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stkoran
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04/23/2010 Drake Relays
OSU picks up a very impressive win in the 4x1600 over Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in a time of 16:25. The OSU team consisted of Adam Green, Dan White, Corey Leslie, and Jeff See.
Wisconsin ran without Bolas, but beating them is still impressive nonetheless. Likewise, all four of Notre Dame's runners have gone 3:46 or better in the 1500 this year, and Minnesota is also very good with Blankenship (3:57 Miler, Big 10 indoor champ), Rombough (3:44 1500 this year, anchored 3rd place DMR indoors, multiple time AA), Richardson (3:46 1500), and Hilsen (B10 indoor finalist in the mile).
In other results, Johnathan Francois ran a less than impressive 14.97 in the prelims of the 110 hurdles.
OSU picks up a very impressive win in the 4x1600 over Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in a time of 16:25. The OSU team consisted of Adam Green, Dan White, Corey Leslie, and Jeff See.
Wisconsin ran without Bolas, but beating them is still impressive nonetheless. Likewise, all four of Notre Dame's runners have gone 3:46 or better in the 1500 this year, and Minnesota is also very good with Blankenship (3:57 Miler, Big 10 indoor champ), Rombough (3:44 1500 this year, anchored 3rd place DMR indoors, multiple time AA), Richardson (3:46 1500), and Hilsen (B10 indoor finalist in the mile).
In other results, Johnathan Francois ran a less than impressive 14.97 in the prelims of the 110 hurdles.
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stkoran
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Bucks pick up another huge win in the 4x800!
Buckeyes Post 2010 World-Best Time in 4x800m at Drake Relays! - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Buckeyes Post 2010 World-Best Time in 4x800m at Drake Relays! - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
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stkoran
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Results from Drake, Butler, and Ashland.
Ohio State Wraps Up World Class Weekend at Drake Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Kind of a mixed bag this weekend for the men; the highs were very high, picking up two huge wins in the 4x16 and 4x8, while it seemed that the rest of the team didn't perform very well.
The 4x4 ran a nice time, but I still think they have more in the tank, and losing to Iowa stings.
DeChant with an outdoor best in the shot, but still a meter off his top indoor throw. Still a step in the right direction, though.
When I first saw the 1500 results from Butler I was pretty disappointed, but I'm not feeling that way anymore. My hope is that Mullet just ran away from everyone off the gun, because if that's the case, it means that the rest of the guys were just racing, finishing 2,3,5,6 (and basically 1,2,4,5 against the pack sans Mullet) and defeating some solid guys in Stein, Myers, and Lisgo. Candella and Murphy really blew up, not sure what happened there.
Overall, some really exciting things happened this weekend for the Bucks, but they are going to need to be more consistently solid across the board if they hope to content for the Big 10 title in a few weeks.
As an aside, I thought it was odd that Jake Edwards didn't run the 4x1600 instead of White or Green. Obviously things worked out, but I hope that Gary just wanted to give him a week off and that he's not hurt.
Ohio State Wraps Up World Class Weekend at Drake Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Kind of a mixed bag this weekend for the men; the highs were very high, picking up two huge wins in the 4x16 and 4x8, while it seemed that the rest of the team didn't perform very well.
The 4x4 ran a nice time, but I still think they have more in the tank, and losing to Iowa stings.
DeChant with an outdoor best in the shot, but still a meter off his top indoor throw. Still a step in the right direction, though.
When I first saw the 1500 results from Butler I was pretty disappointed, but I'm not feeling that way anymore. My hope is that Mullet just ran away from everyone off the gun, because if that's the case, it means that the rest of the guys were just racing, finishing 2,3,5,6 (and basically 1,2,4,5 against the pack sans Mullet) and defeating some solid guys in Stein, Myers, and Lisgo. Candella and Murphy really blew up, not sure what happened there.
Overall, some really exciting things happened this weekend for the Bucks, but they are going to need to be more consistently solid across the board if they hope to content for the Big 10 title in a few weeks.
As an aside, I thought it was odd that Jake Edwards didn't run the 4x1600 instead of White or Green. Obviously things worked out, but I hope that Gary just wanted to give him a week off and that he's not hurt.
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stkoran
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See Named Co-Outstanding Men's Performer at Drake Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
A very well deserved accolade for Jeff, he had a monster weekend.
Videos of the races are here for anyone who is interested: 2010 Drake Relays | Track and Field Coverage on Flotrack
A very well deserved accolade for Jeff, he had a monster weekend.
