Felix Shatters School Record in Heptathlon

Kurt Felix is on fire.  Not only has he beaten the best athletes in the WAC in all five events of the heptathlon, but he is closing in on his school record.  Felix set the mark with 5,348 points.  He is less than 1,100 points from that with two events to go.

Section  1                                                            
  1 Felix, Kurt               JR Boise State               8.46     869
  2 Balcirak, Nathan          FR Boise State              10.64     427
  3 Hawkins, Sam              JR Utah State               11.49     295
Section  2                                                            
  1 Noble, Philip             SR Utah State                8.59     839
  2 Belcher, Anthony          JR Boise State               9.12     720
  3 Johnson, John             JR Utah State               10.29     488
  4 Malashin, Justin          FR Boise State              11.82     250




Philip Noble won the pole vault with Felix fourth.  The 1,000 isn't one of Kurt's best events.  We'll see if he has enough to break the record.

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    Name                 Year School       Finals
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  1 Noble, Philip          SR UTST          4.73m 828 points
  2 Balcirak, Nathan       FR BOIS          4.53m 769 points
  2 Johnson, John          JR UTST          4.53m 769 points
  4 Felix, Kurt            JR BOIS          4.13m 654 points
  5 Hawkins, Sam           JR UTST          3.83m 570 points
  6 Belcher, Anthony       JR BOIS          2.63m 271 points
  7 Malashin, Justin       FR BOIS          2.33m 206 points


Here are the standings:

1.  Felix, Boise State 4,910
2.  Noble, Utah State 4,322
3.  Johnson, Utah State 3,701
4.  Belcher, Boise State 3,412
5.  Hawkins, Utah State 3,132
6.  Balcirak, Boise State 2,884
7.  Malashin, Boise State 2,695

That means Felix needs 439 points in the 1,000 to break his own school record.  He has to run the distance in 3:25 or less to break the mark.

The final event is in, and Felix has done it.  He ran the 1,000 36 seconds faster than he needed to to break the school record.  He shattered it.  He will get 781 points in the event, giving him 5,691, breaking his own school record by 343 points.  Felix also broke the WAC record with his performance.


1 Noble, Philip          SR UTST        2:39.27      882 points
  2 Felix, Kurt            JR BOIS        2:48.49       781 points
  3 Hawkins, Sam           JR UTST        2:48.69  779 points
  4 Johnson, John          JR UTST        2:57.51    689 points
  5 Belcher, Anthony       JR BOIS        2:57.55   688 points
  6 Malashin, Justin       FR BOIS        3:12.83     544 points
  7 Balcirak, Nathan       FR BOIS        3:15.60   520 points


Here are the final standings in the heptathlon:

1.  Felix, Boise State 5,691   10 team points
2.  Noble, Utah State 5,204    8 pts.
3.  Johnson, Utah State 4,390  6 pts.
4.  Belcher, Boise State 4,100  4 pts.
5.  Hawkins, Utah State 3,911  2 pts.
6.  Balcirak, Boise State 3,404  1 pt.
7.  Malashin, Boise State 3,239

Brilliant move by Coach Hardy to tie Utah State is one of their best events.