Northeastern senior Vinny Tortorella was named All-America in the weight throw at the NCAA Championship on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark. Tortorella placed seventh with a throw of 67'11 to score two points. Thomas Freeman of Manhattan College won the event with a toss of 71'2.5. Tortorella won seven out of nine weight throw competitions this season, picking up Greater Boston, America East and New England titles along the way.
Men's Team Results
1. Arkansas 52 2. Auburn 28 3. Nebraska 26 4. LSU 24 5. Villanova 23 Tennessee 23 South Carolina 23 8. Minnesota 21 9. Indiana 19 10. Stanford 18 11. MISSISSIPPI STATE 16 Texas 16 Michigan 16 14. Texas Christian 15 Southern California 15 Ohio State 15 17. Eastern Michigan 12 18. Seton Hall 11 19. Purdue 10.5 20. Kansas 10 Southern 10 Manhattan 10 Florida 10 East Carolina 10 Cal State-Northridge 10 Washington 10 27. Brigham Young 9 Missouri 9 29. Colorado State 8 Kentucky 8 UCLA 8 North Carolina 8 33. Texas A&M 7 34. Pennsylvania 6 Notre Dame 6 Alabama 6 Clemson 6 Southern Methodist 6 Mississippi 6 40. North Carolina State 5.5 41. Cal-State Fullerton 5 Iona 5 Georgia 5 Oregon 5 45. Houston 4 Texas Tech 4 Wisconsin 4 Kansas State 4 Arizona State 4 51. Florida State 3 Arizona 3 Weber State 3 54. Oklahoma State 2 Northeastern 2 Southwest Texas State 2 Akron 2 Idaho 2 Baylor 2 Middle Tennessee State 2 Montana State 2 62. Idaho 1 American 1
Men's Weight Throw
Complete Results
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Name Year School Final Points
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Final
1 Thomas Freeman SR Manhattan 21.70m 71-02.50 10
21.70m 21.31m FOUL 20.56m FOUL 21.40m
2 Drew Loftin SR Colorado State 21.68m 71-01.50 8
20.48m 19.36m 20.54m FOUL 21.68m FOUL
3 Dan Taylor JR Ohio State 21.00m 68-10.75 6
21.00m FOUL FOUL 20.90m FOUL FOUL
4 Lucais MacKay JR Georgia 20.90m 68-07.00 5
FOUL 20.44m 20.30m 19.96m 20.71m 20.90m
5 Stacy Andrews SR Mississippi 20.74m 68-00.50 4
20.74m FOUL FOUL 19.82m FOUL FOUL
6 Dan Ames JR UCLA 20.73m 68-00.25 3
20.73m 20.60m 20.41m FOUL 20.70m FOUL
7 Vinny Tortorella SR Northeastern 20.70m 67-11.00 2
19.95m FOUL 20.70m FOUL 20.61m FOUL
8 Simon Stewart SR Idaho 20.68m 67-10.25 1
20.68m 20.22m FOUL 20.17m 20.40m FOUL
9 Christian Cantwell SR Missouri 20.54m 67-04.75
FOUL 19.53m 20.54m PASS PASS PASS
10 Russ Bell SR Missouri 20.01m 65-07.75
20.01m 15.23m FOUL
11 Janne Vartia SR Texas-El Paso 19.99m 65-07.00
18.88m 19.19m 19.99m
12 Nick Welihozkiy JR Stanford 19.94m 65-05.00
19.70m 19.94m FOUL
13 Panagiotis Mavraganis SR Georgia 19.87m 65-02.25
19.63m 19.52m 19.87m
14 Coby Cost FR Kansas State 19.85m 65-01.50
FOUL 19.85m 19.80m
15 Adam Kriz SR Oregon 19.74m 64-09.25
19.74m FOUL FOUL
16 Spyridon Jullien FR Virginia Tech 19.52m 64-00.50
14.20m 19.52m FOUL
17 James Rowell JR NC State 17.40m 57-01.00
17.40m FOUL FOUL
