Judith Essemiah, a junior at Grand Valley State, won the women's weight throw with a first-round effort of 65-10 (20.08m) at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Grand Valley State. Essemiah enters the Division 2 Indoor Championships on March 11-12 at Pittsburg State in Kansas as the top-ranked competitor at 67-11.50 (20.71m).