Colorado State University Athletics
Loftin Earns Two All-American Certificates
6/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Outdoor Track & Field
At the 83rd annual NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, senior Drew Loftin finished second in the hammer after a throw of 222-6. He also placed seventh in the discus on Saturday evening, becoming a two-time All-American in the span of 48 hours.
Loftin entered the hammer throw with the best throw in the nation this season and finished second behind Lucais MacKay of Georgia, who threw 230-3 to win the event. In the discus, Loftin threw 187-9 to finish seventh in a surprise event by many track and field fans. In the preliminaries on Thursday, the leader all season, Gabor Mate of Auburn, failed to make finals, as did Colorado State?s Brian Trainor. That left the field wide open and sophomore Hannes Hopley from SMU claimed the title with a throw of 200-11. He was the only competitor all weekend to surpass the 200-foot barrier.
Sophomore Mike Nicks ran on Friday evening in the finals of the steeplechase. He finished 14th with a time of 9:04.71. Nicks broke the school record in the steeplechase twice during the season and has two years left with the Rams.
Loftin scored 10 points for the Rams (8 hammer, 2 discus) to earn the team a tie for 24th place at the championship.
2003 Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships: Day Three Results
Event 19 Men Hammer Throw
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Auto: 68.05 Advance best 12 and ties prelim - finals.
15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 15 minutes before finals.
Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final.
American: 82.52m 9/7/1996 Lance Deal, NYAC
College Best: 81.94m 5/19/1995 Balazs Kiss, USC
NCAA Meet: 80.86m 5/31/1996 Balazs Kiss, USC
Hornet Stad: 78.87m 7/21/2000 Lanca Deal, NYAC
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Lucais MacKay JR Georgia 70.19m 230-03 10
2 Drew Loftin SR Colorado State 67.83m 222-06 8
3 Panagiotis Mavraganis SR Georgia 67.21m 220-06 6
4 Janne Vartia SR Texas-El Paso 67.13m 220-03 5
5 Adam Kriz SR Oregon 67.10m 220-02 4
6 Spyridon Jullien FR Virginia Tech 66.65m 218-08 3
7 Vincent Tortorella SR Northeastern 66.27m 217-05 2
8 Nick Welihozkiy SR Stanford 65.72m 215-07 1
9 Gabor Mate SR Auburn 64.97m 213-02
10 Jerome Bortoluzzi FR Southern Methodist 64.15m 210-05
11 Adam Judge SR Indiana 62.71m 205-09
12 Keith McBride JR Purdue 58.24m 191-01
Event 6 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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2 Heats. Advance top 5 from each heat plus next 4 best times.
American: 8:09.17 8/28/1985 Henry Marsh, Athletics West
College Best: 8:05.4h 5/13/1978 Henry Rono, Washington State
NCAA Meet: 8:12.39 6/1/1978 Henry Rono, Washington State
Hornet Stad: 8:15.77 7/20/2000 Pascal Dobert, Nike
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Dan Lincoln SR Arkansas 8:26.65 10
2 Jordan Desilets JR Eastern Michigan 8:29.44 8
3 Bashar Ibrahim SR Texas-El Paso 8:31.71 6
4 Isaiah Festa SR Wisconsin 8:32.18 5
5 Lyle Weese SR Montana State 8:34.51 4
6 Kevin Barra SR Texas 8:35.81 3
7 Andy Smith SO NC State 8:36.56 2
8 Itay Magidi FR Clemson 8:36.92 1
9 Ben Bruce JR Cal Poly-SLO 8:39.28
10 Martin Allgeyer SR Southern Methodist 8:46.27
11 Jochen Dieckfoss SR Boston University 8:47.54
12 Mate Nemeth JR Memphis 8:47.58
13 Steve Zieminski SO Florida 8:55.94
14 Mike Nicks SO Colorado State 9:04.71
2003 Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships: Day Four Results
Event 18 Men Discus Throw
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Auto: 60.90 Advance best 12 and ties prelim - finals.
15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 15 minutes before finals.
Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final.
American: 72.34m 7/7/1981 Ben Plucknett, S. Cal Striders
College Best: 70.84m 5/27/1992 Kamy Keshmiri, Nevada
NCAA Meet: 67.06m 6/5/1992 Kamy Keshmiri, Nevada
Hornet Stad: 66.94m 7/22/2000 Anthony Washington, unattached
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Hannes Hopley SO Southern Methodist 61.25m 200-11 10
2 Josh Ralston JR Texas A&M 60.43m 198-03 8
3 Michael Robertson FR Southern Methodist 59.47m 195-01 6
4 Jason Young JR Texas Tech 59.25m 194-05 5
5 Vikas Gowda SO North Carolina 58.47m 191-10 4
6 Stacy Andrews SR Mississippi 57.44m 188-05 3
7 Drew Loftin SR Colorado State 57.23m 187-09 2
8 Dan Taylor JR Ohio State 55.67m 182-08 1
9 Omer Inan SR Stanford 55.15m 180-11
10 Lucais MacKay JR Georgia 54.14m 177-07
11 Ryan McIntyre JR Florida 53.81m 176-06
12 Dan Ames JR UCLA 52.80m 173-03
