By: Jonathon Zenk, Assistant Director of Communications
LUBBOCK, Texas—After a strong first day of multis at the Stan Scott Invite & Multis,
Tim Pelkmans is in fourth place in the heptathlon after four of the seven events.
Pelkmans, a sophomore from Breda, The Netherlands, sits at 2988 points after the four events. He has finished in the top three of the 12 competitors in two events and top half of the 12 on three occasions.
In the long jump, he had his best finish in an event, placing second with a jump of 23-0. He also finished third in the shot put, tossing a 41-6.
He kicked off the meet with an indoor best 7.10 in the 60-meter dash to finish sixth and ended the first day in the high jump, clearing 6-1.25 to place seventh.
Bruce Boon, a freshman who is also from The Netherlands, is in eighth place with 2762 points. He improved his finish in each event. He started with an indoor best of 7.47 in the 60-meter dash to place 10
th and worked his way up to fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-3.5.
In between them was the long jump (21-0) and shot put (40-9.5), where he placed sixth and fifth, respectively.
On the women's side, their pentathlon wrapped up, as they completed all five events as
Cherie Neal placed 10
th (2936 points) and
Raven-Symone Jarrett (2802 points).
The meet started off strong for Jarrett, as she finished fourth in each of her first two events, the 60-meter hurdles (8.78) and high jump (5-4.5). But fouling on all three throws proved costly and she couldn't regain her mojo in the long jump (16-2.5) and 800-meter run (2:44.68), where she finished 10
th and 11
th, respectively.
Neal, a sophomore transfer, made her biggest splash in the long jump, finishing fifth with a distance of 16-10.5. She also finished sixth in the shot put, tossing a 34-7.
She finished 11
th in the high jump (4-8.25) and 12
th in both the 60-meter hurdles (9.44) and 800-meter run (2:55.38).
The heptathlon finishes up Friday on day two of the meet, as well as many other events kick off. The men's 60-meter hurdles kicks off the meet at 11 a.m. and the final two days of the meet can be viewed on ESPN+.
