(BRADENTON, Fla.) – Heavin Warner won her third straight hammer throw national championship, breaking her own Division II record in the process with a throw of 227-5 during the NCAA National Championships.

Warner broke her previous-best mark of 220-7 three different times. The first time came on her first throw when she launched the hammer 222-5, leaving little doubt about a third straight national championship. She bettered that mark on her third attempt with her winning throw of 227-5, bringing the crowd gathered around the ring to a loud roar. She finished more than 32 feet ahead of the second-place finisher.

The three-time champion joins some rare Division II company. Not only is she the first Jennie to ever be a three-time champion in any event, she is the first in Division II history to ever win three straight hammer throw championships. She is also just the 20th woman to ever win three of the same championships and 14th to do so in consecutive years.

Her new mark puts her sixth in the United States and second collegiately.

The award was Warner’s eighth career All-American honor. She’ll look to add to that total Friday in the discus and Saturday in the shot put.

Central Missouri saw two more athletes named All-Americans on day one. Caniggia Raynor threw 217-2 to place second in the hammer throw and earn his fifth career All-American award. He took sixth in the competition last year. Raynor will look to defend his 2015 discus national championship Friday afternoon.

Brittany Kallenberger had a top-eight finish placing sixth in the pole vault. She tied with two others jumping 12-7.75. She too has another event left at the championships. She’ll be in the high jump on Saturday.

UCM had three athletes compete in the combined events. Blake Seitz sits sixth midway through the decathlon with 3,703 points. He won the shot put portion, throwing 44-9. Victoria Jackson (3,084 points) and Katie Cassidy (3,002 points) are fifth and 10^th in the heptathlon, respectively. Jackson also won the shot put portion, throwing 43-8.75, which is a personal-best and fifth-best throw in school history. She also finished third in the 100-meter hurdles running 14.33, while Cassidy ran 25.08 to take second in the 200.

On the track, Jana Palmowski qualified for Saturday‘s finals in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She broke an 11-year-old school record by more than seven seconds, running 10:25.90 and finishing with the fourth-fastest time in the preliminary round.

Nikki Douglas also qualified for the finals in her event, the 400-meter hurdles, which take place on Saturday. Douglas ran a 59.90 and finished second in her heat and fifth overall in the event.