AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2012 - Boise State track and field multi-event athlete Kurt Felix of Grenada leads the decathlon field after five events with 4,194 points at the 85th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Wednesday.
Felix earned one win and had three career-best efforts helping him to lead the men's decathlon after day one at the Texas Relays. Felix leads Texas' Isaac Murphy, who sits in second, by two points. Felix also sits 283-points ahead of 2011 NCAA Outdoor decathlon runner-up and 2012 NCAA Indoor heptathlon champion, Curtis Beach (Duke).
The former Junior CARIFTA medallist began the day with the 100-metre dash, running an 11.06-second race, only .03-seconds off of his career-best, placing 10th overall.
He moved on to long jump where he had an uncharacteristic first attempt. He came back in the second attempt ready for battle, leaping to a new career-best mark of 7.74m to win the long jump portion of the decathlon. The redshirt-senior's efforts marked not only a career effort, but also the third-best long jump mark in Boise State outdoor track and field history. Shortly after, Felix continued on to the shot put, earning an outdoor career-best mark of 13.53m to place third, while also clearing 2.02m to place second in the high jump. He ended the day with a third career-best, running a 49.66-second 400-metre dash, placing seventh.
Felix opens up day two of the decathlon on Thursday (March 29) with the 110-metre hurdles. He continues on with the discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500-metres to complete his 10-event competition. Felix chases his career-best total of 7,412 as well as the school record of 7,712-points scored by Brian Davidson in 1996.
COURTESY: BOISE STATE SPORTS INFORMATION
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