Full Results
EUGENE, Ore. – Illinois assistant coach Deanna Price won the hammer throw competition today (July 31) at the USATF Outdoor National Championships at Hayward Field. Her throw of 78.53m (257-7) not only earned her a gold medal today, but she punches her ticket to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13-21 representing the United States.
This will be Price's third World Athletics Championships. Her first was 2019 in Doha, Qatar where she walked away the gold medalist with a throw of 77.54m (254-4 3/4) and her second was 2023 in Budapest, Hungary where she earned bronze on a mark of 75.41m (247-4 3/4).
