Decathletes compete today

By KVAL Web Staff Published: Jun 30, 2008 at 2:23 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 10:27 PM PDT
Decathletes compete today
Tom Pappas, a former LCC athlete, and Ashton Eaton from the University of Oregon are hometown favorites in the decathlon.

TONIGHT AT 8:35 p.m. Tom Pappas, a Lane Community College graduate, and Ashton Eaton, the NCAA decathlon champion from the University of Oregon, compete in the final event of the men's decathlon: the 1,500 meters. Pappas was third and Eaton fifth after the first day of competition Sunday, and the decathlon resumes Monday at 11:30 a.m. with the hurdles, discus, pole vault and javelin. EATON PROFILE | STANDINGS

4:45 p.m.
DECATHLON JAVELIN

2:35 p.m.
DECATHLON POLE VAULT

12:20 p.m. Monday
DECATHLON DISCUS: Tom Pappas, a former Lane Community College athlete, is in second place in the decathlon following the discus throw. Ashton Eaton, the NCAA decathlon champ from the University of Oregon, remains in fith place overall with three events to go: the pole vault, javelin and 1,500. RESULTS

11:30 a.m. Monday
DECATHLON HURDLES: Former Lane Community College star Tom Pappas (far left, above) and University of Oregon's NCAA champion decathlete Ashton Eaton (in yellow, third from left) placed fourth and fifth in the first heat of the men's decathlon 110 hurdles Monday morning. RESULTS

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