University of Minnesota Athletics
Schwecke Second after Day One of Drake Decathlon
4/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
Golden Gopher junior Joey Schwecke posted career bests in two events to push himself into second place after the first day of events in the decathlon at the Drake Relays. Schwecke collected 3,871 points and trails leader Dan Rolling (3,896) of Iowa by 15 points.
The race for the decathlon title is up for grabs as only 37 points separate Rolling from Minnesota’s R.J. McGinnis, who is in fifth place with 3,859 points.
Schwecke clocked personal bests in the 100 meters (10.96 seconds) and the 400 meters (51.03) to work his way up the leaderboard. He also won the long jump event with a solid leap of 22 feet, 9 3/4 inches. His other performances were a throw of 41-0 1/2 in the shot put and a leap of 6-6 1/4 in the high jump.
McGinnis, who placed second in the Drake Relays decathlon a year ago, turned in his best performance of the day topping the field in the shot put with a throw of 48-6 1/4. He started his day with a time of 11.25 seconds in the 100 meters. McGinnis marked a leap of 22-4 1/4 in the long jump and 6-4 in the high jump before completing his first day with a time of 51.05 in the 400 meters.
The Gophers have four decathletes competing at the meet. Jack Szmanda is eighth with 3,764 points, while Garrett Wankel is in 17th with 3,408 points.
Drake Relays Quotes:
Joey Schwecke, Minnesota, junior, second after first day of the decathlon, 3,871 points.
On today's performance
"Day One is usually my day. These are my better events. Day Two has my worst events. I just try to hang on. But I'm here with three teammates. It's awesome to compete with them. The whole field's awesome. Day One, the wind was a little distracting, but it didn't rain, the weather was good. Everything's been great so far.
Attitude going into Day Two
"The biggest thing is to be confident and go all the way through. My goal is I try to get as many PRs as I can."
He had PRs Wednesday in 100 and 400.
"Two out of five isn't bad."
Background
"In high school I was a jumper. I came in as a triple-long jumper. I'm still learning a lot of the events after four years, but it's good. Always something challenging. I love it."
The race for the decathlon title is up for grabs as only 37 points separate Rolling from Minnesota’s R.J. McGinnis, who is in fifth place with 3,859 points.
Schwecke clocked personal bests in the 100 meters (10.96 seconds) and the 400 meters (51.03) to work his way up the leaderboard. He also won the long jump event with a solid leap of 22 feet, 9 3/4 inches. His other performances were a throw of 41-0 1/2 in the shot put and a leap of 6-6 1/4 in the high jump.
McGinnis, who placed second in the Drake Relays decathlon a year ago, turned in his best performance of the day topping the field in the shot put with a throw of 48-6 1/4. He started his day with a time of 11.25 seconds in the 100 meters. McGinnis marked a leap of 22-4 1/4 in the long jump and 6-4 in the high jump before completing his first day with a time of 51.05 in the 400 meters.
The Gophers have four decathletes competing at the meet. Jack Szmanda is eighth with 3,764 points, while Garrett Wankel is in 17th with 3,408 points.
Drake Relays Quotes:
Joey Schwecke, Minnesota, junior, second after first day of the decathlon, 3,871 points.
On today's performance
"Day One is usually my day. These are my better events. Day Two has my worst events. I just try to hang on. But I'm here with three teammates. It's awesome to compete with them. The whole field's awesome. Day One, the wind was a little distracting, but it didn't rain, the weather was good. Everything's been great so far.
Attitude going into Day Two
"The biggest thing is to be confident and go all the way through. My goal is I try to get as many PRs as I can."
He had PRs Wednesday in 100 and 400.
"Two out of five isn't bad."
Background
"In high school I was a jumper. I came in as a triple-long jumper. I'm still learning a lot of the events after four years, but it's good. Always something challenging. I love it."
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