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Poetry for Fall
By Jay Grummel Poetry has a way of connecting us to the external and internal world. In poetry it is easier to feel a season and truly feel a piece due to this. Poetry has a subtle way of making the readers immersed into the world of the poem. With the air getting colder and […]
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Pleger named MAC Field Athlete of the Week

April 3, 2013

The Mid-American Conference named BG thrower Brooke Pleger field athlete of the week on Tuesday.

She was awarded the honor because of her record-setting performance in the hammer throw event at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C.

Her throw of 212-feet-6 shattered the BG record, which was set in 1999, by more than 20 feet. The throw is the third best in the country this season and first in the East Region.

Pleger is the first Falcon track and field athlete to win the honor since 2008 when Whitney Hartman set the previous hammer throw record of 191-feet-7.

BG will continue its 2013 outdoor season at the University of Akron at 3:30 on Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Falcons will return for their home meet against Toledo on April 11.