at NCAC decathlon

April 26, 2008

Junior Andrew Bloom (Powell/Worthington Kilbourne) was leading the way and freshman Jeff Driscoll (Shreve/Triway) and junior Alex Havran (Woodinville, Wash./Overlake) were sixth and seventh respectively after the first day of the North Coast Athletic Conference decathlon competition on Saturday in Oberlin.

Bloom, the defending NCAC champion in the decathlon, was leading the standings with 3068 points. Kyle Taljan of Oberlin was in second place with 2935 points and Wittenberg's Tim Uher was third with 2915 points. Driscoll was in sixth place with 2647 points, while Havran, who won All-NCAC honors in the decathlon last year, was seventh with 2603 points.

Bloom had the day's best efforts in the 100-meter dash (:11.44), the long jump (19-8 1/4) and the high jump (5-10 1/2). He had an effort of 28-5 3/4 in the shot put and clocked a :52.81 in the 400-meter dash.

Driscoll finished the 100-meter dash in :12.13, went 18-3 3/4 in the long jump, had a 25-1 3/4 in the shot put, cleared 5-7 in the high jump and turned in a :54.17 in the 400-meter dash.

Havran clocked a :12.14 in the 100-meter dash, had a 16-5 3/4 in the long jump, threw 30-6 1/2 in the shot put, cleared 5-2 1/2 in the high jump and had the day's best time in the 400-meter dash with a :52.56.

The decathlon competition concludes on Sunday with the 110-meter hurdles, the discus, the pole vault, the javelin and the 1500-meter run.