Winslow graduate John Purvis, now a junior at Marshall after spending his freshman year at Morgan State, uncorked a hammer PR Thursday in a meet at the Florida State Relays in Tallahassee, Fla.
Purvis threw 164-0 on his 2nd throw to surpass his lifetime-best 163-6 from a meet at Towson as a Morgan State freshman in 2022.
Purvis threw the shot 55-7 at Morgan State when he placed 2nd at the MEAC indoor Championships in Virginia Beach two years ago and he has a discus PR of 152-7 from a meet last spring in Durham, N.C. He hasn’t thrown the discus yet for Marshall, although he’s scheduled to on Friday.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 