Videos of the races are here for anyone who is interested: 2010 Drake Relays | Track and Field Coverage on Flotrack
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stkoran
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Ohio State Welcomes Talented Field to Columbus for the Jesse Owens Track Classic - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
For anyone interested in track and field in the central Ohio area, you need to get to this meet. Coach Gary does a great job with this meet every year, and this year's has the makings of being the best JO Classic since I've been following OSU running since 2002.
The distance events will be on Friday night. Things to look for are all of OSU's top women competing in the 5k. Three sub 17s in one race would be a beautiful thing to see for OSU womens's distance. The men's steeple will be great race, filled with many top collegiates and the OSU steeple contingent, but will be down from years past where Gary put together a field of top professional steeplers. Still - should be a very good race. The men's 5k field looks to be one of the best ever assembled at this meet, including ACC champion Will Muhlerin from VT and several sub 30 minutes 10k guys. OSU alum and stud Rob Myers will be in the 1500. The hammer throw will also be Friday night, and it might be the top hammer field assembled in the US this year outside of the US Championships. All the elites (not to be confused with elitists) from Ashland are coming down, in addition to all the VT guys, including collegiate #1 Marcel Lomnicky.
Gary pulled of a real coup in getting Mississippi State to come up for the meet, as they feature some sick sprinting talent. The 400 will be a can't miss, as home town favorite and All American Thomas Murdaugh will be squring off against MSU freshman Tavaris Tate who may very well be the future of US 400 meter running. Tate won a gold medal as part of the US 4x4 at the Indoor WORLD Championships, and has run 44.86 this season. Dwight Mullings facing off against Kentucky's Rondell Sorillo, Purdue's Big Ten 60 meter champ Shane Crawford, and former Central Mich AA Johnie Drake will also be a huge event. MSU will also be running the 4x4, coming off a big win in the same event last week at the Penn Relays.
The High Jump should be hotly contested as all of Purdue's studs will take on IU's NCAA Champion Derek Drouin, and IU's AA Jeffrey Coover will be in the pole vault.
The women's field includes all of OSU's stud sprinters in their usual events and the Penn State ladies powerhouse spring crew including Fawn Dorr, Shavone Greaves and Caitlin DeFusco.
I'm nervous that Jake Edwards and Elon Simms aren't entered and hope they aren't hurt. Edwards hasn't run since Mt. Sac, though he ran sparingly indoors so I'm hoping the plan for this year was to not race him much. Simms ran poorly at Drake and now isn't entered, so I hope he's not hurt.
Anyone looking to watch Jeff See will be disappointed, as he will be running at Stanford this weekend instead. The surprise is that Jeff will not be running the 1500, but rather will be in the 5k. This is Jeff's first real shot at the 5k (he's only run it at Big Tens coming off of other events and has never done well) and I'm excited to see how he does. I am surprised by this move, given that during Gary's tenure OSU's top distance runners have rarely run the 5k outdoors. Typically, the Mid D guys stick to the 1500, the true distance guys run the 10k, and the 5k types end up running the steeple. The school record is 13:43 - hopefully Jeff can get it!
Dan White will also be at Stanford, competing in the 800.
For anyone interested in track and field in the central Ohio area, you need to get to this meet. Coach Gary does a great job with this meet every year, and this year's has the makings of being the best JO Classic since I've been following OSU running since 2002.
The distance events will be on Friday night. Things to look for are all of OSU's top women competing in the 5k. Three sub 17s in one race would be a beautiful thing to see for OSU womens's distance. The men's steeple will be great race, filled with many top collegiates and the OSU steeple contingent, but will be down from years past where Gary put together a field of top professional steeplers. Still - should be a very good race. The men's 5k field looks to be one of the best ever assembled at this meet, including ACC champion Will Muhlerin from VT and several sub 30 minutes 10k guys. OSU alum and stud Rob Myers will be in the 1500. The hammer throw will also be Friday night, and it might be the top hammer field assembled in the US this year outside of the US Championships. All the elites (not to be confused with elitists) from Ashland are coming down, in addition to all the VT guys, including collegiate #1 Marcel Lomnicky.
Gary pulled of a real coup in getting Mississippi State to come up for the meet, as they feature some sick sprinting talent. The 400 will be a can't miss, as home town favorite and All American Thomas Murdaugh will be squring off against MSU freshman Tavaris Tate who may very well be the future of US 400 meter running. Tate won a gold medal as part of the US 4x4 at the Indoor WORLD Championships, and has run 44.86 this season. Dwight Mullings facing off against Kentucky's Rondell Sorillo, Purdue's Big Ten 60 meter champ Shane Crawford, and former Central Mich AA Johnie Drake will also be a huge event. MSU will also be running the 4x4, coming off a big win in the same event last week at the Penn Relays.
