FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Led by senior thrower Emily Hunsucker, on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track West Preliminaries, four more University of Colorado performers joined three others who previously qualified in earning a trip to the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
Hunsucker started the day on a good note for the Buffaloes, and sophomore Carrie Verdon ended it on the same with some success and disappointment in-between.
Hunsucker performed as advertised and then some in the hammer throw; coming in as the No. 3 seed, she registered a throw of 210-feet, 1-inch on her very first effort of the day, a distance that stood as the best for the remainder of the event. It was her third-best throw of the spring, just shy of her personal best of her school record throw of 212-11 in CU’s Jerry Quiller Classic in March, breaking her old mark she set last year.
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