Results - Heats -
Kristen Michalski RI 185-05
BY ELLIOTT DENMAN
Hammer Throw – Kristen Michalski of Warwick, R.I. –
a town that has been a national hammer hotbed for years –
had hope to erase the meet record of 187-10 by Idaho’s Maureen
Griffin in 1997, but fell 29 inches short, with her 185-5.
Understandably, Michalski wasn’t completely satisfied.
“I kind of threw really bad,” she said. “The
circle was kind of slow. I’m used to faster (surfaces.) I
was four feet off my PR. I was thowing 200 feet here yesterday (in
practice.)”
A distant second at 172-10 was Jennifer Wynn, Douglasville, Ga.
Third went to Wawick’s number two, Kelly Reynolds, at 167-0.
Once upon a time, the hammer was a Rhode Island monopoly –
but no longer. In addition to Georgia’s Wynn, the 14-thrower
field included delegates from New York and Connecticut – and
word out of the Northwest is that Washington throwers (not here,
unfortunately) are making big strides, too.
Final Results
Girls Hammer Throw
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National: ! 201-07 5/30/1998 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Meet: @ 187-10 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Frosh: # 141-03 1998 Kate Johnston, Warwick, RI
Soph: $ 176-00 1999 Kate Johnson, Warwick, RI
Junior: % 187-10 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Senior: * 201-07 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Name Year School Seed Finals
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Flight 1
1 DUFRESNE, DANIELLE 03 Warwick, RI 46.23m 151-08
2 GEORGIO, JESSICA 03 Monroe, NY 126-06 37.47m 122-11
3 NIEBOUR, RACHEL 02 Central Valley, NY 119-07 37.28m 122-04
4 KIPPEL, KATHRYN 03 CHESTER, NY 115-10 34.91m 114-06
5 CLARK, DELLA 03 Acworth, GA 123-02 34.01m 111-07
6 HOWELL, KENDRA 03 Johnston, RI 125-00 30.80m 101-00
-- MCLELLAN, ASHLEY 02 Avon, CT 126-11 FOUL
Flight 2
1 MICHALSKI, KRISTEN 02 Warwick, RI 189-00 56.52m 185-05
2 WYNN, JENNIFER 02 Douglasville, GA 178-11 52.68m 172-10
3 REYNOLDS, KELLY 03 Warwick, RI 167-07 50.91m 167-00
4 CALLAN, KRISTEN 03 MONROE, NY 169-01 49.40m 162-01
5 GRIGGS, ALLISON 02 Salem, CT 148-09 46.53m 152-08
6 GULLATTE, RONDA 02 Marietta, GA 151-08 45.60m 149-07
7 FORMOSO, NICOLE 02 Monroe, NY 132-04 42.10m 138-01
8 STRINGER, MARIE 03 Atlanta, GA 129-00 40.52m 132-11
-- STRUBLE, LAURIE 03 Cumberland, RI 134-06 FOUL
-- JOYCE, MEAGHAN 05 WEST KINGSTON, RI 130-09 FOUL
Heats
Event 36 Girls Hammer Throw
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Friday 6/14/02 - 06:00 PM
National: 201-07 5/30/98 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Meet: 187-10 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Frosh: 141-03 1998 Kate Johnston, Warwick, RI
Soph: 176-00 1999 Kate Johnson, Warwick, RI
Junior: 187-10 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Senior: 201-07 1997 Maureen Griffin, Pocatello, ID
Name Year School
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Flight 1 Finals
1 CLARK, DELLA 03 Acworth, GA
2 GEORGIO, JESSICA 03 Monroe, NY
3 WYZYKOWSKI, KAREN Old Saybrook, CT
4 HOWELL, KENDRA 03 Johnston, RI
5 WILLIAMS, SYLVIA 03 SLATE HILL, NY
6 MCLELLAN, ASHLEY 02 Avon, CT
7 NIEBOUR, RACHEL 02 Central Valley,
8 KIPPEL, KATHRYN 03 CHESTER, NY
9 WU, SHELLY 02 Merrimack, NY
Flight 2 Finals
1 REYNOLDS, KELLY 03 Warwick, RI
2 JOYCE, MEAGHAN 05 WEST KINGSTON, R
3 STRUBLE, LAURIE 03 Cumberland, RI
4 GULLATTE, RONDA 02 Marietta, GA
5 MICHALSKI, KRISTEN 02 Warwick, RI
6 WYNN, JENNIFER 02 Douglasville, GA
7 FORMOSO, NICOLE 02 Monroe, NY
8 STRINGER, MARIE 03 Atlanta, GA
9 GRIGGS, ALLISON 02 Salem, CT
10 CALLAN, KRISTEN 03 MONROE, NY
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