Mens Track Finishes Fifth, Women Ninth At Early Bird Meet

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8/16/2009 2:34:13 PM

CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Morehead State men's and women's track teams kicked off the 2009 campaign Saturday at the Early Bird Relays at the University of Cincinnati. The men's team finished in a tie for fifth place and the women's team finished ninth. Host school Cincinnati placed first in men's competition with Indiana finishing second. In women's competition the Bearcats took the top spot with Dayton finishing second.

In the men's 400 meter MSU sophomore Morgan Sloas placed fourth with a time of 50 seconds. In the 3,000 meter steeplechase junior Ron Duncan finished fourth in 9 minutes 27 seconds.

Senior Ryan Hudson's time of 4 minutes 6.42 seconds was good enough for fifth place in the 1,500 meter. Jon Brown's 20 foot 11.25 inch long jump was good enough for fith and Tim Settles finished fourth in the high jump with a jump of 1.78 meters.

In women's action Alexis King set a person best time of 4 minutes and 47.65 seconds in the 1,500 meter where she finished fifth.

Both teams will be back in action April 4 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

Morehead State University Athletics