MSU Throwers In Action At Cedarville

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4/2/2010 1:54:39 PM

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Morehead State throwers were in action last Saturday afternoon in Cedarville, Ohio at the Cedarville Open at the Yellow Jacket Track and Field Complex.

In men’s shot put MSU’s Josh Alford tossed a personal best 12.09 meters for a 16th place finish in a highly competitive field. Alford also threw 28.14 meters in the hammer throw and 33.46 meters in discus.

Also competing on the men’s side was Michael Wright who finished 25th in the shot put with a hurl of 10.55 meters. Wright also had a throw of 26.36 meters in the discus.

On the women’s side, MSU’s Marybeth Harmon competed in three events. Harmon heaved the shot put 8.40 meters for a 29th place finish and recorded a toss of 25.00 meters in the hammer throw which set the MSU school record. She rounded it out with a discus throw of 23.15 meters.

This coming weekend the Eagles will be back in action, the squad will be splitting up with JT Stone, Ron Duncan and Josh Wakeman going to the University of Cincinnati, and the rest of the team competing at the Centre College Meet.

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

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.

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.

Morehead State University Athletics