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Hughes earns season's first Perfromer of the Week honor Release Date:
April 7, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Senior Tanesha Hughes (Peoria,
Ill./Woodruff) threw two provisional qualifying marks at last
weekend’s Washington University Invitational and was named the
Midwest Conference Field Event Performer of the Week in women’s
track & field.
Hughes made the start of the season look easy,
winning two events with two provisional qualifying marks and one
school record in her season-opening meet. Competing at the 21-team
invitational Saturday, Hughes heaved the shot put a
provisional-qualifying and school-record 44’5-1/2” to win the event
by two feet. The mark bested the previous Monmouth record by more
than half a foot. She also threw a provisional mark to win the
discus where her throw of 143’5” was nearly 13 feet farther than the
runnerup. Hughes also placed seventh in the hammer throw. Her mark
in the discus leads the conference by a whopping 23 feet.
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