9 plus ties to final for 3 additional throws
| World: Randy Barnes USA 23.12m 4/20/1990 |
| American: Randy Barnes Mazda TC 23.13m 4/20/1990 |
| 2014 Winner: Jeff Milliron S.L.U. 17.82m |
| Collegiate: John Godina UCLA 22.00m 5/3/1995 Knoxville, TN |
| Southland Conference Meet: John Campbell (65-4.25) Louisiana Tech 19.92m 1985 |
Heat 1 of 2
| Lane | Athlete | Yr | Team | Seed |
|---|
| 1 | Habihirwe, Aime | FR | TAMUCC | 13.57m |
| 2 | Morales, Hiram | SO | MSU | 15.17m |
| 3 | Knight, Morgan | FR | ACU | 15.02m |
| 4 | Aguilar, Ernesto | JR | UIW | 14.32m |
| 5 | Clark, Benjamin | FR | TAMUCC | 15.19m |
| 6 | Zenon, Kyle | FR | MSU | 14.53m |
| 7 | Orlando, Derek | SO | SFA | 15.05m |
| 8 | Traviss, Brennan | FR | MSU | 13.39m |
| 9 | Bibby, Ben | FR | SFA | 15.05m |
Heat 2 of 2
| Lane | Athlete | Yr | Team | Seed |
|---|
| 1 | LeBlanc, Jimmy | JR | SLU | 16.17m |
| 2 | Schmidt, Kai | FR | ACU | 16.08m |
| 3 | Young, Alexander | JR | SLU | 16.87m |
| 4 | Olsen, Brett | SR | SLU | 15.80m |
| 5 | Nichols, Michael | FR | SHSU | 16.06m |
| 6 | Wendt, Tristan | FR | SHSU | NM |
| 7 | Singletary, Kalvin | SO | SHSU | 15.77m |
| 8 | Paul, Cedric | FR | NSU | 16.41m |
| 9 | Kinchen, Jonathan | SR | SLU | 15.86m |
| 10 | Akins, Lucas | JR | SFA | 15.39m |