Horn Impressive in Heptathlon Debut
Saturday, January 31, 2009 | Track and Field
Florida's Gray Horn (Wapakoneta, Ohio) turned in the finest opening day by a freshman heptathlete in school history Friday and currently sits in fourth place through four events at the SEC/Big 12 Showdown in Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University.
Horn turned in a score of 3,050, notching personal-best marks/times in three of the four events contested on Friday in the men's heptathlon – the 60-meter dash, the long jump and the shot put.
Horn's opening day performance eclipses that of Florida's school heptathlon record holder Mike Morrison. Morrison scored a then-school-record 2,968 points on the first four events of his collegiate debut on January 26, 2007.
Horn opened the day with a third-place finish in the 60-meter dash (7.19), before placing third in the long jump (22-10.50/6.97m) and fifth in the shot put (40-9.50/12.43m). He concluded competition with a second-place finish in the high jump (6-6.25/1.99m).
Horn completes the final three events of the heptathlon beginning at 12 p.m. EST Saturday with the 60-meter hurdles, the pole vault and the 1,000-meter run.
The rest of the Gators commence their competition in the meet at 3:10 p.m. EST Saturday at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.
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SEC/Big 12 Showdown – Friday, January 30, 2009 (College Station, Texas)
Men's Heptathlon Results – After four events
1. Trinity Otto – Texas A&M – 3,140
2. Nick Adcock – Missouri – 3,122
3. Lars Rise - Missouri – 3,082
4. Gray Horn – Florida – 3,050
5. Kenny Greaves – Texas – 2,668
6. Ben Licklider – Missouri – 2,157
7. Issac Murphy – Texas – 2,043
Heptathlon #1 – 60-Meter Dash
3. Gray Horn – 7.19 (816 points)
Heptathlon #2 – Long Jump
3. Gray Horn – 22-10.50/6.97m (807 points)
Heptathlon #3 – Shot Put
5. Gray Horn – 40-9.50/12.43m (633 points)
Heptathlon #4 – High Jump
2. Gray Horn – 6-6.25/1.99m (794 points)
END OF REPORT
