STANFORD, Calif. -- North Dakota State junior Nathan Schmidt finished 14th and assistant coach Stevie Keller 17th at the U.S. decathlon championship Sunday.
Tom Pappas established himself as the No. 2 decathlete in U.S. history, topping his personal best by 200 points with 8,784 to win his second consecutive championship.
He passed Bruce Jenner, Steve Fritz, Chris Huffins and Dave Johnson on the U.S. all-time list. Among Americans, only Dan O'Brien ever scored more.
Schmidt finished with 7,106 points and Keller 6,627.
Keller took first in his heats of the 110-meter hurdles and discus, but failed to make height in the pole vault, earning no points. He also took third in the 1,500 run.
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Schmidt finished second in his heat of the 110-hurdles.
Final standings
1, Tom Pappas, Nike, 8,784 points. 2, Bryan Clay, unattached, 8,482. 3, Paul Terek, World's Greatest Athlete Decathlon Club, 8,275. 4, Stephen Moore, unattached, 8,010. 5, Kim Janvrin, unattached, 7,918. 6, David Lemen, unattached, 7,809. 7, Bevan Hart, U.S. Army, 7,754. 8, Andrew Giesler, unattached, 7,628. 9, Jamie Cook, Javelin USA, 7,612. 10, Joe Cebulski, unattached, 7,609. 11, Ryan Harlan, Rice, 7,560. 12, Travis Geopfert, unattached, 7,406. 13, Mike Kuoppamaki, Sheffield Elite TC, 7,331. 14, Nathan Schmidt, unattached, 7,106. 15, Chad Smith, unattached, 7,100. 16, Stephen Harris, unattached, 7,093. 17, Stevie Keller, unattached, 6,627.
110 hurdles
Section 1--1, Keller, 15.02.
Section 2--2, Schmidt, 14.77.
Discus
Flight 2--1, Keller, 148-7. 8, Schmidt, 118-9.
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Pole vault
Flight 2-- 4, Schmidt, 15-1. Keller, no-height.
Javelin
Flight 2--6, Keller, 168-5. 8, Schmidt, 138-7.
1,500
3, Keller, 4:25.59. 14, Schmidt, 4:53.61.
