Phegley earns All-Star start\nSophomore catcher Josh Phegley, playing for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod summer league, has earned a starting spot for the Western Division in the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game this Saturday at Spillane Field in Wareham, Mass.\nPhegley was one of four Big Ten players who will be playing in the All-Star Game for one of the top collegiate summer leagues in the country. Along with Phegley, Iowa second baseman Kevin Hoef will start for the West, representing the Bourne Braves. Also for the West, Purdue pitcher Josh Lindblom, playing for the Cotuit Kettleers, will be a reserve. For the East, Michigan State outfielder Kyle Day was selected as a reserve, representing the Harwich Mariners.\nAs of Wednesday, Phegley is batting a .269 batting average for the Gatemen, good for second place on the team. He is one of 10 Hoosier sports team members who are playing in summer leagues across the country.
Track and field adds 5 to coaching staff\nRon Helmer, director and head coach of men’s and women’s cross country and track and field at IU, has completed his coaching staff for the track and field teams. Jeff Huntoon, Jermaine Jones, Monica Hargrove, Jake Wiseman and Rebecca Walter will all be part of Helmer’s staff when the season starts in the winter. Huntoon was named associated head coach, while the other four will be assistants. \nHuntoon comes to IU after spending 16 years at West Virginia University, where he was the head coach. In 2003, he was named NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and added a national title to his coaching resume in 2005 when he coached Megan Metcalfe to an NCAA Outdoor Title in the 5,000-meter event. \nWiseman is the only assistant to return from last year, when he coached the nation’s top freshman pole-vaulter Vera Neuenswander. He will continue his role of coaching in the pole vault and multi-event.\nHargrove and Walter both follow Helmer to IU from Georgetown University. Hargrove will be coaching the sprinters, while Walter will coach the distance and middle-distance runners as well as the cross country team.\nJones, who was an assistant coach at the University of Richmond last year, will coach the throwers.
