Senior Alec Faldermeyer (Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY) opened his 2010 season by throwing the heavier 35-pound collegiate weight at the Cornell Southern Tier Collegiate Open.  Faldermeyer easily won the collegiate competition by heaving the weight 63-03.25, nearly four feet better than the nearest competitor.  Faldermeyer enters the season as the top returning weight thrower in the nation.  Last year he had a best of 79-07.25 with the high school 25-pound weight, placing him second in the nation behind national record holder Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, CA).  That throw also ranked him in the top-10 all-time for high school boys.  Faldermeyer's throw this weekend also added five feet to his personal best of 58-05.00 with the 35-pound weight last season.

Cornell Southern Tier Collegiate Open - 1/8/2010
Barton Hall, Cornell University
Results

Men Weight Throw
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ECAC/IC4A: # 16.80m
Barton Hall: ! 21.37m 1998 Dan Bourque, Southern Connecticut
Name Year School Finals
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1 Alec Faldermeyer Unattached 19.28m# 63-03.25
2 Jake Basher SR Unattached 18.11m# 59-05.00
3 Damian Silverstrim SR Cornell 17.67m# 57-11.75
4 Bob Belden SO Cornell 16.94m# 55-07.00
5 Rob Feidler FR Cornell 14.91m 48-11.00
6 Mike Murphy FR Cornell 6.90m 22-07.75