The High Jump should be hotly contested as all of Purdue's studs will take on IU's NCAA Champion Derek Drouin, and IU's AA Jeffrey Coover will be in the pole vault.
The women's field includes all of OSU's stud sprinters in their usual events and the Penn State ladies powerhouse spring crew including Fawn Dorr, Shavone Greaves and Caitlin DeFusco.
I'm nervous that Jake Edwards and Elon Simms aren't entered and hope they aren't hurt. Edwards hasn't run since Mt. Sac, though he ran sparingly indoors so I'm hoping the plan for this year was to not race him much. Simms ran poorly at Drake and now isn't entered, so I hope he's not hurt.
Anyone looking to watch Jeff See will be disappointed, as he will be running at Stanford this weekend instead. The surprise is that Jeff will not be running the 1500, but rather will be in the 5k. This is Jeff's first real shot at the 5k (he's only run it at Big Tens coming off of other events and has never done well) and I'm excited to see how he does. I am surprised by this move, given that during Gary's tenure OSU's top distance runners have rarely run the 5k outdoors. Typically, the Mid D guys stick to the 1500, the true distance guys run the 10k, and the 5k types end up running the steeple. The school record is 13:43 - hopefully Jeff can get it!
Dan White will also be at Stanford, competing in the 800.
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bkochmc
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Ya, what stkoran said. :) Robert Gary and his staff have done a great job at promoting this meet and are bringing it back to it's rightful place as one of the premier track meets hosted by a college/university. This is probably one of the best years of the JO Classic since its height in the 80's when the likes of Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Butch Reynolds and others participated and set world records (in Butch's case) in this meet.
Also, 4-time defending American national champion AG Kruger will be throwing the hammer today. There are a couple of other standout hammer throwers along with who stkoran mentioned competing so if you want to see what that event is all about I'd suggest making your way over to Jesse Owens Stadium around 3:30. And for those of you on a short budget... the only cost is gas to get to the stadium as parking and admission are free.
Also, 4-time defending American national champion AG Kruger will be throwing the hammer today. There are a couple of other standout hammer throwers along with who stkoran mentioned competing so if you want to see what that event is all about I'd suggest making your way over to Jesse Owens Stadium around 3:30. And for those of you on a short budget... the only cost is gas to get to the stadium as parking and admission are free.
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stkoran
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04/30 - Jesse Owens Track Classic Day 1 Results
25th Jesse Owens Track Classic Underway - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
05/01 Jesse Owens Track Classic Day 2 Results
Crowd Enjoys Exciting Final Day of Competition at 25th Jesse Owens Track Classic - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
05/01 Stanford Payton Jordan Invitational
Trio of Buckeyes Compete at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
A lot of good things happened this weekend for the OSU men, almost all of them on the track, as the field event folks didn't look that hot.
The distance squad looked fantastic, led by Jeff See's near school record out at Stanford running 13:44. Jeff won his heat by 4 seconds over Minnesota's All-American and Big Ten Champ Chris Rombough. Jeff was the second fastest collegiate overall behind NC State's Ryan Hill who beat him out by a few tenths from the first heat. The steeplers also looked to be in top form, led by Adam Green who won the JO steeple in a PR of 8:48. PRs were also set by Corey Lesie (8:53), Chad Balyo (9:00, unattached), and Donny Roys (9:07). Chris Olinger also ran a season best 9:02 which is just off his 8:59 PR. Chris Fallon also PRd in the 1500 running 3:48.
The 5k didn't turn out well at all, however, with Meyer, Schmitt and Wieferich all running pretty terrible.
The 800 was so-so, with Dan running his best race in a while running 1:49.8 at Stanford, while Hall ran 1:51.75 at JO. Hopefully Dan is rounding into form, because the Big Ten 800 is going to be absolutely brutal.
The 400 went very for OSU, with Murdaugh running a near PR of 45.96 and Woodward setting what I believe is a PR in 47.52. Marvel Brooks ran 48.3, which he seems to have been running all year.
A very good sign in the 100 as well, as Matt Terrell ran by far his best race at OSU finishing the 100 in 10.63 (+1.5 wind) winning his heat. The Big Ten is not strong in the 100 and Matt can certainly score if he continues to run like this.
Francois ran 14.55 in the 110s, the same as usual.
