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DECA Newsletter #42, Coaching Changes, Marra Added at Oregon

 

 DECA Newsletter # 42 covers the three major USA decathlon coaching changes: In July- Travis Geophert of Northern Iowa to U. of Arkansas; In Sept., Dan Steele from U of Oregon to Northern Iowa; and Nov- Harry Marra, former VISA USA National decathlon coach (1990-2000) to U. of Oregon.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXIVNumber 42November

DECA Newsletter # 41, Pappas 3rd at DecaStar

DECA Newsletter #41 covers the second day action at the 24th DecaStar competition in Talence, France where Ukrainian Okelsiy Kasyanov caught American Tom Pappas (left) in the final event to post an 8291 win. Only 102 points separated 1-2-3. CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber41September2009

DECA Newsletter # 40, Pappas 2nd at DecaStar Break

DECA Newsletter # 40 covers the first day of the 24th annual DecaStar competition in Talence, France. Tom Pappas trails Ukrainian Okelsiy Kasyanov by 138 points after five events. Russian Alex Pogorelov stands 3rd and American Jake Arnold is 11th in the final international decatjlon of the 2009 season.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 40October2009

DECA Newsletter # 39, Hardee Wins IAAF World Title in Berlin

DECA Newsletter # 39 offers second day coverage of the 12th IAAF World T&F Championships decathlon from Berlin where Trey Hardee, 25, ran up the # 8 score all-time of 8790 points to win by a substantial margin. Hardee's win was the 6th by an American decathlete in the past ten world championship meetings. Yanks Ashton Eaton and Jake Arnold  were 18th and 24 respectively. CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 39September2009

DECA Newsletter #38, Hardee 3rd, Eaton 5th at World's Break

DECA Newsletter #38 covers the first day action at the 12th annula IAAF World Championships in Berlin where Oleksiy Kasyanov/UKR, Yunior Diaz/CUB and Trey Hardee/USA (left) stand 1-2-3. Hardee posted PRs in the long jump and shot put. Oregon's Ashton Eaton stands 5th in a competition that took two hours longer than scheduled.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 41September 2009

DECA Newsletter # 37, 12th IAAF World Champs Open in Berlin

DECA Newsletter #37 offers starting lists and more background for the 12th IAAF T&F World Championhips in Berlin, Germany. Cuban Leonel Suarez, the Olympic bronze medalist from Beijing will be the favorite and Americans Trey Hardee (left) Ashton Eaton and Jake Arnold will be part of the biggest starting field (38) in meet history.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 37September2009

DECA Newsletter # 36, Pappas Wins Thorpe Cup, 8569 Score.

DECA Newsletter #36 covers day two of the 16th annual Thorpe Cup, a meet that has grown into the world's leading team decathlon match. Tom Pappas, with a terrific MR 8569 score, led Team USA to its 13th win in 16 meets. Marbur, Germany served as meet host. Americans went 1-2-4-5-6.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 36August2009

DECA Newsletter # 35, Pappas Leads 1st Day in Germany

DECA Newsletter #35 covers the first day from Marburg, Germany where Team USA hold a commanding lead over Team Zehnkampf (Germany) in the 16th annual Thorpe Cup competition. 32 year old Tom Pappas has a new first day record 4472 score and USA athletes stand 1-2-3-5-6 at the break. CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 35August2009

DECA Newsletter # 34, USA Junior Success

DECA Newsletter # 34 chronicles the Pan-American title won by Curtis Beach, 18, Albuquerque, NM, to cap a perfect season, and the results of two very large Junior Olympic Nationals (USATF and AAU) where 99 athletes started and 94 completed the young men's and intermediate division decathlons.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 34August 2009

DECA Newsletter # 33, Sossah 2nd at Euro u23 Champs, Bernard Wins at Hexham

DECA Newsletter #33 covers a pair of European ten eventers: the u23 champs in Kaunas, Lithuania and the International in Hexham, GBR. In the former North Carolina soph Mateo Sossah (left)  was second with a 7885 score while former NCAA champ Claston Bernard/JAM won in Hexham with 7702. Download Volume XXXIVNumber 33July2009