Senior Derek Anderson placed eighth in the shot put at the NCAA Championship on Saturday at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif. Anderson threw the shot put 62'5.25 to earn All-America honors. Garrett Johnson of Florida State won the event with a throw of 66'7.
Anderson advanced to the finals of the shot put at the NCAA Championship with a ninth-place finish in the preliminaries on Thursday night. Anderson threw the shot put 62'0.25 as the top 12 advanced to the finals.
Anderson placed 16th in the preliminaries of the discus on Wednesday, which did not advance him to the finals. He threw the discus 177'9 on his second attempt and was less than four feet from the 12th and final qualifying position. Vikas Gowda of North Carolina was the top qualifier with a throw of 196'1.
The meet capped off a stellar career for Anderson at Northeastern University. He earned All-America honors in 2004 when he placed 13th in the shot put at the NCAA Championship and twice was America East Field Performer of the Year. He owns Northeastern records of 65'2.25 in the shot put and 197'3 in the discus, which he set earlier this season. He graduated from Northeastern with a Business degree in May.
? Full meet results
Event 17 Men Shot Put
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Auto: 19.65 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: 23.12m 5/20/1990 Randy Barnes, Mazda
College Best: 22.00m 6/3/1995 John Godina, UCLA
NCAA Meet: 22.00m 6/3/1995 John Godina, UCLA
Hornet Stad: 22.12m 7/14/2000 Adam Nelson, Nike
Name Year School Prelims
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Finals
1 Garrett Johnson JR Florida State 20.29m 66-07.00 10
19.74m 19.39m 19.67m 19.75m 20.29m FOUL
2 Brian Robison SR Texas 20.25m 66-05.25 8
20.25m FOUL 19.77m FOUL 19.97m 19.76m
3 Sean Shields SR Arizona 20.11m 65-11.75 6
19.74m 20.11m FOUL 19.89m 20.00m FOUL
4 Karl Erickson SR Minnesota 19.93m 65-04.75 5
19.15m FOUL 18.66m 19.54m 19.93m 19.85m
5 Sheldon Battle SR Kansas 19.74m 64-09.25 4
19.62m 19.74m 19.74m 19.60m FOUL 19.71m
6 Dave Nichols JR Sac State 19.68m 64-07.00 3
19.05m 19.52m FOUL FOUL 19.68m 19.50m
7 Noah Bryant JR Southern California 19.28m 63-03.25 2
FOUL 17.92m 19.25m 19.28m FOUL 18.32m
8 Derek Anderson SR Northeastern 19.03m 62-05.25 1
18.68m 18.40m 18.97m 19.03m 18.63m 18.37m
9 Shane Maier SO Iowa 18.84m 61-09.75
18.21m 18.84m 17.21m 17.75m 18.36m FOUL
10 Mitchell Pope JR NC State 18.82m 61-09.00
17.71m 18.03m 18.82m
11 Milan Jotanovic SO Manhattan 18.66m 61-02.75
17.60m 18.66m 18.58m
12 Kevin Bookout JR Oklahoma 18.47m 60-07.25
Preliminaries
1 Garrett Johnson JR Florida State 20.20mq 66-03.25
20.20m PASS PASS
2 Sean Shields SR Arizona 19.37mq 63-06.75
19.11m 19.37m FOUL
2 Sheldon Battle SR Kansas 19.37mq 63-06.75
19.37m FOUL PASS
4 Karl Erickson SR Minnesota 19.35mq 63-06.00
18.95m 19.35m PASS
5 Kevin Bookout JR Oklahoma 19.18mq 62-11.25
18.01m 17.83m 19.18m
6 Brian Robison SR Texas 19.14mq 62-09.50
19.14m 18.87m 18.48m
7 Dave Nichols JR Sac State 18.93mq 62-01.25
18.85m 18.20m 18.93m
7 Noah Bryant JR Southern California 18.93mq 62-01.25
FOUL 18.68m 18.93m
9 Derek Anderson SR Northeastern 18.90mq 62-00.25
18.90m FOUL 18.88m
