Decathlon HSR

[Marlow]

Curtis Beach (NM) scored 7909 at Arcadia with the HS implements, blasting Theriault's 7417!

[gm]

That certainly qualifies as smashing a record. Nice young man on his way to Duke, IIRC.

[paulthefan]

can someone post the event times/distances/heights.

[RQ]

1 Beach, Curtis
100 10.99 w: 0.2 (863)
LJ 6.97m 22-09 w: +0.0 (807)
SP 13.61m 44-08 (704)
HJ 2.07m 6-09.5 (868)
400 48.16 (901) Day1 4143
110H 14.42 w: 0.5 (921)
DT 40.64m 133-04 (678)
PV 4.40m 14-05.25 (731)
JT 47.48m 155-09 (551)
1500 4:09.48 (885)

7909

http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=us2009-Outdoor-Arcadia-Multis

[bhall]

Will be interesting to see how he develops. With HS implements his strength appears to be running (those are pretty nice 4 and 15 times). Jumps are good but throws are pretty weak even with HS implements. Any idea if he plans on sticking with the Deca in college?

[gh]

Since implement conversions are so dodgy, let's look at Beach vs. Craig Brigham in the events that are the same

10.9 (830)
6.73/22-1 (750)
1.93/6-4 (740)
52.3 (706)
4.43/14-6½ (740)
4:53.0 (601)

4367, vs. 5055 for Beach, suggesting that this is indeed quite the talent, but it's also instructive to look at the throws, where Brigham hit these:

14.18/46-6¼ (739)
44.16/144-10 (750)
60.22/197-7 (741)

So Brigham outscores Beach by 297 in the three throws, despite throwing international implements. No idea what Beach is built like, but he clearly needs to do some major bulking up to be a well-rounded decathlete.

[unclezadok]

Will be interesting to see how he develops. With HS implements his strength appears to be running (those are pretty nice 4 and 15 times). Jumps are good but throws are pretty weak even with HS implements. Any idea if he plans on sticking with the Deca in college?

His throws are actually pretty good for a HS decathlete (which is why he won 2 of the throws in this meet and was second in the other) and probably will not be a serious weakness as he gets older, although he will probably always be a runner-jumper-thrower. He shows how many points are available in the 1500m if you can really run it.
I'd be absolutely amazed if he didn't stick to the decathlon, especially since he doesn't have another gigantic event like, say, Klech, does. He is an excellent 800 meter runner but it's dwarfed by his decathlon.
Brigham was great but had no speed at all. I'd rather have Beach's tools.

[dj]

1 Beach, Curtis
100 10.99 w: 0.2 (863)
LJ 6.97m 22-09 w: +0.0 (807)
SP 13.61m 44-08 (704)
HJ 2.07m 6-09.5 (868)
400 48.16 (901) Day1 4143
110H 14.42 w: 0.5 (921)
DT 40.64m 133-04 (678)
PV 4.40m 14-05.25 (731)
JT 47.48m 155-09 (551)
1500 4:09.48 (885)

7909

http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=us2009-O...Arcadia-Multis

Quick calculations equate this to around 7600 with international implements. Craig Brigham's HSR(int'l) is 7359.

I've heard he's about 6-3 and lanky.

[gh]

Re: Decathlon HSR

Curtis Beach (NM) scored 7909 at Arcadia with the HS implements, blasting Theriault's 7417!

The old HSR was 7486 by Donovan Kilmartin

[Marlow]

In greater Jacksonville, FL (pop 1,000,000), he would be

100 10.99 - #4
LJ 22-9 - #2
SP 44-8 - top 10
HJ 6-9.5 - #1
400 48.16 - #1
110H 14.42 - #1
DT 133-4 - #4
PV 14-5 - #1
JT 155-9 - na
1500 4:09.48 (4:30 1600) - #6

Just to give some perspective . . . :shock:

[TNT]

Another funny thing about Curtis and implements: he throws the 2k about as far as the 1.6k 8-)

[bad hammy]

A photo from XC season:

[Marlow]

A photo from XC season:

Those arms don't exactly look fresh from the weight room. I think he has a ton of room for improvement in the throws.

[dukehjsteve]

That certainly qualifies as smashing a record. Nice young man on his way to Duke, IIRC.

Man oh man, that "Duke" part takes my breath away. I'm delighted if it is true, but ( Norm Ogilvie forgive me) WHY ?

[tandfman]

Why not?