Eaton sets American collegiate record
By Tom Surber, USATF
Posted Friday, 5 February, 2010
University of Oregon senior Ashton Eaton set the men's collegiate heptathlon record Saturday at the Texas A&M Challenge in College Station, Texas.
Eaton, a senior from Bend, Ore., scored 6,256 points to surpass reigning world decathlon champion Trey Hardee's 2006 NCAA mark of 6,208 points set while competing for the University of Texas. Eaton's score is the fifth-best overall by any American heptathlete.
Eaton posted personal bests in the 60 meter hurdles (7.86) and 1,000 meters (2:38.02) to go along with a clearance at 4.96m/16 feet 3.25 inches in the pole vault en route to the new record.
Eaton won his second consecutive NCAA decathlon title in 2009 with his highest ever total of 8,241w points. Later that summer he finished as the runner-up at the USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, which placed him on the Team USA roster for the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, where he finished 18th.
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