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DECA # 43, Joe Detmer, Team Zehnkampf Win Thorpe Cup

DECA Newsletter # 43 offers second day coverage of the 17th annual Thorpe Cup (USA vs Germany team decathlon) in Marburg, Germany where Joe Detmer, Lodi, WI (left) won the individual title with a big PR score 8090, and where the host nation defeated Team USA by a mere 13 points in the 2nd closest decathlon team match in history.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber43August(3),2010

DECA Newsletter #32, Detmer Leads Day #1 of Thorpe Cup

DECA Newsletter #42 offers first day coverage and photos from Marburg, Germany where Team USA holds a 98 point lead over Germany's Team Zehnkampf in the 17th edition of the world's top team decathlon. Former Big Ten champ Joe Detmer, 27, Lodi, WI (U of Wisconsin) holds the first day lead with a PR 4149 score, 58 up on teammate Miller Moss, Sumter, SC. The host nation then holds down 5 of the next 6 places.Coaches Aaron Fox and Dan Steeele (left) expect that this is one Thorpe Cup competition which may come down to the wire.DLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber42August(2),2010

DECA Newsletter # 41, Barras Captures Euro Crown

DECA Newsletter # 41 offers coverage and results of the recently completed European Championships from Barcelona. There Romain Barras, 29, of France (lef) edged out 23 year old Eelco Sintinicholas of the Netherlands by just 17 points. A pair of Big 12 decathletes, Darius Draudvila (ex Kansas State) and Lars Rise (junior at Missouri) both made noise.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXVNumber41August(1),2010