In the 400 hurdles, Aaron Robers continued to have his best season as a Buckeye, running a PR of 52.57. Marcus Brooks ran 53.34, which he also seems to have been running all year, just like Marvel.
The 200 wasn't bad, but I thought it was disappointing. They ran into a -2.6 mps wind, so the times weren't going to be blazing, but I would have hoped to have at least seen Stephen closer to Ferguson, who won in 21.21. Leuenberger led the way for the Bucks in 21.83, coming off of injury, Murdaugh ran 21.88 and Robinson 21.94. Just like indoors, these three really need to kill it in this event at Big Tens for the Bucks if they hope to win. Hopefully we will see a better performance in two weeks.
Both relays looked very good. The 4x1 of Terrell, Robinson, Francois and Leuenberger ran about as well as can be expected, clocking a 40.69. I'm curious as to whether Korbin Smith or Blake Callahan might be able to drop a faster leg than Francois.
The 4x4 continued its improvement, running 3:06.69, finishing in second place, one second behind Penn Relays 4x4 champs Mississippi State. I believe this is OSU's best time in several years. Not sure who ran for OSU, as the results say Smith, Brooks, Woodward and Simms, but I have to assume Murdaugh ran, likely for Brooks. Simms didn't run the 400 hurdles, so maybe he sat out. I'd also be surprised if Robinson wasn't on this - hope to find out the lineup soon. In any event, a great performance.
I'm not going to discuss field events, pretty much across the board everyone either performed average and did poorly. The field crew is REALLY going to have to step up their collective game and perform how they are capable at Big Tens for an OSU win.
25th Jesse Owens Track Classic Underway - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
05/01 Jesse Owens Track Classic Day 2 Results
Crowd Enjoys Exciting Final Day of Competition at 25th Jesse Owens Track Classic - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
05/01 Stanford Payton Jordan Invitational
Trio of Buckeyes Compete at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
A lot of good things happened this weekend for the OSU men, almost all of them on the track, as the field event folks didn't look that hot.
The distance squad looked fantastic, led by Jeff See's near school record out at Stanford running 13:44. Jeff won his heat by 4 seconds over Minnesota's All-American and Big Ten Champ Chris Rombough. Jeff was the second fastest collegiate overall behind NC State's Ryan Hill who beat him out by a few tenths from the first heat. The steeplers also looked to be in top form, led by Adam Green who won the JO steeple in a PR of 8:48. PRs were also set by Corey Lesie (8:53), Chad Balyo (9:00, unattached), and Donny Roys (9:07). Chris Olinger also ran a season best 9:02 which is just off his 8:59 PR. Chris Fallon also PRd in the 1500 running 3:48.
The 5k didn't turn out well at all, however, with Meyer, Schmitt and Wieferich all running pretty terrible.
The 800 was so-so, with Dan running his best race in a while running 1:49.8 at Stanford, while Hall ran 1:51.75 at JO. Hopefully Dan is rounding into form, because the Big Ten 800 is going to be absolutely brutal.
The 400 went very for OSU, with Murdaugh running a near PR of 45.96 and Woodward setting what I believe is a PR in 47.52. Marvel Brooks ran 48.3, which he seems to have been running all year.
A very good sign in the 100 as well, as Matt Terrell ran by far his best race at OSU finishing the 100 in 10.63 (+1.5 wind) winning his heat. The Big Ten is not strong in the 100 and Matt can certainly score if he continues to run like this.
Francois ran 14.55 in the 110s, the same as usual.
In the 400 hurdles, Aaron Robers continued to have his best season as a Buckeye, running a PR of 52.57. Marcus Brooks ran 53.34, which he also seems to have been running all year, just like Marvel.
The 200 wasn't bad, but I thought it was disappointing. They ran into a -2.6 mps wind, so the times weren't going to be blazing, but I would have hoped to have at least seen Stephen closer to Ferguson, who won in 21.21. Leuenberger led the way for the Bucks in 21.83, coming off of injury, Murdaugh ran 21.88 and Robinson 21.94. Just like indoors, these three really need to kill it in this event at Big Tens for the Bucks if they hope to win. Hopefully we will see a better performance in two weeks.
Both relays looked very good. The 4x1 of Terrell, Robinson, Francois and Leuenberger ran about as well as can be expected, clocking a 40.69. I'm curious as to whether Korbin Smith or Blake Callahan might be able to drop a faster leg than Francois.
