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Nicholas
Armstong |
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Cerritos College
sophomore decathlete
Nicholas Armstrong (Long Beach Poly
HS) compiled 6479 points at the Southern
California decathlon Championships on Tuesday and
Wednesday at Cerritos College to win the
championship. His point total is also the
third-highest in school history. Sophomore teammate
David Thomas (Cerritos HS)
finished sixth out of the 32 entries with 5595
points. The two athletes collected 13 team points
toward the Southern California Championships, which
will take place at Mt. San Antonio College on May 9.
They have both also advanced to the state
championships, as the top six finishers qualified.
Prior to that, the Falcon track team will compete in
the SCC Preview Meet this Friday at Compton College
at noon.
Of the 10 events
in the decathlon, Armstrong won two, placed second
in one and had three fourth place finishes.
Armstrong won the discus with a distance of 130' 7
1/2", as well as his specialty, the high jump. In
that event, he leaped 6' 7" to easily defeat his
opponents. In the first event of the decathlon,
Armstrong raced to a 15.46 in the 110-meter IH to
come in second place, while his time of 50.88 was
good for fourth place in the 400-meters. He also
came in fourth place in the shot put (38' 8 1/2")
and in the long jump (20' 6 3/4"), while he turned
in sixth place finishes in both the javelin (153'
7") and the 100-meters, with a time of 11.66.
As for Thomas, he
turned in his best finish in the javelin, where he
came in second place with a distance of 168' 10,
while he finished fourth in the discus at 117' 7".
In the shot put, Thomas placed seventh with a throw
of 36' 3 1/2", and also came in seventh in the pole
vault with a height of 12' 6".
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