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NCAA Weekend In Review: Maggie Ewen Sets The Standard

NCAA Weekend In Review: Maggie Ewen Sets The Standard

Maggie Ewen of Arizona State set a new national record in the hammer throw to highlight the NCAA weekend of action.

Apr 9, 2018 by Johanna Gretschel
NCAA Weekend In Review: Maggie Ewen Sets The Standard

The weekend in NCAA action got off to a hot start on Friday afternoon when reigning national outdoor champion Maggie Ewen of Arizona State shattered her own collegiate record in the hammer throw. The new record is 74.53m/244-6. Click here to read more about the record. 

That hot hammer throw wasn't enough, though, as Ewen fired off a 19.22m/63-0.75 mark in the shot put, which ties her for the second-best performer in NCAA history with Tia Brooks. Raven Saunders of Ole Miss owns the top three marks of all-time in the event; her collegiate record is 19.56m/64-2.75. 

With two months left in the season, Ewen could certainly leave the collegiate ranks with NCAA Division I records in two different events.



We tabbed Ewen's hammer throw record as the most likely to be broken this year, due to the fact that she actually surpassed it outside of the collegiate competition last year at USAs. 

The Next NCAA Record To Be Broken This Season Is...

The women's 4x100m relay record, which LSU and Oregon currently share at 42.12 thanks to stellar twin runs (somehow, not head-to-head) in 2017.

The Tigers inched yet closer to that record this weekend in winning the Battle on the Bayou in 42.5, which is the ninth-fastest performance in NCAA history. Read more about LSU's NCAA leading time here.



Michael Norman, Gabby Thomas Pop Off 200m NCAA-Leading Marks

Reigning NCAA indoor champions Michael Norman of USC and Gabby Thomas of Harvard each dropped NCAA-leading marks in the 200m this weekend. 

Thomas, the NCAA indoor record holder in the event, ran 22.32 (+0.6) to win the Miami Hurricane Invitational one week after clocking a severely wind-aided 22.13 (+4.46) to win the Texas Relays. The time is a new personal best and an Ivy League record. She also won the 100m in Miami with a time of 11.14 (+3.3).



Norman, the indoor world record holder for 400m, beat a loaded field at the Sun Angel Classic for his NCAA leader of 20.06 (-1.4)—into a headwind, no less. His foes included Divine Oduduru of Texas Tech, the NCAA indoor runner-up for 200m; Fred Kerley, the reigning U.S. champion for 400m and collegiate record holder; and C.J. Ujah, the reigning IAAF Diamond League champion in the 100m.



The mark is a new PB for Norman and established a new facility record at Arizona State.

The Best 400m And 800m Runners Aren't In Division I

So far this season, anyway.

Clearly, Michael Norman—whose 44.52 set a world indoor record in March—is going to tear a quarter mile up very soon on a track near you.

But for now, neither the quickest male 400m runner nor the swiftest female 800m runner in the NCAA this season competes for a Division I institution.

Quincy Hall, who competes for College of the Sequoias in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), ran 44.60 to win the Sun Angel Classic over Paul Dedewo of ALTIS. Hall will compete for the University of South Carolina next year.



The fastest Division I time this year is 45.16 by Derrick Mokaleng of TCU.

Speaking of 400m times: Reigning NCAA indoor 800m champion Michael Saruni of UTEP clocked 45.42 to win the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, the second-fastest time in DI this season.

In the women's 800m, Division III star Emily Richards of Ohio Northern clocked 2:02.84 to lead NCAA runners from all divisions by more than a second. Miami's Kayla Johnson owns the fastest DI time of 2:03.92.

Richards is a seven-time NCAA DIII champion in the 800m, 1500m, and mile; she was eighth in the USATF 800m final last summer as a junior.



The only other woman to break 2:04 so far this spring is Texas A&M's star freshman Sammy Watson, who won this weekend's Houston Alumni Invitational in 2:03.94.

Team Sweeps: Stanford, Oregon, Navy Win

The Stanford men and women swept the team titles at the 124th annual Big Meet, a dual meet series against the University of California-Berkeley that has been held since 1893. The Stanford women lead the all-time series 27 to 12, while Cal still holds the advantage in the men's competition with an overall record of 70-52-2, though the Cardinal men have won eight of the past 12 years. Read more about the Big Meet here.




At the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet in West Point, the Navy men and women pulled off the sweep. The men won 102 points to 101 for their seventh consecutive title, while the women won with 107 points to 96. Read more about the Army-Navy dual here.

In what appeared to be dreary running conditions in Eugene, the Oregon Ducks swept the Pepsi Invitational at Hayward Field over Washington, BYU, and Washington State. The women won the team title with 185 points while the men captured the team title at home with 171 points. Read more about the Pepsi Invitational here. 

Results of note included Alli Cash's return from injury with a 9:57.27, fifth-place run in the 3K, and freshman Reed Brown's career debut in the men's steeplechase; the high school sub-four miler ran 9:13.92 for seventh.