TEMPE – For the second consecutive year, Arizona State University's Magdalyn Ewen is one of four track and field athletes nominated for the CWSA Honda Sport Award, the organization announced Monday.
Her senior indoor season started with a bang as she broke an 11-year-old school record in the shot put on just her second throw of the new year, launching the 4 kilogram shot 18.44m/60-6 feet. She would go on to improve on her school record the following week in College Station, Texas, before putting herself among the best in collegiate history at Don Kirby Elite.
While competing in New Mexico, Ewen became the fourth woman in collegiate history to record a mark of more than 19 meters when she threw the shot 19.20m/63-0.25 feet. Ewen also set the school record in the weight throw back in February.
She would go on to win her third consecutive MPSF weight throw title and first in the shot put, a feat that garnered her Athlete of the Meet honors.
In March, she won her first NCAA Indoor title when she ran away with the shot put crown, and her five other points from her fourth-place finish in the weight throw helped the Sun Devils finish 13th at the Championships.
At the Sun Angel Classic, Ewen had what Sun Devil director of track and field Greg Kraft called the greatest throwing weekend ever by a woman.
Ewen won all three of her events, broke her own collegiate hammer throw record three times in one series, set the NCAA season lead in the discus and recorded the second-best shot put mark in NCAA history all at her final meet at Sun Angel Stadium.
Three weeks later in Tucson, Ewen took sole possession of the NCAA shot put record when she set a monster personal best of 19.46m/63-10.25 feet.
By completing the shot put, discus and hammer throw sweep at the Pac-12 Championships again, Ewen tied for the most individual titles in conference history with seven. She also set the Pac-12 meet record in the shot put and hammer throw, earned the Women's Athlete of the Meet honor and would go on to be named Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year.
Although she wasn't able to defend her hammer throw title at the NCAA Championships, Ewen made the most of the two events she did qualify for by winning them both in Eugene, Oregon, this past weekend.
Her first throw in the shot put all but sealed the victory for Ewen, but it took her final throw and the penultimate throw of the competition to complete the sixth shot-discus double in women's championship history.
Her 20 points scored made her the joint-high-point scorer, gave her 11 total All-America honors and made her the only woman in NCAA history to win a title in the hammer throw (2017), shot put and discus.
Ewen is currently on the Bowerman Award watch list and the organization will announces the women's semifinalists Wednesday.
Voting for the 2018 Honda Award is now open and will close June 13.
Track and Field Honda Award Nominees
Maggie Ewen – Arizona State
Keturah Orji – Georgia
Lynna Irby – Georgia
Karissa Schweizer – Missouri
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 42 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics". The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2018 Honda Cup which will be presented on a live telecast on CBS Sports Network on Monday, June 25, 2018, in downtown Los, Angeles.
The nominees were chosen by a panel of experts representing the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Honda Sport award winner for track & field will be announced this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Ewen made the prestigious list for the second time thanks to a memorable and historic senior campaign for the Sun Devils that included three NCAA titles, five conference crowns, two NCAA records and USTFCCCA regional honors for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.Her senior indoor season started with a bang as she broke an 11-year-old school record in the shot put on just her second throw of the new year, launching the 4 kilogram shot 18.44m/60-6 feet. She would go on to improve on her school record the following week in College Station, Texas, before putting herself among the best in collegiate history at Don Kirby Elite.
While competing in New Mexico, Ewen became the fourth woman in collegiate history to record a mark of more than 19 meters when she threw the shot 19.20m/63-0.25 feet. Ewen also set the school record in the weight throw back in February.
She would go on to win her third consecutive MPSF weight throw title and first in the shot put, a feat that garnered her Athlete of the Meet honors.
In March, she won her first NCAA Indoor title when she ran away with the shot put crown, and her five other points from her fourth-place finish in the weight throw helped the Sun Devils finish 13th at the Championships.
At the Sun Angel Classic, Ewen had what Sun Devil director of track and field Greg Kraft called the greatest throwing weekend ever by a woman.
Ewen won all three of her events, broke her own collegiate hammer throw record three times in one series, set the NCAA season lead in the discus and recorded the second-best shot put mark in NCAA history all at her final meet at Sun Angel Stadium.
Three weeks later in Tucson, Ewen took sole possession of the NCAA shot put record when she set a monster personal best of 19.46m/63-10.25 feet.
By completing the shot put, discus and hammer throw sweep at the Pac-12 Championships again, Ewen tied for the most individual titles in conference history with seven. She also set the Pac-12 meet record in the shot put and hammer throw, earned the Women's Athlete of the Meet honor and would go on to be named Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year.
Although she wasn't able to defend her hammer throw title at the NCAA Championships, Ewen made the most of the two events she did qualify for by winning them both in Eugene, Oregon, this past weekend.
Her first throw in the shot put all but sealed the victory for Ewen, but it took her final throw and the penultimate throw of the competition to complete the sixth shot-discus double in women's championship history.
Her 20 points scored made her the joint-high-point scorer, gave her 11 total All-America honors and made her the only woman in NCAA history to win a title in the hammer throw (2017), shot put and discus.
Ewen is currently on the Bowerman Award watch list and the organization will announces the women's semifinalists Wednesday.
Voting for the 2018 Honda Award is now open and will close June 13.
Track and Field Honda Award Nominees
Maggie Ewen – Arizona State
Keturah Orji – Georgia
Lynna Irby – Georgia
Karissa Schweizer – Missouri