In constructing its third straight California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and 14th in the past 15 years, the Chico State men's track & field team needed the biggest hammer it could get. Once again, Nolan Nagle provided it.
The senior thrower set the tone for the Wildcats at last weekend's California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships, launching a personal-best hammer throw of 60.83 meters on the way to a second-place finish, and then defended his conference title in the shot put with a PR heave of 16.03 meters.
Nagle's 18 points helped propel Chico State to its third straight CCAA title and the 14th in the past 15 years and netted the Santa Rosa product Wildcat of the Week honors.
Nagle's effort in the hammer throw, a PR by nearly five meters, moved him into second on the Wildcats' all-time list event, and likely punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships May 24-26 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He now ranks 15th in the nation in the event.
His shot put PR put him in 26th in the nation in that event.
Nagle will make the track back to Turlock with a group of Wildcats this Saturday for the Warrior Last Chance meet in an attempt to better both of those marks and compete in the discus as well.
