AZUSA, California, April 22, 2012 - Boise State redshirt senior Kurt Felix led a slew of successful Broncos on
Thursday afternoon (April 19) competing at three separate meets in Southern
California.
Felix set the tone for the weekend after scoring a school
record, career-best and Grenada national record of 7,972-points to win the Mt.
SAC Relays Decathlon competition.
The mark not only changes the Bronco record books, but also
surpasses the Olympic "B" Standard in the 10-event competition,
giving Felix the chance to compete at the 2012 Olympic s for his home country
of Grenada.
Felix now leads the Central
American and Caribbean (CAC) region ahead of Cuba’s Junior Diaz Zayas with
7,956 points, and seventh on the International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF) list.
The former Junior CARIFTA Games’ medallist opened his
campaign with an eighth-place finish in the 100 metres in 11.08 seconds but
then won the Long Jump with an effort of 7.73m and 14th position in
the shot put with 12.69m.
He ended the first day clearing 2.08m to clinch the second
spot in the high jump and clocked a personal best of 48.82 to finish third in
the 400m.
Felix put together an outstanding second day of competition,
capped off by a mammoth personal-best in the 1500-meters to reach that Olympic
"B" Standard. He began the day with a fifth-place finish in the
110-meter hurdles (14.91), followed by a sixth-place finish in the discus (39.37m).
Felix cleared 4.30m in the pole vault to tie for ninth while going on to win
the javelin with a mark of 66.62m. His career-best effort in the 1500-meters earned
him a sixth-place finish in a time of 4:35.61.
SOURCE: Some reporting from
Boise State University
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