COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 10, 2012 - Grenada’s Olympic-bound Kurt Felix kicked-off the 2012 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday, finishing day one of the multi-events in first position at the Air Force’s Cadet Track and Field Complex.
Felix, a senior at Boise State University, won four of the day's five events in the decathlon to lead the competition by 268-points. He has totaled 4,201-points with five events to go, sitting just 11-points shy of his day one total when he hit the Olympic "B" Standard earlier this year.
Felix, a redshirt senior, began his day with a third-place finish in the 100-metres, running 11.16-seconds. He went on to win the next four events jumping 7.27m (23'-10.25") in the long jump, throwing an outdoor career-best of 13.75m (45'-1.50") in the shot put, clearing a season-best 2.11m (6'-11") in the high jump and smashing his recently-set career-best in the 400-metres with a time of 48.63-seconds.
Felix sits 268-points ahead of New Mexico's Richard York who holds the second-place spot in the field of nine competitors.
Felix will continue his multi-event competition on Thursday, May 10. He will begin his five-event day at 12 noon (MT) (2:00 p.m. ET) with the 110-metre hurdles.
SOURCE: Boise State
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