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DECA Newsletter # 38, Arnold Win's USA National Title

DECA Newsletter #38 offers 2nd day coverage of the 91st USA national decathlon championships in Des Moines where Jake Arnold, 26 (left) used negative splits (4056 1st day, 4159 2nd day score) to come from behind to top Tom Pappas, and where Joe Detmer claimed his first 8000 score for 3rd place. Two day decathlon attendance was nearly 11,000.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber38June(8),2010

DECA Newsletter #37, Pappas Leads 1st Day at USA Nationals

DECA Newsletter #37 covers the first day action at the 91st USA national decathlon championships in Des Moines. 33 year old Tom Pappas, (left, 4234 points) a 5 time national champion, holds an 82 point lead on the 12 man field at the break. Texas A&M's Trinity Otto and vet Joe Detmer hold down places 2-3. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber37June(7),2010

DECA Newsletter #36, Wise Captures USA Junior Title

DECA Newsletter #36 offers details for the 38th Annual USA Junior Decathlon meet held at Drake University, Des Moines, IA. Wise led wire-to-wire and just did hold off a late charge by Kevin Lazas, Kinder-Sport in Nashville, 7300-7291. Both earned trips to the IAAF World Junior champs. Oklahoma prep student Gunnar Nixon was 3rd. The 91st senior meet begins tomorrow morning.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber36June(6) 2010

Results Page, June 20, 2010

This updated Results Page includes detailed results from the NCAA Div-I championships in Eugene (8457 victory by Ashton Eaton) and the IAAF CE Challenge Meeting in Ratingen, GER (8288 victory by Yordani Garcia/CUB). USA and Collegiate lists are updated.CLICK HERE 2010 Outdoor Results Page

MEDIA GUIDE: 2010 and 91st National Senior Men's Decathlon

This 31 page Media Guide and handbook offers background information for the upcoming and 91st USA Men's senior decathlon scheduled for June 25-26, 2010. This guide provides time schedules, entry lists, past results, numerous records and athlete's bios for the field. Olympic champ Bryan Clay and five-time champion Tom Pappas are among the entries.CLICK HERE 2010 USATF Sr Decathlon

Medias Guide: 2010 USA Men's Junior Decathlon

This 17 page media guide and handbook offers background information on the upcoming USA National Junior Men's Decathlon to be held on June 23-24 at Drake University Stadium in Des Moines. Time schedules, list of entries, past results and athletes' bios are included.  CLICK HERE 2010 USA National Junior Decathlon

Media Guide: 2010 USA Women's Senior Heptathlon

This 27 page media guide/handbook offers background information for the upcoming 30th USA Sr National Women's Heptathlon to be held on the 25th and 26th of June at Drake University Stadium in Ders Moines, IA. Time schedules, lists of entries, records, past results and athlete's bios are available.CHECK HERE 2010 USA Women's o Heptathlon

DECA Newsletter # 35, Arnold 5th at Kladno, Clay Injured

DECA Newsletter #35 covers the newest IAAF CE Challenge meet, the TNT Fortuna meeting in Kladno, Czech Republic. There Olympic champs Bryan Clay and Roman Sebrle (left, watching the remainder of the meet) both were slightly injured and drifted thru the 100 meters. Ukrainan Oleksiy Kasyanov won the title while Jake Arnold/asics placed 5th at take the IAAF CE (3 score) Challenge lead.. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber35June(5), 2010

DECA Newsletter # 34, Eaton Wins 3rd NCAA Title

DECA Newsletter #34 offers 2nd day coverage of the 41st NCAA Decathlon held at Hayward Field in Eugene. Ashton Eaton's dash to the finish in the 1500m (left) left him about a second short of what was needed for the collegiate record. No matter, his brave effort on the last lap and his 8457 final score had 11,972 spectators (and 23,944 over 2 days) on their feet much of the time. This NCAA meet was electric. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber34June(4)2010

DECA Newsletter # 33, NCAA the Playing Fields of Eaton

DECA Newsletter #33 offers complete first day coverage of the 41st NCAA D-I decathlon at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Senior Ashton Eaton, Bend, Oregon, won 3 of the five events and posted a lifetime best first day and collegiate record score of 4500 points. His 7.90m/25-11 long jump (left) and a terrific 46.28 400 meters rewrote some of the record books. A college record watch chart is provided.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber33June(3)2010