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Panther Briefs: Pitcher Tyler Kehrer gives Panthers seventh league award of season
Issue date: 4/28/09 Section: Sports
Eastern junior south paw Tyler Kehrer earned Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week honors this week.
This was Kehrer's first honor of his career but Eastern's seventh OVC honor this season.
Kehrer pitched a one-hitter, along with 14 strikeouts against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Sunday. It was the first one-hitter by a pitcher since February 2006.
Kehrer (4-3) sports a 4.36 ERA this season and has 68 strikeouts in 56 innings.
Track has impressive showings over weekend
Red-shirt freshman Zye Boey helped the Panthers to a strong showing at the Drake Relays Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Boey finished second in the 100-meter dash in 10.38 seconds for Eastern's men's track team. He also helped the sprint medley relay team finish third in 3 minutes, 22.8 seconds.
Boey helped the 400-meter relay team qualify for the finals.
The 40.69-second mark was the fourth fastest in Eastern history. The time just missed the NCAA Regional standard by 0.03 seconds as the Panthers preliminary time was the fifth fastest on Friday. The relay team consisted of junior Brandon Jelks, freshman DeMarcus Brooks, Boey and senior Brenton Pegues.
The Eastern women's track team finished sixth in the 400-meter relay.
Four upperclassmen - junior Violet Nwordu, junior Chandra Golden, senior Tarra Grant and senior Shawana Smith won the event in 46.48 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history.
-Compiled by Sports Editor Kevin Murphy. He can be reached at 581-7944 or kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
This was Kehrer's first honor of his career but Eastern's seventh OVC honor this season.
Kehrer pitched a one-hitter, along with 14 strikeouts against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Sunday. It was the first one-hitter by a pitcher since February 2006.
Kehrer (4-3) sports a 4.36 ERA this season and has 68 strikeouts in 56 innings.
Track has impressive showings over weekend
Red-shirt freshman Zye Boey helped the Panthers to a strong showing at the Drake Relays Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Boey finished second in the 100-meter dash in 10.38 seconds for Eastern's men's track team. He also helped the sprint medley relay team finish third in 3 minutes, 22.8 seconds.
Boey helped the 400-meter relay team qualify for the finals.
The 40.69-second mark was the fourth fastest in Eastern history. The time just missed the NCAA Regional standard by 0.03 seconds as the Panthers preliminary time was the fifth fastest on Friday. The relay team consisted of junior Brandon Jelks, freshman DeMarcus Brooks, Boey and senior Brenton Pegues.
The Eastern women's track team finished sixth in the 400-meter relay.
Four upperclassmen - junior Violet Nwordu, junior Chandra Golden, senior Tarra Grant and senior Shawana Smith won the event in 46.48 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history.
-Compiled by Sports Editor Kevin Murphy. He can be reached at 581-7944 or kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
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