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Medley teambreaks record
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Youngstown State University men's distance medley relay team broke an eight-year-old school record at the Sykes-Sobock Challenge Cup.
Members of the team are sophomore R.D. Goodright and freshmen J.D. Sheppard, DaMichael Horne and Harold Jones.
They ran a time of 10:08.92 to break the record by 1.3 seconds and place fifth in last weekend's race. The previous record-holding relay included national qualifiers Kofi Owusu-Ansah and Paul Carter.
Senior Adam Lewis (McDonald) also broke his record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.40.
Jarrod Davis was the highest individual finisher for the Penguins with a ninth-place mark of 59-51/2 in the weight throw. Aaron Merrill added a 10th-place finish in the shot put with a heave of 52-0.
In the sprints, Jeremiah Wright ran a personal-best time of 7.05 in the 60m dash in his first meet of the season while Damian Wright ran a personal-best time of 22.10 in the 200m. Dave Mealy added a personal-best 8:52.15 in the 3,000m.
Jen Grayson tied her season-best mark in the high jump at 5-5 to place seventh and be the top finisher for the women's squad. Bethany Anderson finished eighth in the weight throw (56-0) and ninth in the shot put (44-31/4).
Grayson added a personal-best time of 9.14 in the 60m hurdles while Darcelle Formby ran a personal-best time of 25.80 in the 200m.
Yandeh Joh ran a personal-best time of 58.51 in the 400m, and Lindsay Cobey posted a personal-best mark of 47-10 in the weight throw.
AREA
Christian namedplayer of week
PHOENIX -- Youngstown SteelHounds forward Jeff Christian has been named the Oakley Central Hockey League Player of the Week.
Christian continued his domination of the CHL's goal scoring race with five goals in four outings.
Christian managed multiple points in all four of the SteelHounds road games last week, leading the club to a 3-1-0 record . He scored a pair of power play goals in a 5-4 (SO) win at Tulsa on Feb. 7, then had two assists in a 7-4 win at Memphis last Friday and a 4-3 loss in Oklahoma City last Saturday.
Saving his best outing for last, he scored his third hat-trick of the season (and 12th multiple goal game of the year) in a 4-3 win in Austin on Sunday, netting the game-winning goal in the closing minutes.
Christian leads the circuit with 42 goals and nine game winners.
Rio Grande Valley netminder Evan Lindsay has been selected as the CHL Goaltender of the Week after he helped the Killer Bees earn three points in two outings and posted his second shutout.
Drahos honored
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- For the fourth consecutive week, and fifth time this season, Bethany College senior Matt Drahos has been recognized as the Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
This is the first time in at least 12 years that a player has captured the PAC Player of the Week honors four straight weeks. Drahos also joins former Bethany standout Keith Schubert as the only player in that same stretch to win five weekly conference awards. Schubert, who is Bethany's all-time leading scorer with 2,127 career points, was recognized by the league five times during his senior season of 2001-02
The 6-6 forward/center earned the award despite playing in only one game last week. However, that game was a huge performance, as he tallied 38 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots an 86-75 victory over Washington & amp; Jefferson (Pa.) College.
Householderreceives honor
CALIFORNIA, Pa. -- California University of Pennsylvania graduate Holly Householder was recently named the school's 2006 Basketball Alumna of the Year.
Householder, a Southington High graduate, was a two-year starting point guard for the Vulcans and a first-team all-conference selection her senior year when she led them to a 19-10 record and a berth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game.
Householder earned her master's degree in counseling psychology from Georgia State University last year. She plans to get her counseling license and pursue a job in the mental health field.
REGION
Cavs' Hughes to have surgery
CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes will have surgery for the second time in six weeks on his broken right middle finger. The surgery will be performed today by Dr. Thomas J. Graham, chief of the Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. The team did not say how long Hughes will be out.
Hughes, the team's second-leading scorer, was supposed to miss six to eight weeks after having surgery Jan. 6. However, doctors concluded last week that the finger hadn't healed as quickly as the team had hoped and that his recovery was behind schedule.
Vindicator staff/wire reports