DECATHLON HANDBOOK & MEDIA GUIDE 15th THORPE CUP USA vs GERMANY TEAM DECATHLON August 2-3, 2008 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS by: Frank Zarnowski The Decathlon Association www.decathlonusa.typepad.com
[email protected] [email protected] TABLE of CONTENTS Team Rosters USA, Germany Page 2 Time Schedule 3 Outlook for 2008 Meeting 4 Meet History 4 Previous Team and Individual Medalists 5 Individual Meet Records 5 Adenda 6 Recent Results 2005 6 2006, 2007 7 Individual Event Records: World, American, 8 Collegiate, German, 9 Thorpe Cup Meet, 9 10 Kansas State Track 11 German Delegation: Claus Marek, Head Coach 12 Georg Zwirner, Assistant Coach 12 Lars Albert 12 Stefan Fricke, 13 Dennis Leykes 13 Jacob Minah 13 Norman Müller 14 Nicholai Peselmann 14 Johannes Schwuchow 14 USA Delegation: Sheldon Blockburger, Head Coach 15 Stevie Keller, Assistant Coach 16 Mustafa Abdur-Rahim 17 Jake Arnold 18 Joe Detmer 19 Lysias Edmonds 20 Chris Helwick 21 Chris Randolph 22 Joe Cebulski 23 Chris Boyles 24 Ryan Olkowski 25 PR Page 27 How Are They Doing ? 28-30 Information about Results 30 Rosters: USA ----best scores----- Name club age hometown Lifetime 2008 Abdur-Rahim, Mustafa ASC Elite (Dartmouth‟05) 25 Brookline, MA 8106 (08) 8106 Arnold, Jake unat (Arizona ‟07) 24 Santa Rosa, CA 8215 (07) 8130 Detmer, Joe Wisconsin ‟07 24 Lodi, WI 7963 (07) 7712 Edmonds, Lysias Ariz Puma (N Arizona ‟05) 25 Phoenix, AZ 7763 (08) 7763 Helwick, Chris unat (Tennessee ‟07) 23 Greeley, CO 8017 (08) 8017 Randolph, Chris CNW (Seattle Pacific) 24 Denver, CO 8066 (08) 8066