June 27, 2009
EUGENE, Ore. -
A personal record in the javelin and his second best day ever in a competition, Nick Adcock finished seventh in the decathlon on the third day of the U.S. Track and Field Championships and will represent the United States in the Thorpe Cup Decathlon in Berlin, Germany.
Held at the University of Oregon, the championships fielded some of the best talent in the nation in the decathlon and the 7588 points he scored throughout the two-day event was his highest point total of the year. Now Adcock will represent the U.S.A. in one of the most selective track events in the world.
Adcock's best finish of the day would come in the javelin, where his throw of 197 feet, seven inches (60.22 meters) would be good enough for second, crushing his old personal record of 56.38 meters. In one of his best events, Adcock would come close to personal record in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing third in 14.16 seconds to begin the final half of the competition.
In the 1500-meter run, Adcock would finish sixth in 4:40.81 and tie for tenth in the pole vault clearing 14 feet, nine inches (4.50 meters). He would come close to another PR in the discus, finishing 13th with a best throw of 120 feet, seven inches (36.75 meters).
Also competing on Friday was Krishna Lee, who finished 15th in the women's shot put with a toss of 49 feet, ten inches.
Beginning the events tomorrow will be Leslie Farmer participating in the preliminaries of junior women's 400-meter hurdles at 2:40 pacific time. Also competing tomorrow will be Blake Irwin in the junior men's 800m and Chris Rohr and Jason Morris in the Hammer Throw. Live coverage of the event will be televised on ESPN from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. eastern time.
