As expected, Rudy Winkler (Averill Park, NY) dominated the boy's hammer throw at the New Balance Nationals. In both of hte last two rounds, Winkler even improved the meet record twice. His best effort was his final throw of 251'8". Charlie Ionata (Barrington, RI) and Josh Whitener (North Paulding, Dallas, GA) continued their consistent seasons to earn podium finishes. Ten boys ended up breaking 200 feet in the competition.

The girl's competition was filled with surprises as national leader Sabrina Gaitan (Sprayberry, Marietta, GA) finished just 10th and Casidy Callahan (Norcross, GA) finishing 5th. The winner was Jennifer Slagus (North Pocono, Moscow, PA) who entered the competition seeded in just fifth position. But a solid throw of 167'5" in the fifth round was enough for her to grab the win over Gabby Figueroa (Austintown Fitch, Youngstwon, OH) and Kelli Thomas (Luella, Locust Grove, GA).

                New Balance Nationals Outdoor - 6/15/2013         
              North Carolina A+T University, Greensboro, NC              
 
                   Event 65  Boys Hammer Championship
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    National:   260-00  6/28/2008   Conor Mc Cullough, Chaminade, W Hills,
        Meet:   249-00  6/15/2007   Walter Henning, St Anthony's, S Hunt,N
        
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Rudy Winkler              13 Sand Lake, NY           76.70m     251-08
      72.99m  71.83m  72.97m  FOUL  76.14m  76.70m                       
  2 Charles Ionata            13 Barrington, RI          66.91m     219-06
      65.17m  FOUL  65.88m  FOUL  66.91m  FOUL                           
  3 Josh Whitener             13 Throw1deep, GA          65.11m     213-07
      64.45m  62.51m  FOUL  63.97m  FOUL  65.11m                         
  4 Colin Minor               14 Southport, NC           64.69m     212-03
      63.24m  64.69m  63.65m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                           
  5 Brendan Duncan            13 Waterloo, IL            64.52m     211-08
      62.91m  64.52m  FOUL  61.99m  FOUL  FOUL                           
  6 Clarence Gallop           13 Providence, RI          64.17m     210-06
      61.47m  60.23m  64.17m  63.80m  FOUL  63.12m                       
  7 Carlos Mangum             13 Providence, RI          61.27m     201-00
      59.18m  FOUL  61.27m  FOUL  58.60m  FOUL                           
  8 Chase Carroll             13 Throw1deep, GA          61.14m     200-07
      60.30m  61.14m  59.59m  60.28m  60.18m  FOUL                       
  9 Adam Kelly                15 Barrington, RI          61.05m     200-03
 10 Daniel Haugh              14 Throw1Deep, GA          61.03m     200-03
 11 Timothy Brennan           13 Cranbury, NJ            60.82m     199-06
 12 Aaron Zedella             13 cleveland, OH           59.96m     196-09
 13 Sean Ryan                 14 Babylon, NY             59.66m     195-09
 14 Connor Fugere             14 Woonsocket, RI          58.37m     191-06
 15 Kenneth Brinson           15 Throw1deep, GA          58.22m     191-00
 16 James Rowland             13 Jacksonville, NC        56.73m     186-01
 17 Timothy Wilson            13 Washingtonville, NY     55.61m     182-05
 18 Jordan Pickerel           13 Throw1deep, GA          55.53m     182-02
 19 Gabriel Arcaro            14 Burlington, MA          55.21m     181-02
 20 Seth Whitener             15 Throw1Deep, GA          54.96m     180-04
 21 Eric Sheng                15 syosset, NY             49.60m     162-09
 -- Robert Colantonio         16 Barrington, RI            FOUL          
 -- Brooks Hardy              13 Throw1Deep, GA            FOUL           
 -- Martin Murillo            13 Orlando, FL               FOUL          
 -- Kyle Johnson              13 Throw1deep, GA            FOUL          

               Event 66  Girls Hammer Championship
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    National:   214-04  6/15/2010   Shelby Ashe, St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA  
        Meet:   202-04  6/18/2011   Shelby Ashe, St. Pius X, Atlanta, GA
        
