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Missouri press release says so, but I haven't checked out what kind of numbers she's likely to put up on the second day, although I guess the LJ/SP/HJ are her three strongest field events anyway, so that's apositive sign.
(press release)
SKUJYTE ON WORLD-RECORD PACE AFTER FIRST DAY AT WALTON MEET
Olympian could set new standard tomorrow in U.S.’s first IAAF-ratifiable
women’s decathlon
COLUMBIA, Mo.—Austra Skujyte of Lithuania with 3,898 points, along with
three collegians, completed the first day of competition in the first
women’s decathlon held in America on Thursday, heading into the final day of
the second annual Audrey Walton Combined Event with a chance to break the
world record in the event. Currently, Skujyte is 56 points ahead of the
World-record pace set by France’s Marie Collonville, who established the
standard for female decathletes in 2004 with a two-day total of 8,150
points.
Skujyte, the Olympic silver medalist in the heptathlon and Kansas State
grad, ended the day with a personal-best time of 57.19 seconds in the
400-meter dash. Her time enabled her to stay in front of Collonville’s
pace, as well as Brianne Eveland of Kansas State, who had taken the lead in
the competition after three events. Eveland, the Big 12 Indoor Champion in
the pole vault, used her strongest event to earn 1,018 points with a 13
foot, 51?4 inch (4.10m) vault, tying the overall Walton Stadium record in the
event. After five events she has 3678 points, and will become the
collegiate record-holder if she can stay in second place through tomorrow’s
competition.
Missouri Post-collegian Fiona Asigbee took the lead in the heptathlon by
posting a personal record one-day total of 3,581 points, 57 points better
than the 3,524 points she turned in at the U. S. Olympic Team Trials.
Asigbee is also 267 points in front of the one-day pace set by Michelle
Moran when she set the meet and Walton Stadium record in the event last
year. To set the mark Asigbee established personal bests in the final two
events of the day, throwing the shot put 40 feet, 9 3?4 in.(12.44m) and
running the 200-meter dash in 24.49 seconds.
In the men’s decathlon, Missouri junior Hans Uldal came very close to
breaking personal records in several events on his way to third place with a
total of 3,845 points. Uldal’s long jump of 24 feet, 1 inch (7.34m) earned
him a berth in the NCAA Regionals, and was just shy of matching his personal
best of 24 feet, 3 inches (7.39m). K-State post-collegian Pat Pyle leads
the competition with 3,870 points, eight points ahead of Decosma Wright of
Lincoln University, and only 25 points ahead of Uldal.
The men’s decathlon saw many good performances by Mizzou athletes, as three
other decathletes set career highs. A personal-best long jump of 23 feet, 6
inches (7.16m) and another personal record in the high jump of 6 feet, 2 1?4
in.(1.89m) enabled Missouri sophomore Sommerfeldt to rack up 3,762 points,
more than he’d ever compiled on the first day of competition.
The Walton Combined Events will continue tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. The
women’s decathlon is scheduled to conclude with the 1500-meter run around
3:30 p.m. For more information and complete results on this meet, visit
mutigers.com.
*** www.MUTigers.com **
Women Decathlon
Points 100 DT PV JT
400 Day1 100H LJ SP HJ 1500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 Skujyte, Austra 12.45 46.19m 3.10m 48.78m
57.19
Nike w: 1.6 151-06 10-02 160-00
(press release)
SKUJYTE ON WORLD-RECORD PACE AFTER FIRST DAY AT WALTON MEET
Olympian could set new standard tomorrow in U.S.’s first IAAF-ratifiable
women’s decathlon
COLUMBIA, Mo.—Austra Skujyte of Lithuania with 3,898 points, along with
three collegians, completed the first day of competition in the first
women’s decathlon held in America on Thursday, heading into the final day of
the second annual Audrey Walton Combined Event with a chance to break the
world record in the event. Currently, Skujyte is 56 points ahead of the
World-record pace set by France’s Marie Collonville, who established the
standard for female decathletes in 2004 with a two-day total of 8,150
points.
Skujyte, the Olympic silver medalist in the heptathlon and Kansas State
grad, ended the day with a personal-best time of 57.19 seconds in the
400-meter dash. Her time enabled her to stay in front of Collonville’s
pace, as well as Brianne Eveland of Kansas State, who had taken the lead in
the competition after three events. Eveland, the Big 12 Indoor Champion in
the pole vault, used her strongest event to earn 1,018 points with a 13
foot, 51?4 inch (4.10m) vault, tying the overall Walton Stadium record in the
event. After five events she has 3678 points, and will become the
collegiate record-holder if she can stay in second place through tomorrow’s
competition.
Missouri Post-collegian Fiona Asigbee took the lead in the heptathlon by
posting a personal record one-day total of 3,581 points, 57 points better
than the 3,524 points she turned in at the U. S. Olympic Team Trials.
Asigbee is also 267 points in front of the one-day pace set by Michelle
Moran when she set the meet and Walton Stadium record in the event last
year. To set the mark Asigbee established personal bests in the final two
events of the day, throwing the shot put 40 feet, 9 3?4 in.(12.44m) and
running the 200-meter dash in 24.49 seconds.
In the men’s decathlon, Missouri junior Hans Uldal came very close to
breaking personal records in several events on his way to third place with a
total of 3,845 points. Uldal’s long jump of 24 feet, 1 inch (7.34m) earned
him a berth in the NCAA Regionals, and was just shy of matching his personal
best of 24 feet, 3 inches (7.39m). K-State post-collegian Pat Pyle leads
the competition with 3,870 points, eight points ahead of Decosma Wright of
Lincoln University, and only 25 points ahead of Uldal.
The men’s decathlon saw many good performances by Mizzou athletes, as three
other decathletes set career highs. A personal-best long jump of 23 feet, 6
inches (7.16m) and another personal record in the high jump of 6 feet, 2 1?4
in.(1.89m) enabled Missouri sophomore Sommerfeldt to rack up 3,762 points,
more than he’d ever compiled on the first day of competition.
The Walton Combined Events will continue tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. The
women’s decathlon is scheduled to conclude with the 1500-meter run around
3:30 p.m. For more information and complete results on this meet, visit
mutigers.com.
*** www.MUTigers.com **
Women Decathlon
Points 100 DT PV JT
400 Day1 100H LJ SP HJ 1500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 Skujyte, Austra 12.45 46.19m 3.10m 48.78m
57.19
Nike w: 1.6 151-06 10-02 160-00
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