Brian Walsh Leads Decathlon after First Day of Action

May 9, 2007

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - With 3,863 points, senior Brian Walsh sits in first-place of the decathlon, as four members of the Air Force track and field team open competition at the Mountain West Conference Championships in San Diego, Calif. The first five events of the decathlon and the four opening events of the heptathlon were contested today (May 9) at the SDSU Sports Deck.

Walsh took the early lead in the first event, as he won the 100-meter dash in 10.84 to top the field by over 100 points. He went on to take second in the long jump (22'0¼"), before claiming a fourth-place shot put mark of 40'4¼". After holding the top overall spot during the first three events, Walsh narrowly slipped to second in the overall standings following a second-place finish in the high jump (5'4¾"), but quickly rebounded to regain the top spot in the day's final event. Clocking a time of 49.52, Walsh won the 400-meter dash as one of just two competitors to clear the 51-second mark.

Sophomore Skylar Morgan closed out the first five events with 3,299 points and a sixth-place standing. Morgan's best finish of the day was a third-place tie in the high jump, as he cleared 6'2¼". Morgan also accounted for a fourth-place long jump distance of 35'10", a fifth-place distance of 35'10" in the shot put, a sixth-place time of 52.14 in the 400-meter dash and a seventh-place time of 11.73 in the 100-meter dash.

With 3,238 points, junior Matt Gensic is in seventh-place following the first half of competition. In addition to tying with Morgan for third in the high jump (6'2¼"), he placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.67. Gensic also picked up a pair of sixth-place finishes in the 100-meter dash (11.63) and shot put (34'8¼"). And finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 19'5¼".

Freshman Danielle McCarty is currently in 10th-place (2643 points) following the first four events of the heptathlon. She opened the day with a 10th-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (15.73), before tying for fourth in the high jump (5'3¼"). She added an 11th-place mark in the shot put (28'1¾") and closed out the day with 10th-place time of 27.01 in the 200-meter dash.

Multi-event action concludes tomorrow (May 10) with the final half of events for the heptathlon and decathlon. Walsh, Morgan and Gensic kick things off at 12:00 p.m., while McCarty's events get underway at 12:30 p.m.

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