In close voting over the last two months, National Decathlon Champion Kurt Felix edged football quarterback Kellen Moore as the 2011-2012 Bronco Male Athlete of the Year. Felix received 47% of the vote to 42% for Moore, while Doug Martin gathered 8% support.
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Kurt Felix
Felix began the year winning the Jackson's Open long jump with a mark of 23-feet, 6.25 inches and took the high jump at the Blue and Orange Opener with a leap of 6-10.25.
Kurt won the high jump (6-10.25) and the long jump (24-6.50) at the Bronco Classic. At the final tune-up before the Mountain West Indoor Championships, the Boise State Team Challenge, Felix won the heptathlon with 5,771 points, more than 300 better than his nearest challenger.
Felix won the heptathlon at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with 5,703 points, 295 more than the second-place finisher. Felix was first among heptathletes in the 60-meter dash, the shot put, the long jump and the high jump and was second in the 60-meter hurdles.
Kurt finished second in the long jump with a mark of 24-7.25 and was third in the high jump (6-10.25) and the triple jump (49-9.75). Felix was named the Mountain West Outstanding Performer and the Top Point Performer after scoring 30 team points for the Broncos.
Kurt qualified for the National Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho in the heptathlon, and was fourth in the nation with two events remaining--the pole vault and the 1,000 meters. Felix's hopes were dashed when did not clear a height in the pole vault. He did finish ninth in the long jump with a seasonal best of 24-feet, 10 inches.
Felix and the Broncos moved outdoors, and Kurt proved he was going to be a factor in the decathlon from the beginning. In the first meet, the Texas Relays, Felix finished fourth in the event with 7,921 points. Felix improved that score with 7,952 points to win the decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays.
Felix won the decathlon at the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships with 7,757 points winning the long jump, the high jump, the shot put, the 400-meters and the javelin portions of the competition. Felix also won the javelin throw with a mark of 207-feet, 3-inches, finished fifth in the high jump (6-6.75) and ninth in the long jump with a mark of 22-10.
Felix automatically qualified for the NCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the decathlon. In third place with two events to go, Felix threw the javelin 227-feet, 6-inches to earn 880 points and take the lead by 147 points over Florida State's Gonzalo Barroilhet. Felix had 7,400 points after nine events to 7,253 for Barroilhet and 7,233 for Romaine Martin of Texas-Arlington. The final event was the grueling 1,500-meter run. Felix crossed the finish line with a superb time of 4:42, seven seconds shy of his personal best.
That gave Felix a school record 8,062 points and he captured the national championship. Kurt will represent his native country of Grenada in the Summer Olympics in London.
Kurt qualified for the National Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho in the heptathlon, and was fourth in the nation with two events remaining--the pole vault and the 1,000 meters. Felix's hopes were dashed when did not clear a height in the pole vault. He did finish ninth in the long jump with a seasonal best of 24-feet, 10 inches.
Felix and the Broncos moved outdoors, and Kurt proved he was going to be a factor in the decathlon from the beginning. In the first meet, the Texas Relays, Felix finished fourth in the event with 7,921 points. Felix improved that score with 7,952 points to win the decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays.
Felix won the decathlon at the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships with 7,757 points winning the long jump, the high jump, the shot put, the 400-meters and the javelin portions of the competition. Felix also won the javelin throw with a mark of 207-feet, 3-inches, finished fifth in the high jump (6-6.75) and ninth in the long jump with a mark of 22-10.
Felix automatically qualified for the NCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the decathlon. In third place with two events to go, Felix threw the javelin 227-feet, 6-inches to earn 880 points and take the lead by 147 points over Florida State's Gonzalo Barroilhet. Felix had 7,400 points after nine events to 7,253 for Barroilhet and 7,233 for Romaine Martin of Texas-Arlington. The final event was the grueling 1,500-meter run. Felix crossed the finish line with a superb time of 4:42, seven seconds shy of his personal best.
That gave Felix a school record 8,062 points and he captured the national championship. Kurt will represent his native country of Grenada in the Summer Olympics in London.
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