University of Oregon
Oregon Decathlon
Godfrey Sets PR in Decathlon Win
04/02/11 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. - Kevin Godfrey set a personal best in the pole vault and won the javelin and 1,500 meters to take the Oregon Decathlon title Saturday at Hayward Field.
Godfrey won with a personal-best 6,808 points. Bruce Burbank of Oregon was second with a personal-best 6,656 points, while Lane Community College's David Formolo was third with 5,870 points.
Godfrey, a junior from Roseburg, Ore., established a decathlon best in winning the pole vault, clearing the bar at 15-3/4.65m. He also won the javelin with a throw of 160-1/48.79m and the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:31.52. Godfrey added a time of 16.15 in the 110 meter hurdles and threw 95-4/29.05m in the discus.
Burbank, a junior from Newport, Ore., set four decathlon records Saturday in establishing a 345-point personal best. He had a nine-foot PR in the discus with a winning throw of 117-0/35.66m. He also won the 110 meter hurdles in 15.64. Burbank set his sixth PR of the competition by clearing 14-11/4.55m in the pole vault. He followed that with yet another best, throwing 109-4/33.32m in the javelin. Burbank was second in the 1,500 meters in 4:42.06.
Senior Justin Frick, competing in his first career decathlon, withdrew from the event prior to the pole vault.
The Ducks next host Nebraska, Stanford and Washington for the Pepsi Team Invitational on April 9.
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