A small group of Grand Canyon multi-event athletes will make the 121-mile trek down I-10 to the Arizona Jim Click Multi-Events on Thursday and Friday. Of the seven athletes in attendance, two are reigning WAC champions in the heptathlon and pentathlon in juniors
Grant Carpenter and
Niki Xydona.
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Xydona will be competing in her first heptathlon for GCU after transferring from Utah State. The junior enters with a personal record score in the seven combined events of 4962 which is 290 points higher than the current school record.
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Carpenter, the reigning two-time defending WAC champion in the decathlon, is looking to repeat for the third time in the event and take home his fifth straight conference multi-event title after winning the past two indoor heptathlon championships.
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Joining Carpenter and Xydona are senior
Sydney Madrid, sophomores
Adam Turner and
Karl Zuber and freshmen
Rae Queener and
James Koch.
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Competition begins at 9 a.m. on Thursday with the 100-meter of the decathlon.
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