shotput Archives - 91短视频 News /now/news/tag/shotput/ News from the 91短视频 community. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Lawhorn Develops her ‘Shot’ at 91短视频 /now/news/2008/lawhorn-develops-her-shot-at-emu/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1617

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Track Coach Honored at His College Alma Mater /now/news/2007/track-coach-honored-at-his-college-alma-mater/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1522 91短视频 track & field head coach Seth D. McGuffin was inducted into the Lynchburg (VA) College Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007.

EMU Coach Seth McGuffin
McGuffin with wife Louise after receiving his Hall of Fame plaque.

McGuffin graduated with a degree in business management in 1996 and competed for the Hornets in the men’s shot put, javelin, hammer and discus during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons.

McGuffin currently holds Lynchburg College records in the shot put (indoor and outdoor) and discus. He recently had his all-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference records in both the indoor and outdoor shot put eclipsed this past year by Nathan Turner, whom McGuffin coaches at 91短视频.

Current Record-Holder

McGuffin currently holds the outdoor championships record in the shot put and discus. He is one of only four athletes to win an event (shot put) four straight years at the ODAC indoor championships. He also repeated that feat at the outdoor championships in the shot put.

In all, McGuffin won 11 conference individual titles and was named all-conference 12 times.

In 1994, McGuffin made his first trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association indoor championships and came away with his first of five NCAA All-American plaques.

That same year, McGuffin would finish as the NCAA championships runner-up in the shot put and added three more All-America accolades in his senior year, finishing fourth at the indoor championships in the shot put and then fourth in both the discus and shot put at the outdoor championships.

McGuffin has spent the past eight years as 91短视频 with three of them as a head coach. He is a member of the NCAA championship committee and rules committee and completed his coaching level 2 training in endurance for the USATF (United States of America Track and Field) during the summer of 2006.

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Sophomores Named ODAC Track ‘Athletes of the Week’ /now/news/2007/sophomores-named-odac-track-athletes-of-the-week/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1342 Sophomore Nathan Turner was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week.
Sophomore Nathan Turner qualified for the second consecutive season in the men’s shot put and is ranked 11th nationally.

91短视频 Sophomores Nathan Turner and Victor Horton were recently honored as Old Dominion Athletic Conference track athletes of the week.

Turner, who hails from Elkton, Va., was named track "athlete of the week" for February 5-11 after competing at the Vince Brown Invitational in Newport News, Va.

Horton, of Pulaski, Va., was similarly honored January 22-28 after competing at the Dickinson Winter Meet.

While at the invitational, Turner shattered the weight throw record he set last season at the Virginia Tech Last Chance (15.33 meters) with a distance of 15.56 meters, placing him third overall in the event.

Sophomore Victor Horton was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week.
Sophomore Victor Horton was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week for January 22-28

He continued his dominance in the shot put with a throw of 15.86 meters, again setting a new season high that he had set at the DuCharme Invitational of 15.33 meters.

The throw gave him first place for the meet and qualifies him for the NCAA Championships March 10-11 in Terra Haute, Ind. (.)

While at the Dickinson Winter Meet, Horton finished first in the high jump with a height of six feet (6-0) while also competing in three other events that day.

He also competed in the triple jump, placing second in that event (13.20m) while coming in third in the 200 meter (23.75) and fifth in the long jump (6.00).

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Turner Throwing His Weight Around In D-III /now/news/2006/turner-throwing-his-weight-around-in-d-iii/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1107 By Mike Barber, Daily News-Record

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