goducks.com Student Athlete of the Week-Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton has been named the goducks.com Student Athlete of the Week for 5/10-5/17.
Ashton Eaton scored a legal-best 8,154 points to become just the third man to win three Pac-10 decathlon titles. The senior from Bend has previously twice surpassed 8,154 points, but both came with over the legal limit winds allowable for records.
On Saturday, Eaton won the 110 meter hurdles in a decathlon-best 13.79 into a headwind. He also won the discus at 138-9 and the pole vault with another decathlon PR, 16-10.75. With the victory in hand, Eaton cruised in his last two events, throwing 162-11 in the javelin and running 4:39.97 in the 1,500 meters. Eaton’s score from the weekend was his ninth straight decathlon scoring more than 8,000 points and moved him to No. 4 on the Pac-10 career list.