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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Finals                                                                    
  1 Jennifer Slagus           13 Moscow, PA              51.04m     167-05
      46.08m  46.29m  49.87m  49.19m  51.04m  49.44m                      
  2 Gabrielle Figueroa        14 Austintown, OH          50.71m     166-04
      47.79m  50.71m  48.88m  47.27m  50.59m  FOUL                        
  3 Kelli Thomas              14 Throw1deep, GA          50.23m     164-09
      FOUL  FOUL  50.23m  FOUL  47.21m  49.43m                            
  4 Josie Hardin              13 Throw1deep, GA          49.78m     163-04
      49.78m  47.71m  47.44m  46.23m  47.66m  48.10m                      
  5 Casidy Callahan           13 Throw1deep, GA          49.52m     162-06
      48.07m  48.91m  49.52m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                            
  6 Leia Mistowski            14 Narragansett, RI        48.30m     158-05
      45.67m  48.30m  46.94m  FOUL  40.33m  48.24m                        
  7 Nyla Woods                14 Throw1deep, GA          48.06m     157-08
      46.76m  48.06m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                              
  8 Danielle Borriello        14 Ellenville, NY          48.01m     157-06
      48.01m  47.95m  47.46m  46.88m  43.18m  45.82m                      
  9 Marthaline Cooper         13 providence, RI          47.18m     154-09
 10 Sabrina Gaitan            15 Throw1deep, GA          46.05m     151-01
 11 Kamryn Brinson            16 Throw1deep, GA          45.70m     149-11
 12 Alva Hicks                15 providence, RI          44.42m     145-09
 13 Bianca Donadio            14 providence, RI          43.23m     141-10
 14 Lauren Swanson            15 East Greenwich, RI      41.43m     135-11
 15 Brianna Heilsnis          13 Apex, NC                40.70m     133-06
 16 Abby Cousens              15 Portsmouth, RI          40.53m     133-00
 17 Victoria Ebert            14 west greenwich, RI      40.33m     132-04
 18 Mohogany Baker            14 28208, NC               40.27m     132-01
 19 Lauren Carroll            13 providence, RI          40.23m     132-00
 20 Bailey Simmons            14 Throw1 Deep, GA         39.76m     130-05
 21 Taniya Mitchell           14 Mt. Vernon, NY          39.34m     129-01
 22 Cheyanne Nalle            14 Woonsocket, RI          38.74m     127-01
 23 Samantha Layko            15 Newport, NC             38.26m     125-06
 24 Rebecca Evans             13 Winter Springs, FL      37.53m     123-01
 -- Andrea Vahoua             14 Throw1Deep, GA            FOUL          

                    Event 165  Boys Hammer Emerging Elite
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Bryan Zapata              14 Providence, RI          55.30m     181-05
  2 James Eblen               15 centerville, OH         53.71m     176-02
  3 Troy Andretta             13 Thrower Nation, NJ      52.55m     172-05
  4 Jonathan Zedella          15 cleveland, OH           48.70m     159-09
  5 Nicholas Todaro           14 Mt. Vernon, NY          47.47m     155-09
  6 Danny Andrews             15 Throw1deep, GA          46.77m     153-05
  7 Joseph Ruggiers           14 Throw1Deep, GA          46.57m     152-09
  8 Pat Hodge                 14 North Attleboro, MA     45.55m     149-05
  9 Alex Mercado              13 massapequa park, NY     45.21m     148-04
 10 Kyle Littles              13 Throw1deep, GA          44.56m     146-02
 11 Isaiah Rogers             16 Throw1Deep, GA          42.89m     140-08
 12 Edward Barber             14 Warwick, RI             40.80m     133-10
 13 Joe Segreto               14 Oakdale, NY             40.75m     133-08
 14 Brad Harp                 14 Throw1Deep, GA          39.37m     129-02
 15 Sam Milder                13 Warwick, RI             38.42m     126-00
 16 Jay Judge                 17 Throw1deep, GA          38.20m     125-04
 17 Korbin Miller             15 Throw1Deep, GA          35.49m     116-05
 -- Richard Delphin           14 Throw1Deep, GA            FOUL

                 Event 166  Girls Hammer Emerging Elite
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Bailey Simmons            14 Throw1 Deep, GA         45.27m     148-06
  2 Monae Cooper              16 New Rochelle, NY        44.31m     145-04
  3 Kathryn Heacox            14 Lakeville, CT           39.85m     130-09
  4 Mareena DiMilia           13 Claryville, NY          38.77m     127-02
  5 Megan Mounts              14 Walkersville, MD        36.28m     119-00
  6 Olivia Seifert            16 Rockville Centre, N     35.87m     117-08
  7 Margaret Lepley           13 Lynn, MA                35.32m     115-10
  8 Olivia Reeves             16 Throw1deep, GA          33.90m     111-03
  9 Briyah Brown              13 New Rochelle, NY        33.80m     110-11
 10 Faith Estelle             15 Bloomfield, CT          33.52m     110-00
 11 Sochima Bishop            15 New Rochelle, NY        33.49m     109-10
 12 Tatiana Taylor            15 Throw1Deep, GA          31.36m     102-11
 13 Makena Thomas             16 Commack, NY             29.86m      97-11
 14 Christine Agoris          14 Reisterstown, MD        29.49m      96-09
 15 Kristina King             13 New Rochelle, NY        28.98m      95-01
 16 Zharia Jeffries           15 Throw1Deep, GA          24.57m      80-07
 17 Maria Mentesana           15 Throw1Deep, GA          21.19m      69-06
 18 Alison Ortega             15 Throw1Deep, GA          19.30m      63-04      
 -- Makenzi Holmes-DiGiovine  14 Phoenix, AZ               FOUL