Owens sets pair of collegiate bests to lead Mt. SAC decathlon

WALNUT, California – Razorback Ayden Owens produced a pair of collegiate finest occasions inside a decathlon on the best way to producing the fifth-best collegiate first day rating of 4,483 factors to guide the Mt. SAC Relays decathlon.

Teammates Daniel Spejcher (4,036) and Noah Swaby (3,595) are at present in fifth and 14th place, respectively.

“Ayden simply executed extraordinarily properly,” stated Arkansas affiliate head coach Travis Geopfert. “So did Daniel, who set a fairly a couple of PRs as we speak. The secret is execution. Specializing in every occasion after which shifting on to the following.

“Tomorrow can be one occasion at a time with absolute focus and execution on every occasion. I feel these guys are prepared to do this.”

Simply 39 factors behind Owens at 4,444 is Hakim McMorris of California with Austin West of Iowa third with a 4,343 tally.

“I got here in right here to execute my job,” said Owens. “I got here right here to overcome the 11^th occasion, the occasion which is managing my feelings, not getting too excited or too down after any occasion and specializing in the factor proper in entrance of me.

“It’s precisely what I did. I ran 10.2 within the 100m and was content material with that. I moved onto the lengthy leap, and I did my job there. The excessive leap wasn’t what I anticipated or what I wished, however I got here again and ran 46.1. So, that’s what we’re about, and that’s what we do.”

Owens opened the decathlon with a profession better of 10.27 within the 100m, scoring 1,030 factors. He bettered the earlier collegiate finest within the occasion of 10.34 (+2.6) set in 2009 by Kansas State’s Mantas Silkauskas.

The spectacular time by Owens simply missed making the UA all-time high 10 within the 100m, the place 10.23 is the ten^th finest performer set by Wallace Spearmon, Sr. in 1985.

Closing out the primary day with the 400m, Owens blistered a profession better of 46.12, scoring 1,002 factors, to higher the earlier collegiate finest within the occasion of 46.28 set by Oregon’s Ashton Eaton in 2010.

In between these pair of occasions, Owens topped the sector of 14 with a 24-7.75 (7.51) lengthy leap for 937 factors. Then he completed third within the shot put behind his pair of Arkansas teammates with an out of doors better of 48-10.25 (14.89) for 783 factors.

Owens was disenchanted along with his excessive leap, the place a 6-3.5 (1.92) clearance picked up 731 factors.

He fueled his disappointment from the excessive leap into the 400m, the place each ounce of efficiency was wanted to generate the main time of 46.12 over a 46.36 from McMorris and a 46.41 for West.

“Tomorrow, we come again and battle,” stated Owens. “We come again to have a great time and compete, and simply give it our greatest effort. That’s all I can do. We’ll see what rating I put up.”

Spejcher set a profession better of 10.88 within the 100m whereas Swaby equaled his better of 11.23. Within the lengthy leap, Spejcher collected one other profession finest with a 23-3.75 (7.09) leap after which produced an out of doors better of 49-7.75 (15.13) to guide a Razorback 1-2-3 within the shot put with Swaby runner-up with a 49-1 (14.96) toss.

After a 6-2.25 (1.89) within the excessive leap, Spejcher closed out the primary day with a 400m PR of 49.52 whereas Swaby posted a 51.17.

“I’m proper round my day one PR,” famous Spejcher. “I nonetheless have that consistency, particularly in April. I’m excited in regards to the hurdles tomorrow, that begins the whole lot off. All of it’s about consistency at this level. I do know I don’t must go loopy to place up a great rating. I’m simply trying to be consisted the entire day tomorrow.”

Racing at Azusa Pacific within the Bryan Clay Invitational, Carter Persyn completed sixth in his part with a 8:55.86 to position 14^th general and simply missed his profession better of 8:55.81.

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