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Diggs repeats WAC decathlon title, helps men lead
5/14/2022 7:33:00 AM | Track and Field
GCU men hold 20-point edge through 6 events; women rank 3rd after 8
SEATTLE — The Grand Canyon men take the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships lead into the meet's final day of action after junior Aidan Diggs and sophomore Jorg Vanlierde claimed the top two spots in the decathlon on Friday.
Diggs, the Goodyear Millennium High School graduate, repeated as WAC decathlon champion with a 10-point edge on Valierde, who is from Belgium. Diggs finished with 6,902 points, outperforming last year's winning total of 6,848.
The decathletes' finishes and wins by senior Jorden Okyere in the hammer throw (59.69 meters) and shot put (17.26 meters) and sophomore Gabriel Binion in the long jump (7.53 meters) helped give GCU a meet-leading 62 points through six events. The WAC Championships ends Saturday in Seattle with California Baptist entering the final day with 42 points and Utah Valley in third with 40.
The Lopes women are in third place through eight events with 43 points, trailing Abilene Christian's 54 and leader Stephen F. Austin's 74.
Top early GCU finishers included senior Alyson Schwartz taking second in the pole vault (3.9 meters), senior Samaria McDonald placing second in the hammer throw (61.61 meters) and junior Kelly Moodry and fifth-year senior Alexa Hokanson finishing third and fourth in the 800-meter run.
Saturday's final-day action can be followed here.
Diggs, the Goodyear Millennium High School graduate, repeated as WAC decathlon champion with a 10-point edge on Valierde, who is from Belgium. Diggs finished with 6,902 points, outperforming last year's winning total of 6,848.
The decathletes' finishes and wins by senior Jorden Okyere in the hammer throw (59.69 meters) and shot put (17.26 meters) and sophomore Gabriel Binion in the long jump (7.53 meters) helped give GCU a meet-leading 62 points through six events. The WAC Championships ends Saturday in Seattle with California Baptist entering the final day with 42 points and Utah Valley in third with 40.
The Lopes women are in third place through eight events with 43 points, trailing Abilene Christian's 54 and leader Stephen F. Austin's 74.
Top early GCU finishers included senior Alyson Schwartz taking second in the pole vault (3.9 meters), senior Samaria McDonald placing second in the hammer throw (61.61 meters) and junior Kelly Moodry and fifth-year senior Alexa Hokanson finishing third and fourth in the 800-meter run.
Saturday's final-day action can be followed here.
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