SANTA BARBARA, Calif. –Amity Deters and Brennen Sorah are off to strong starts at the Adams/Klein Combined Events following the first day on Thursday that took place on the campus of Westmont College in Santa Barbara.
Deters compiled 2,653 points over the first four points to sit in seventh. Sorah tallied 3,000 points over the first five events to sit in eighth. Jenelle Hurley is right behind Deters with 2,583 points to sit in eighth. Macy Clemens has 2,314 points through the first day and is in 14th place. JJ Walker was only able to compete in a few of the events on Thursday and finished the day with 730 points.
In the first event of the day in the women’s heptathlon, Hurley led the way for the Wolves coming in third with a time of 15.41 for 788 points in the 100 hurdles. Deters crossed in 10th with a time of 15.94 to collect 722 points. Clemens was right behind in 11th with a time of 15.99 to come away with 715 points. Deters tied for fifth in the high jump hitting a height of 5-2.75 for 736 points. Clemens tied for 11th hitting a height of 4-10.25 for 599 points. Hurley tied for 13th with a height of 4-9 to come away with 566 points. Hurley led the Wolves in the shot put hitting a distance of 29-9 to come in 14th with 469 points. Deters was just a few spots back in 17th hitting a mark of 29-3.75 for 460 points. Clemens came in 23rd to pick up 397 points. In the final event of the day, Hurley paced WOU coming in third in the 200-meter with a time of 26.43 to come away with 760 points. Deters was just a few spots back in sixth with a time of 26.72 for 735 points. Clemens rounded out the results crossing in 19th for 603 points.
In the men’s decathlon, Walker opened the first event strong in the 100-meter crossing in sixth with a time of 11.61 for 730 points. Sorah posted a time of 12.21 to come in 15th for 610 points. Sorah came back with a solid result in the long jump hitting a mark of 18-9 to come in eighth and earn 527 points. In the shot put, Sorah hit a distance of 35-5.75 to come in sixth and collect 535 points. Walker came in 12th to earn 419 points. Sorah tied for sixth in the high jump reaching a height of 5-10 to earn 610 points. Sorah then finished the first day competing in the 400-meter crossing with a time of 52.16 to earn 718 points.
Friday’s events will start at 11 a.m. for the decathlon and at noon for the heptathlon to concluded the combined events meet.
