I'm starting a new thread since 3 Owls will be competing on Saturday:

Women's Long Jump (FINALS) - Funmi Jimoh 1:45 p.m.

Decathlon (Day 1) - Scott Filip 11:45 a.m.

Men's Pole Vault (Qualifying) - Jason Colwick 12:30 p.m.

* times are CDT

Scott had the 8th best time in event 1 (100 meters). So far, he has the 7th best long jump.

As expected, Jason Colwick no-heighted in the pole vault.

After 2 events, Scott is in 8th with 2518 points.

Scott 10th right now in the shot put (event 3).

In the women's Long Jump final, after the 1st jump, it's Bartoletta, Reese and Saunders. Funmi fouled on her first attempt.

Funmi up to 4th after her second jump!! It was 6.76 meters (22' 2.25").

After 3 events, Scott is in 10th with 2519 points, but just 9 points out of 7th.

Live Results

Looks like Funmi will finish 5th.

Scott jumps 2.00 m (6' 6 ¾") in the high jump, was 4th. Currently 6th overall.

(07-02-2016 03:58 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Scott jumps 2.00 m (6' 6 ¾") in the high jump, was 4th. Currently 6th overall.

Interesting that 3rd through 8th are all collegiate athletes. Very rare for an event that takes years to perfect (so many events are technique based).

After Day 1 of the Decathlon, Scott continues to excel with 4180 points (6th place)!

It looks like he had 4193 points on his first day a couple of weeks ago when he won the Gold at the Pan American Combined Events Cup. So he's a bit behind his pace when he finished with 7726 points. Trey Hardee obviously isn't 100 percent so it does appear that at least 1 spot will go to a collegian. It seems that Filip is a bit of a longshot still to make the team (plus doesn't he need 8100 points to qualify for the Olympics?) but he's obviously doing very well in the last couple of weeks and is really setting himself for a great junior and senior season the next two years.