Career Highlights -- two-time all-American... 2006 Big Ten hammer throw champion... two-time all-region honoree... tied school record for most times qualified for the regional meet (4) with four other Iowa throwers... four-time academic all-Big Ten honoree.

2007 -- team captain... Indoor - provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in weight throw with the collegiate-best 66-9 1/2 he threw at NCAA Last Chance Qualifier... that mark led team and ranks third on Iowa's all-time bests list... placed fifth in weight throw (61-10 1/2) at Big Ten Championships... won weight throw four times and provisionally qualified five times during season... Outdoor - all-American, placing ninth in hammer throw (211-7) at NCAA Championships... runner-up in hammer throw (215-7) at NCAA regional, automatically qualifying for NCAA Championships and earning all-region honors... qualified for NCAA regional in hammer with a collegiate-best 222-2 (67.73 meters) at Drake Relays... named Big Ten Field Event Athlete of the Week May 1 for that performance... that mark led the team and ranks second in school history... posted regional qualifying marks in hammer six times... runner-up in hammer throw (206-4) at Big Ten Championships, earning second team all-Big Ten honors... won hammer at Musco Twilight IX (215-2) and at Central College Open (221-0)... won hammer and set meet record (199-4) at Central College Invite... placed third in hammer (207-7) at John Jacobs Invite and fourth (200-11) at Willie Williams Classic... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2006 -- Indoor - provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in weight throw... placed third in weight throw (64-7 3/4) at Big Ten Championships... won weight throw at Iowa Open (64-3 1/4), Panther Invite (63-4 1/4) and Hawkeye Open (62-1 1/4)... led team in that event... Outdoor - Big Ten hammer throw champion (208-1)... runner-up in hammer throw (217-11) at NCAA regional, earning all-region honors and qualifying for NCAA Championships... qualified for regional in hammer with the team-leading and season-best 220-6 he threw at Messersmith Invite... also won hammer at Iowa Musco Twilight VIII (218-1) and Sun Angel Classic (204-0)... placed third in hammer (213-6) at Drake Relays... competed in hammer throw at USATF Championship qualifier... academic all-Big Ten... named to ESPN The Magazine academic all-district second team...U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-academic team selection... letterwinner.

2005 -- Indoor - provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in weight throw, leading team in that event... threw season-best 66-4 1/4 in weight throw at Last Chance Meet ... placed third in weight throw (64-11 1/4) at Big Ten Championships... won weight throw at Iowa Open (65-1 1/4), Gold Country Classic (63-4 1/4) and Hawkeye Open (64-6)... Outdoor - redshirted... won hammer throw at Simpson Twilight (217-11) and Messersmith Invite (210-11) while competing unattached... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner... placed 14th in hammer (210-1) at USATF Nationals.

2004 -- Indoor - redshirted... Outdoor - all-American... placed 10th in hammer (206-9) at NCAA Championships after throwing a season-best 208-11 in prelims... won hammer at UNI Twilight (202-9), placed second at Drake Relays (206-7), Iowa Musco Twilight VI (200-5) and Missouri Relays (198-4), and fifth at Big Ten Championships (196-4)... placed 11th in hammer (192-0) at NCAA regional, qualifying for NCAA Championships... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2003 -- Indoor - led team in weight throw (59-5 3/4)... placed 11th in weight throw (58-5 3/4) at Big Ten Championships... threw collegiate-best shot put (50-0 3/4) at Panther Classic... Outdoor - placed seventh in hammer with a season-best 196-0 at Big Ten Championships... placed 10th (190-5) in hammer at NCAA regional and 16th (177-6) at Drake Relays... led team in shot put and hammer... letterwinner... placed third in hammer throw (212-2) throwing a 6 kilo implement at USATF Junior Championships, earning Verizon Junior all-America honors.

High School -- four-time high school all-American... won national hammer throw and state shot put (56-2 1/2)... set state record in shot put (60-1 1/2) and school records in discus (175-1) and shot put (60-1 1/2)... two-time team captain and MVP... named 2002 Verizon Junior all-American for placing third in hammer throw with six kilogram ball (205-10) at Junior National Championships... National Honor Society member... coach was Dee Blanchard.

Personal -- born March 30, 1984... son of George and Leann Hamilton... health and sport studies major.

Hamilton's Collegiate Bests

Event	Distance	Meet	Date
Wt. Throw (I)	66-9 1/4 (20.35 m)	at Last Chance Qualifier	3/3/07
Shot Put (I)	50-0 3/4 (15.26 m)	at Panther Classic	2/1/03
Hammer (O)	222-2 (67.73 m)	at Drake Relays	4/28/07