL
38 Kyle Kirby SR Samford 55.66m 182-07
55.23m 55.66m 52.45m
39 Evan Palmer FR Buffalo 55.54m 182-03
55.54m 49.60m FOUL
40 Jim Schwendtner JR Delaware 55.07m 180-08
54.04m 55.07m 54.49m
41 Curtis Hodge JR Radford 54.63m 179-03
50.50m 54.63m FOUL
42 Nicholas Banke SO Akron 51.82m 170-00
51.21m 49.25m 51.82m
-- Suyi Georgewill SO Southern Miss. FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Ethan Dennis FR Michigan FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Lonnie Pugh SO Michigan State FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Christoph Hutschalik SR Gardner-Webb FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Tyler Branch JR Ohio State FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Paul DeTurk SR New Hampshire FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL