After an exciting women's hammer throw final on Thursday, the men continued the excitement. Virginia Tech's Alexander Ziegler started off the first flight by throwing inches under his season best in the first two rounds and then launching a new season best in the third round, while his teammate Marcel Lomnicky (Virginia Tech) also threw over 70 meters. Walter Henning (LSU) watched and waited for the second flight to warm up.

Henning dominated the second flight, coming within two feet of Ziegler and setting up a showdown in the finals. The finals got off to a slow start and Ziegler held on to his lead until the last round, when Henning overtook him by a meter and a half. Ziegler, with one more attempt to win the competition, who has been injured this year and only returned to form in the last few weeks, also improved his best (and was just inches off of his PR) but was not able take the lead back from Henning. Lomnicky, who was hoping to win his second NCAA hammer throw title and join his sister as a 2010 champion, placed third and Steffen Nerdal (Memphis) took fourth.

                      NCAA Division I 2010 Outdoor                 
                       Track & Field Championships                   
                   Eugene, Or  - 6/9/2010 to 6/12/2010     
                   
Men Hammer Throw            
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 Two flights. Random draw
 30 minute flight specific warm-up. 20 minutes before finals
 Advance best 9 after tie breaking to finals. Reverse order
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Walter Henning            JR LSU                     72.79m     238-10
      66.58m  70.20m  71.80m  70.56m  70.47m  72.79m
  2 Alexander Ziegler         FR Virginia Tech           72.43m     237-07
      71.27m  71.23m  72.38m  70.34m  FOUL  72.43m
  3 Marcel Lomnicky           SO Virginia Tech           70.97m     232-10
      FOUL  70.42m  69.69m  68.18m  70.97m  67.52m
  4 Steffen Nerdal            SR Memphis                 69.86m     229-02
      68.00m  69.86m  FOUL  68.68m  FOUL  FOUL
  5 Trey Henderson            JR Southern California     66.89m     219-05
      66.30m  66.89m  64.87m  65.02m  FOUL  66.07m
  6 Dimitrios Fylladitakis    JR Texas-El Paso           66.77m     219-01
      64.98m  66.37m  66.77m  FOUL  65.45m  FOUL
  7 Brad Millar               SR DePaul                  64.99m     213-03
      61.79m  FOUL  64.99m  60.70m  FOUL  FOUL
  8 Timothy Morse             SR Radford                 64.80m     212-07
      64.80m  FOUL  62.23m  63.11m  FOUL  FOUL
  9 Jordan Stray              JR Oregon                  64.73m     212-04
      62.30m  FOUL  64.73m  FOUL  60.16m  62.05m
 10 KP Singh                  JR Oklahoma                64.10m     210-04
      62.53m  64.10m  63.38m
 11 Matej Muza                SR Virginia Tech           64.05m     210-02
      64.05m  63.72m  FOUL
 12 Michael Lauro             SO LSU                     63.84m     209-05
      63.19m  63.84m  63.51m
 13 J.C. Lambert              SO Southern Illinois       63.29m     207-08
      FOUL  63.29m  62.51m
 14 Branislav Danis           SR Georgia                 63.23m     207-05
      FOUL  FOUL  63.23m
 15 Mike Zajac                JR South Carolina          62.96m     206-07
      60.61m  62.96m  61.92m
 16 Jason Lewis               SR Arizona State           62.91m     206-05
      FOUL  62.91m  FOUL
 17 Hans Eriksson             SR Texas-El Paso           62.69m     205-08
      62.69m  60.69m  61.03m
 18 Zack Midles               SR Washington              62.47m     204-11
      FOUL  62.47m  FOUL
 19 Beau Whitney              SR Idaho                   61.37m     201-04
      61.37m  60.29m  61.31m
 20 Oliver Whaley             JR Brigham Young           59.33m     194-08
      FOUL  59.33m  59.08m
 21 Matthew Gac               SR Buffalo-SUNY            59.31m     194-07
      59.31m  FOUL  58.37m
 22 James Rogan               SR Idaho                   59.12m     193-11
      FOUL  FOUL  59.12m
 -- Zach Berg                 SR Clemson                   FOUL
 -- Adonson Shallow           SR SE Louisiana              FOUL

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