The 4x4 continued its improvement, running 3:06.69, finishing in second place, one second behind Penn Relays 4x4 champs Mississippi State. I believe this is OSU's best time in several years. Not sure who ran for OSU, as the results say Smith, Brooks, Woodward and Simms, but I have to assume Murdaugh ran, likely for Brooks. Simms didn't run the 400 hurdles, so maybe he sat out. I'd also be surprised if Robinson wasn't on this - hope to find out the lineup soon. In any event, a great performance.
I'm not going to discuss field events, pretty much across the board everyone either performed average and did poorly. The field crew is REALLY going to have to step up their collective game and perform how they are capable at Big Tens for an OSU win.
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stkoran
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Ohio State Concludes Competition at Billy Hayes Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Decent tune-up for the guys that competed. Really nice run from Leslie, taking second in a qualify field.
Decent tune-up for the guys that competed. Really nice run from Leslie, taking second in a qualify field.
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stkoran
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05/14/2010 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Big Ten's started today at IU, and the Bucks are off to a FANTASTIC start so far! In the hammer throw, the only event completed thus far, Max Mayes took second and Tom Davis finished 4th, picking up 13 total points for the Bucks. Billy Gehring finished 9th, This was an event in which I wasn't even sure we would score a point.
Coming into the meet, the Gehring was ranked 10th in the conference, Davis 14th, and Mayes 17th. Mayes set a PR by 17 feet, and Davis by 7 feet. Gehring was just off his PR by a foot. Even more encouraging for the remainder of the season/their careers is that Mayes bettered his PR on 4 of the 5 throws he didn't foul on, with 3 of those throws being well over his old PR. Davis only got off two throws, but bettered his PR on both of them as well.
This wasn't a case where the rest of the conference choked and our guys snuck in, they went out and got it done. Well done Buckeye hammer throwers!!! Hopefully this is just the beginning of a huge weekend in Bloomington for the Bucks.
Results are here: Meet Results
Big Ten's started today at IU, and the Bucks are off to a FANTASTIC start so far! In the hammer throw, the only event completed thus far, Max Mayes took second and Tom Davis finished 4th, picking up 13 total points for the Bucks. Billy Gehring finished 9th, This was an event in which I wasn't even sure we would score a point.
Coming into the meet, the Gehring was ranked 10th in the conference, Davis 14th, and Mayes 17th. Mayes set a PR by 17 feet, and Davis by 7 feet. Gehring was just off his PR by a foot. Even more encouraging for the remainder of the season/their careers is that Mayes bettered his PR on 4 of the 5 throws he didn't foul on, with 3 of those throws being well over his old PR. Davis only got off two throws, but bettered his PR on both of them as well.
This wasn't a case where the rest of the conference choked and our guys snuck in, they went out and got it done. Well done Buckeye hammer throwers!!! Hopefully this is just the beginning of a huge weekend in Bloomington for the Bucks.
Results are here: Meet Results
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bkochmc
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Heath Nickles finished 7th in the pole vault to steal a couple of points for the Bucks. He is also sitting in 10th in the decathlon... his better events are tomorrow so hopefully he can move up into scoring position. The men are done for the day as they don't have anyone running the 10K this evening. They currently sit in 2nd with 15 points, 11 behind Minnesota and 3 ahead of Purdue. I imagine they'll be in either 3rd or 4th after the 10K, depending on how that event goes.
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stkoran
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The 10k probably went as well as could be hoped for OSU. Wisconsin picked up 19 points, but Darling DNF'd and a kid from Illinois finished ahead of Peacock and Krause. As for Minny, they picked up 8 points with Rombough's second place, but the rest of their crew went 10, 11, 12 to finish just out of the points.
At the end of the day OSU sits in 3rd with 15 points, behind Minny with 36 and Wisconsin with 19.
Today is a big day. Finals in the long jump, high jump, discus, and steeple, with prelims for most everything else. Smith needs to score well in HJ, and the steeplers need to come through with hopefully 10+ points. Any points from HJ and Disc would be a bonus.
At the end of the day OSU sits in 3rd with 15 points, behind Minny with 36 and Wisconsin with 19.
Today is a big day. Finals in the long jump, high jump, discus, and steeple, with prelims for most everything else. Smith needs to score well in HJ, and the steeplers need to come through with hopefully 10+ points. Any points from HJ and Disc would be a bonus.
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bkochmc
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Looks like Heath Nickles has set himself up to get into scoring position in the decathlon. He had a pretty decent showing in the 110 hurdles this morning (776 points) but that effort was kind of undone in the discus (534). The decathletes are pole vaulting right now and if he can at least equal yesterday's effort in the open pole vault he should be able to move into at least 8th place, if not 7th.
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