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June 14-15, 2002
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC

adidas Outdoor Championships

Girls Hammer

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
===================================================================================
    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           
===================================================================================
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
===============================================================================
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
===============================================================================
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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