Lindon Victor improves SEC Championship record for decathlon first day score
May 11, 2017 | Track and Field
COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Lindon Victor improved his first day SEC Championship record in the decathlon as he produced a score of 4,365 points through the first five events of the multi-event. As the defending champion, Victor leads the field of 12 by 142 points.
"We all know the SEC is one of the toughest conferences, so I didn't think it was going to be easy to defend my title," noted Victor. "I'm ready to have some more fun tomorrow, I'm still on pace to get a really good score."
Georgia's Karl Saluri, who led the decathlon after the first two events, is currently second with 4,223 points with South Carolina's Markus Leemet third at 4,114 and Derek Jacobus of Arkansas fourth with 4,086.
Victor opened with a 10.64 (3.6 wind) in the 100m for 942 points and added 898 in the long jump with a mark of 24-1 ½w (7.35 | 2.1 wind). That left him behind Saluri by 54 points. Saluri ran 10.50w (975) and long jumped 24-5 (7.44) for 920 points.
A pair of fouls by Victor in the shot put placed Victor's title defense in jeopardy, but a third round effort of 49-9 ¾ (15.18) bettered the field and produced 801 points. That pushed Victor eight points ahead of Sulari, who had a mark of 46-5 ¼ (14.15) for 738 points, 2,641 to 2,633.
Victor was the lone decathlete to clear 6-8 ¾ (2.05) in the high jump as he scored 850 points and his lead increased to 197 points over Saluri. Finishing day one with the 400m, Saluri led the field with a 47.59 (929 points) as Victor ran 48.74 for 874 points.
"Having two fouls in the shot put doesn't help, I need to really focus on that," said Victor. "High jump has been going well this year, so I knew if I needed to get a good jump after a bad shot put I could have done that. The 400m didn't go as planned, but they re-seeded the event and I don't know how I got lane 8. So, that kind of threw me off since I was running blind for most of the race."
The 4,365 points for Victor betters the meet record of 4,309 for the first day score that he set last year on the way to a 8,446 victory. Day two in the decathlon will include the 110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters.
Shaina Burns is currently in seventh place in the heptathlon as she produced a score of 3,331 points on the first day. Burns ran 14.28 (939 points) in the 100m hurdles, high jumped 5-6 (830), and had a shot put of 43-5 ¾ (744). Finishing the first day with the 200m, Burns ran 25.76 (818).
Taliyah Brooks of Arkansas leads the heptathlon with 3,733 points and is followed by teammates Leigha Brown (3,654), Payton Stumbaugh (3,648) and Kelsey Herman (3,642).
Austin Cook produced a season best of 209-4 (63.82) in the hammer to place 11th. The mark is the No. 5 performance on the Aggie all-time list behind his school record of 212-6 (64.76).
"We all know the SEC is one of the toughest conferences, so I didn't think it was going to be easy to defend my title," noted Victor. "I'm ready to have some more fun tomorrow, I'm still on pace to get a really good score."
Georgia's Karl Saluri, who led the decathlon after the first two events, is currently second with 4,223 points with South Carolina's Markus Leemet third at 4,114 and Derek Jacobus of Arkansas fourth with 4,086.
Victor opened with a 10.64 (3.6 wind) in the 100m for 942 points and added 898 in the long jump with a mark of 24-1 ½w (7.35 | 2.1 wind). That left him behind Saluri by 54 points. Saluri ran 10.50w (975) and long jumped 24-5 (7.44) for 920 points.
A pair of fouls by Victor in the shot put placed Victor's title defense in jeopardy, but a third round effort of 49-9 ¾ (15.18) bettered the field and produced 801 points. That pushed Victor eight points ahead of Sulari, who had a mark of 46-5 ¼ (14.15) for 738 points, 2,641 to 2,633.
Victor was the lone decathlete to clear 6-8 ¾ (2.05) in the high jump as he scored 850 points and his lead increased to 197 points over Saluri. Finishing day one with the 400m, Saluri led the field with a 47.59 (929 points) as Victor ran 48.74 for 874 points.
"Having two fouls in the shot put doesn't help, I need to really focus on that," said Victor. "High jump has been going well this year, so I knew if I needed to get a good jump after a bad shot put I could have done that. The 400m didn't go as planned, but they re-seeded the event and I don't know how I got lane 8. So, that kind of threw me off since I was running blind for most of the race."
The 4,365 points for Victor betters the meet record of 4,309 for the first day score that he set last year on the way to a 8,446 victory. Day two in the decathlon will include the 110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters.
Shaina Burns is currently in seventh place in the heptathlon as she produced a score of 3,331 points on the first day. Burns ran 14.28 (939 points) in the 100m hurdles, high jumped 5-6 (830), and had a shot put of 43-5 ¾ (744). Finishing the first day with the 200m, Burns ran 25.76 (818).
Taliyah Brooks of Arkansas leads the heptathlon with 3,733 points and is followed by teammates Leigha Brown (3,654), Payton Stumbaugh (3,648) and Kelsey Herman (3,642).
Austin Cook produced a season best of 209-4 (63.82) in the hammer to place 11th. The mark is the No. 5 performance on the Aggie all-time list behind his school record of 212-6 (64.76).
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