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Block ends career as Hammer Throw All-American
06/08/2017 | 9:35:00 | Track and Field
Freya Block put the finishing touches on a terrific senior campaign at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, as she threw 211'-10" (64.56m) on her third attempt to take home an All-American seventh place finish in the women's hammer throw.Â
Block opened her series with a respectable toss of 204' 5" (62.30m), which put her in 10th after first attempts. With the top-nine advancing to the finals, the Neponset, Ill. native fell to 14th after she failed to improve on her second toss. The nerves of competing at her first national meet finally settled and the two-time MVC Champion dialed up a throw of 211'-10" (64.56m) to move on to the finals and eventually place seventh.
Maggie Ewan of Arizona State won her first national title with a meet record toss of 240'-7" (73.32m). She bested two-time national champion and 2016 Olympian DeAnna Price's 2015 meet record of 234'-6" (71.49m). Ewan, the collegiate hammer throw record holder, broke the meet record and won the event on her third attempt.
Block became SIU's 13th All-American all-time in the women's hammer throw, which ties Southern Illinois with Southern California for the most all-time. Block's two team points Thursday grew SIU's all-time points lead in the event. The Salukis now have 74 points all-time, which leads USC (69 points) while Georgia tied South Carolina for third with Beatrice Llano's third place finish Thursday giving the Bulldogs' 61 points all-time.
The walk-on thrower from Kewanee high school is SIU's 163rd All-American all-time. Fellow senior Kyle Landon will try to add to that total tomorrow, with the men's high jump competition set to begin at 7 p.m. CST.
Block opened her series with a respectable toss of 204' 5" (62.30m), which put her in 10th after first attempts. With the top-nine advancing to the finals, the Neponset, Ill. native fell to 14th after she failed to improve on her second toss. The nerves of competing at her first national meet finally settled and the two-time MVC Champion dialed up a throw of 211'-10" (64.56m) to move on to the finals and eventually place seventh.
Maggie Ewan of Arizona State won her first national title with a meet record toss of 240'-7" (73.32m). She bested two-time national champion and 2016 Olympian DeAnna Price's 2015 meet record of 234'-6" (71.49m). Ewan, the collegiate hammer throw record holder, broke the meet record and won the event on her third attempt.
Block became SIU's 13th All-American all-time in the women's hammer throw, which ties Southern Illinois with Southern California for the most all-time. Block's two team points Thursday grew SIU's all-time points lead in the event. The Salukis now have 74 points all-time, which leads USC (69 points) while Georgia tied South Carolina for third with Beatrice Llano's third place finish Thursday giving the Bulldogs' 61 points all-time.
The walk-on thrower from Kewanee high school is SIU's 163rd All-American all-time. Fellow senior Kyle Landon will try to add to that total tomorrow, with the men's high jump competition set to begin at 7 p.m. CST.
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