10 Mitchell Pope JR NC State 18.54mq 60-10.00
18.54m FOUL FOUL
11 Shane Maier SO Iowa 18.45mq 60-06.50
18.45m 17.89m 18.28m
12 Milan Jotanovic SO Manhattan 18.26mq 59-11.00
18.26m FOUL 17.88m
13 Vikas Gowda SR North Carolina 18.20m 59-08.50
18.20m FOUL 18.15m
14 Russ Winger JR Idaho 18.07m 59-03.50
18.07m FOUL FOUL
15 Dave Adamek JR Eastern Michigan 17.99m 59-00.25
17.96m 17.99m FOUL
16 Tyler Custis SO Texas A&M 17.96m 58-11.25
17.77m 17.96m FOUL
17 Derek McGuire FR Mississippi 17.85m 58-06.75
FOUL 16.55m 17.85m
18 Jeremy Silverman SR UCLA 17.84m 58-06.50
17.62m 17.84m 17.79m
19 Andy Fryman JR Kentucky 17.78m 58-04.00
17.54m FOUL 17.78m
20 Ryan Ketchum SR Indiana 17.76m 58-03.25
17.76m FOUL FOUL
21 Jake Knight SR UCLA 17.48m 57-04.25
16.83m FOUL 17.48m
22 Bill Hobson JR Missouri 17.28m 56-08.50
17.13m FOUL 17.28m
23 Zeb Sion SR Idaho State 17.12m 56-02.00
16.47m 16.51m 17.12m
24 Nate Englin SO Missouri 16.89m 55-05.00
FOUL 16.89m 16.89m
25 Jonathan Reeves SR Houston 16.73m 54-10.75
16.64m FOUL 16.73m
-- William Denbo JR Southern California FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
Event 18 Men Discus Throw
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Auto: 60.00 Advance best 12 and ties from qualify to finals.
20 minutes warm-up for each flight, 10 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: 67.66m 5/29/2004 Hannes Hopley, SMU
NCAA Meet: 67.06m 6/5/1992 Kamy Keshmiri, Nevada
Hornet Stad: 66.94m 7/22/2000 Anthony Washington, unattached
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Vikas Gowda SR North Carolina 59.76mq 196-01
59.32m FOUL 59.76m
2 Adam Kuehl JR Arizona 59.15mq 194-01
58.07m 57.29m 59.15m
3 Karl Erickson SR Minnesota 57.06mq 187-02
54.77m 57.06m 55.07m
4 Matt Lamb FR Washington State 57.02mq 187-01
57.02m 54.35m 54.79m
5 Sean Shields SR Arizona 56.05mq 183-11
55.44m 56.05m FOUL
6 Derek Randall JR Texas 55.96mq 183-07
55.96m 54.73m 54.29m
7 Garrett Johnson JR Florida State 55.93mq 183-06
FOUL 55.93m 53.40m
8 Jason Morgan SR Louisiana Tech 55.63mq 182-06
FOUL FOUL 55.63m
9 Chase Madison SO Iowa State 55.32mq 181-06
55.32m 54.89m 51.42m
10 Jason Rider JR UCLA 55.31mq 181-05
54.31m 55.31m 54.73m
11 Wes Stockbarger SO Florida 55.26mq 181-03
53.27m 55.26m FOUL
12 Greg Garza SO UCLA 55.22mq 181-02
54.90m 54.63m 55.22m
13 Niklas Arrhenius JR Brigham Young 54.98m 180-04
52.30m 54.98m 54.93m
14 Russ Winger JR Idaho 54.83m 179-11
54.83m FOUL 54.20m
15 Brian Robison SR Texas 54.20m 177-10
54.20m FOUL FOUL
16 Derek Anderson SR Northeastern 54.19m 177-09
FOUL 54.19m FOUL
17 Teremaine White JR SE Louisiana 53.89m 176-10
49.98m 52.38m 53.89m
18 Martin Maric SO Georgia 53.73m 176-03
FOUL 53.30m 53.73m
19 Arthur Turland JR Louisville 53.21m 174-07
51.06m 53.21m 51.19m
20 Cody Roberts JR Kansas 52.92m 173-07
FOUL 52.92m FOUL
21 Matt McKinney SR Colorado State 52.89m 173-06
52.34m FOUL 52.89m
22 Charles Sparks SR Indiana State 52.59m 172-06
51.32m 52.59m 50.75m
23 Randall Hafner JR Akron 52.02m 170-08
52.02m 51.96m 51.32m
24 Tommy Killen FR TCU 51.95m 170-05
FOUL 51.95m FOUL
25 Auston Papay SO Akron 50.86m 166-10
50.86m 50.42m 49.52m
-- Will Conwell SR Washington FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
