Austin Peay Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Junior sprinter Breigh Jones, of the Austin Peay State University women’s track and field team, has been named the Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week.
Jones broke her own school record in the 400m dash over the weekend, becoming the first Lady Gov to post a sub-55 second mark with a 54.97 run at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational in Johnson City, TN, taking runner-up honors in the 92-runner event.
While second place might be enough to temper the excitement of earning a school record, Jones finished second to 2014 World Indoor Champion Jernail Hayes, and was stride-for-stride against one of the top runners in the nation for the better part of 300 meters.
A Memphis native, Jones mark leads the OVC in the 400m by nearly a second-and-a-half (teammate Kymmalett Ross is second at 56.44) and ranks 16th nationally.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week is selected by the APSU Sports Information staff each Tuesday during the academic year. Copies in a Flash, of Clarksville, sponsors the award.
Other notable performances by Austin Peay athletes included
- Junior guard Tiasha Gray, of the women’s basketball team, averaged 18.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.7 steals in three games last week including a 31-point night against Morehead State and a 19-point, 12-board outing against Tennessee State. She was 23-for-49 (46.9 percent) from the floor and played 112 of a possible 125 minutes during the games, including all 45 in the overtime game against TSU – a game in which she also scored her 1,000th career point.
- Junior center Chris Horton, of the men’s basketball team, averaged a double-double (18.5 points, 10.5 rebounds) in two games last week while shooting 60.0 percent (12-for-20) from the floor.
