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Kelly to Compete at NCAA Championships
March 06, 2018 | Men's Track and Field
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PRINCETON, N.J. (3/6/18) - Junior Adam Kelly will compete in his second consecutive NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday, March 10 in College Station, Texas.
The weight throw is scheduled for 2 p.m. (local time), with one single flight with the top nine advancing for three more throws.
Kelly was 10th in this event last March to earn second-team All-America honors. He just missed making the top nine - by 0.24 meters - for three more throws, with his top throw being 21.37 (69-4). The winning throw was Johnnie Jackson (LSU) at 22.88 (75-0.75). T
The 2018 Ivy League champion in the event, Kelly has a season best of 22.09 (72-5.75) and owns a PR of 22.62 (74-2.50)
Six of last year's competitors return this year including national runner-up Grant Cartwright (Michigan). Cartwright has the sixth best mark this season at 22.87. Josh Davis (NC State) who claimed fifth place a year ago enters the meet with the best throw in the nation at 23.83. Following him is Denzel Comenentia (Georgia) and Joseph Ellis (Michigan) who is a returner after taking seventh last year. Other repeats are Daniel Haugh (Alabama) and AJ McFarland (Florida)
Other Tigers who have thrown the weight at the NCAA Championships include: Peter Seley (1990), Witek Grzymala-Busse (1993, 94, 95), Josh McCaughey (2001-15th, 2002-15th) and Alex Pessala (2009-10th).
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Event 16 Men WT (16)
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 359 Josh Davis SR NC State 23.83m
2 184 Denzel Comenentia JR Georgia 23.71m
3 299 Joseph Ellis JR Michigan 23.64m
4 439 David Lucas SO Penn State 23.31m
5 561 Alton Clay SR UL-Monroe 22.99m
6 298 Grant Cartwright SR Michigan 22.87m
7 25 Daniel Haugh JR Alabama 22.81m
8 155 AJ McFarland JR Florida 22.20m
9 341 Michael Shanahan SR New Hampshire 22.15m
10 219 Andrew Miller SR Indiana 22.10m
11 446 Adam Kelly JR Princeton 22.09m
12 443 Morgan Shigo JR Penn State 22.06m
13 129 Benjamin Johnson JR East Tenn. St 21.99m
14 472 Isaac Ingram SR So. Illinois 21.83m
15 524 Alan Zapalac SR Texas 21.80m
16 154 Thomas Mardal FR Florida 21.71m
