at NCAC decathlon

April 26-27, 2008

Junior Andrew Bloom (Powell/Worthington Kilbourne) set a school record in repeating as the North Coast Athletic Conference decathlon champion during the NCAC multi-event championships on Saturday and Sunday in Oberlin.

Bloom compiled 5804 points, defeating Oberlin's Kyle Taljan for the conference crown by 72 points. Bloom's 5804 points broke the school record of 5770 set by Justin Blackburn in 2006.

Junior Alex Havran (Woodinville, Wash./Overlake) finished fourth in the decathlon, while freshman Jeff Driscoll (Shreve/Triway) placed eighth.

Bloom had best efforts of the meet in the 100-meter dash (:11.44), the long jump (19-8 1/4), the high jump (5-10 1/2), and the 110-meter hurdles (:15.56). He recorded an effort of 28-5 3/4 in the shot put, clocked a :52.81 in the 400-meter dash, threw 90-8 in the discus, cleared 9-11 3/4 in the pole vault, threw the javelin 145-8 and clocked a 4:42.91 in the 1500-meter run.

Havran had the meet's best efforts in the 400-meter dash (:52.56), the javelin (176-8) and the 1500-meter run (4:16.30). He 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, finished the 110-meter hurdles in :19.22, threw the discus 82-6, and cleared 9-3 3/4 in the pole vault.

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, turned in a :54.17 in the 400-meter dash, went :21.28 in the 110-meter hurdles, threw the discus 71-11, cleared 8-4 in the pole vault, threw the javelin 142-2 and finished the 1500-meter run in 4:39.88.