OXFORD, Ohio - Morehead State Freshman JT Stone was one of four members of the MSU men's track and field team to set a personal record at the Miami Invitational Saturday in Oxford, Ohio. Stone finished seventh in the men's shot put with a throw of 47 feet 2.25 inches. Two women's student-athletes also set personal best marks.
Sophomore Morgan Sloas finished sixth in the men's 100 meter dash with a personal-best finish of 11.35 seconds. Jon Brown was the third Eagle to set a personal record with a 41 foot 4.5 inch total in the men's triple-jump. Brown finished sixth in the competition.
Senior Ryan Hudson set his personal best in the men's 5K with a time of 15 minutes 28 seconds.
In the men's 4x400 meter relay the team of Sloas, Pete Negron, Josh Harris, and Ron Duncan finished eighth in 3:31.24.
Morehead State junior Alexis King and freshman Ruth Millard each set a personal record for the women's squad. King's time of 18:25 in the women's 5,000 meter was a new personal-best.
Millard's personal-best of 19:18 also came in the women's 5K. In the women's triple-jump Brittany Brown finished ninth with a distance of 32 feet 06.25 inches. MSU will continue the 2009 campaign Friday April 17, at the Eastern Kentucky University Invitational.
Bree Massie posted a solid 12th place finish in the women's 100 meter dash with a time of 13.16 seconds.
