DAY ONE ACTION at NCAA Felix with Slim Lead
Volume XXXVII Number 36 June (2), 2012 DAY ONE ACTION at NCAA Felix with Slim Lead Hello Again…24 athletes were greeted by sunny skies at histioric Jim Duncan Track on 43rd NCAA D-I the Drake University campus for the 43rd Drake University NCAA D-I decathlon competition. The meet’s Des Moines, IA very first champion June 6-7, 2012 in 1970, Rick Wanamaker, (right) Drake’s 6-8 hoop star and now a Des Moines real estate agent, was on hand for the opening. The prohibitive favorites, Isaac Murphy of Texas and Gonzalo Barroilhet of Florida State, the only two entrants with 8000+ qualifying scores, found themselves in 5th and 13th place at the breakl as the stories of By the end of day one the decathlon crowd at Darke day one were youth, the wind and chances at approached 1000 spectators. the Olympic ‘B’ standard by foreign Day One collegians. 100 meters: [noon-] When the efficiently run first day The first casualty was UCSB’s Derek ended Boise State senior Kurt Felix, who Masterson who warmed up on a pulled already possesses an Olympic ‘B’ standard hamstring and withdrew before the first of 3 score for native Grenada, held a 10 point lead sections, all seeded by seasonal best marks, on the field’s youngest athlete, 19 years old running from slowest to fastest sections. Gunnar Nixon, the Arkansas freshman. That’s the way! With the wind blowing Anyone of half-a-dozen athletes still had a directly from south to north the century was good chance at the gold medal as Cornell’s run on the west side of Jim Duncan track and Nick Huber, Big 10 winner Bjorn Barrefors of the first race was remarkable, even historic, Nebraska, Arkansas soph Kevin Lazas and for, with a solid tailwind of +3.2mps, everyone Murphy all posted 4000+ first day totals.
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