Northover 17th at NCAA Championship
June 8, 2006
Sacramento, CA
Junior Zara Northover placed 17th in the preliminaries of the shot put at the NCAA Championship on Thursday night at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif. Northover heaved the shot put 50'8 on each of her final two attempts. The top-12 finishers advanced to Saturday's final.
The meet capped off an excellent season for Northover, who set the meet record while winning the Colonial Athletic Association Championship on April 22, won the ECAC Championship during the indoor season and was runner-up during the outdoor season.
Northover placed 12th in the 2004 NCAA Championship, where she threw a Northeastern-record 54’1 in the preliminaries and took 12th in the final with a throw of 52’7.5.
Event 37 Women Shot Put
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Auto: 17.20 Advance best 12 and ties from qualify to finals
15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 10 minutes before finals.
Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final.
American: 20.18m 6/25/1988 Ramona Pagel, Mazda
College Best: 18.99m 5/7/1983 Meg Ritchie, Arizona
NCAA Meet: 18.65m 6/4/1998 Tressa Thompson, Nebraska
Hornet Stad: 18.63m 7/21/2000 Connie Price-Smith, Nike
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Laura Gerraughty SR North Carolina 18.13mq 59-05.75
18.13m PASS PASS
2 Michelle Carter JR Texas 17.63mq 57-10.25
16.83m 16.99m 17.63m
3 Becky Breisch SR Nebraska 17.05mq 55-11.25
15.79m 17.01m 17.05m
4 Karen Freeberg SR Southern California 16.87mq 55-04.25
16.70m FOUL 16.87m
4 Aymara Albury SR Alabama 16.87mq 55-04.25
16.87m FOUL FOUL
6 Jennifer Gilson SR Western Illinois 16.48mq 54-01.00
16.22m 14.65m 16.48m
7 Jessica Pressley SO Arizona State 16.22mq 53-02.75
15.61m 16.22m FOUL
8 Johvonne Hernandez SR Syracuse 16.12mq 52-10.75
13.74m 16.12m 15.54m
9 Sarah Stevens FR Arizona State 16.06mq 52-08.25
15.14m 15.97m 16.06m
10 Kasey Onwuchekwa JR Texas A&M 15.99mq 52-05.50
14.23m 15.99m 15.87m
11 Rachel Jansen SO Northern Iowa 15.90mq 52-02.00
15.56m 15.90m FOUL
12 Aubrey Martin SR Western Illinois 15.87mq 52-01.00
15.87m 15.54m 15.19m
13 Amarachi Ukabam SR Southern Illinois 15.83m 51-11.25
FOUL 15.82m 15.83m
14 Ashley Muffet FR Kentucky 15.66m 51-04.50
FOUL 15.66m 15.26m
14 Elizabeth Podominick SO Minnesota 15.66m 51-04.50
15.37m 14.82m 15.66m
16 Jen Leatherman SR Penn State 15.47m 50-09.25
14.82m 15.33m 15.47m
17 Zara Northover SR Northeastern 15.44m 50-08.00
15.03m 15.44m 15.44m
18 Akera Lathan JR Miami 15.41m 50-06.75
15.41m FOUL 15.11m
18 Sarah Reed JR Florida State 15.41m 50-06.75
FOUL 14.91m 15.41m
20 Billie-Jo Grant SO Virginia 15.21m 49-11.00
15.21m FOUL FOUL
21 Gail Lee JR Memphis 15.15m 49-08.50
13.43m 14.86m 15.15m
22 Beverly Burnett SR Appalachian State 15.11m 49-07.00
14.22m 15.11m 14.41m
23 Melissa Yunghans SO Stanford 15.00m 49-02.50
15.00m 14.34m 14.82m
24 Erin Streater SR New Mexico State 14.95m 49-00.75
14.72m 14.81m 14.95m
25 Jere' Summers FR Northridge 14.68m 48-02.00
14.68m 12.62m FOUL
26 Carly Newlands SR Colorado 14.02m 46-00.00
14.02m 13.58m 13.37m
27 Elizabeth Robe SO Missouri 13.43m 44-00.75
13.14m 13.43m 13.33m
