Day 2 Results
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EUGENE, Ore. - After lofting the second farthest throw in collegiate history, Kent State's Danniel Thomas claimed the 2017 NCAA Women's Shot Put Title. The redshirt-senior threw a career best 62' 10" (19.15m) to secure the crown and first team All-America honors. Miami's Danielle Collier and Marth Szekely also earned All-America recognition. Collier threw 159-5 (48.59m) in the javelin to place 22nd, while Szekely hurled a 200-1 (61.0m) in the weight throw to place 17th, each earned honorable mention accolades. NIU's Hope Schmelzle set a school record on her way to winning her heat in the 3000m steeplechase, securing a spot in Saturday's final. In the 10000m, Bowling Green's Rachel Walny registered an 18th-place finish (34:00.61) earning Honorable Mention All-America honors. Eastern Michigan's Jordann McDermitt also received honorable mention honors, finishing the race in 34:17.22 (21st-place). In the conclusion of the men's decathlon, Kent State's TJ Lawson posted a personal best 7725 points, earning a ninth-place finish. The lone freshman in the field of 24 earned All-America Second Team honors.
Day three action begins at 3:30 p.m. EST with start of the women's heptathlon. Miami's Andrew Dusing takes the track at 8:42 p.m. EST in the men's 1500m final. Individual event coverage can be found on ESPN3/WatchESPN. This evening's finals will be broadcast on ESPN beginnig at 8:30 p.m. EST. A full broadcast schedule can be viewed
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Rachel Walny, Bowling Green
Walny's time of 34:00.61 was the second-fastest in program history and she was the top Mid-American Conference finisher at the meet. She entered the meet ranked No. 22 among the 24 competitors, but finished four spots higher than should have been expected. She came up just shy of earning second-team All-America honors, finishing less than four seconds behind Notre Dame's Anna Rohrer for a top 16 time.
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Jordann McDermitt, Eastern Michigan
McDermitt held strong throughout the majority of the race, keeping pace with the pack until late. The Davison, Mich. native eventually crossed the finish line in 21st, clocking in at 34:17.22, which was good for Honorable Mention All-American honors. This caps off an incredible season for McDermitt, who earned All-American honors in both the cross country and indoor track & field seasons as well.
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TJ Lawson, Kent State
Lawson, the only freshman in the 24-man field, tallied a career-best 7,725 points to take ninth. On Saturday, Lawson set personal-records in the 110m hurdles (14.80) and the 1,500m run (4:34.11), giving him a total of four PR's for the week.
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Danniel Thomas, Kent State
"Words cannot explain it. You know that moment when the hard work finally pays off, there's nothing that can describe that feeling," said Thomas after the competition. Thomas, the now nine-time All-American, dominated the competition Thursday to capture the feat she'd been chasing since arriving at Kent State in 2012. With the victory, she becomes the first female national champion in the history of Kent State Athletics and fifth national champion for Kent State outdoor track & field.
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Miami
"Martha and Danielle have both represented Miami very well this year," Director of Track & Field Tom Chorny said. "We are going to miss Martha, but we get two more very exciting years with Danielle."
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Hope Schmelzle, Northern Illinois
Schmelzle improved her personal best time and the school record by nearly 14 seconds running in the second heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She had set the school record towards the end of April at the Drake Relays with a 10:04.17 race time. In the race on Thursday, Schmelzle ran a school record shattering time of 9:50.51.
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