University of Tennessee Athletics
Vols Finish Heptathlon and Long Jump At USA Indoors
March 03, 2001 | Men's Track
ATLANTA, Ga. - Tennessee's Stephen Harris and Blake Sabo completed their first collegiate heptathlon in ninth and 13th place, respectively, Saturday afternoon at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Harris, a junior from Norcross, Ga., rallied from 10th on Friday to finish ninth (second among collegiate competitors) with 5,364 points. Harris closed the seven-event competition with a career-best 2:45.59 in the 1,000M run. Sabo fell a bit from his first- day finish of ninth to finish the final day in 13th (fourth among collegiates) with 5,123 points. Sabo's second-day highlight was a season-best 8.41 effort in the 60M hurdles.
"Stephen and Blake got some good experience that will help their development," head coach Bill Webb said. "They're young and most of the people were seasoned veterans. It's too bad that it's (the pentathlon or heptathlon) no longer a collegiate event. They know what competition is at this level."
Both Vols finished stronger than 2000 Olympic bronze decathlon medalist Chris Huffins (who is not listed in the final results because he fouled in the shot put and did not start the 1,000M run. Harris also defeated 2000 NCAA decathlon winner Bevan Hart, who finished just one spot above Sabo.
Meanwhile, Tennessee long jumper Camron Howard missed improving on his provisional long jump mark with a 15th-place, 22-11 3/4 leap Saturday. Howard finished as the sixth-best collegiate competitor. Howard's season-best long jump of 25-4 at the UT All-Comers Meet Jan. 7 places him on the NCAA Indoor qualifying bubble. However, as it stands now, Howard will probably narrowly miss the final cut.
The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held March 9-10 in Fayetteville, Ark.
VOL FINISHES
USA Track & Field Indoor Championships, Atlanta, Ga.
Saturday, March 3, 2001
| Heptathlon | ||
| 1. | Stephen Moore, Unattached | 6,078 |
| 2. | Kip Janvrin, Unattached | 5,839 |
| 3. | Phil McMullen, Ind. Invaders | 5,811 |
| 4. | Brendon Falconer, Ind. Invaders | 5,794 |
| 5. | Curtis Pugsley, BYU | 5,642 |
| 6. | Joseph Cebulski, Unattached | 5,580 |
| 7. | Jeff Sander, Unattached | 5,438 |
| 8. | Kamau Sullivan, Ind. Invaders | 5,409 |
| 9. | Stephen Harris, Tenn. | 5,364 |
| 10. | Zack Miller, Central Mo. | 5,334 |
| 11. | Travis Geopfert, Unattached | 5,329 |
| 12. | Bevan Hart, Unattached | 5,297 |
| 13. | Blake Sabo, Tenn. | 5,123 |
| 14. | Andy Morris, Kansas | 5,063 |
| 60M hurdles-heptathlon | ||
| 1. | Chris Huffins, Oakley Intl. | 8.05 |
| 10. | Stephen Harris, Tenn. | 8.38 |
| 11. | Blake Sabo, Tenn. | 8.41 SB |
| Pole Vault-heptathlon | ||
| 1. | Kip Janvrin, Unattached | 17-0 3/4 |
| 13. | Stephen Harris, Tenn. | 13-1 1/2 |
| 15. | Blake Sabo, Tenn. | 12-9 1/2 |
| 1,000M run-heptathlon | ||
| 1. | Kip Janvrin, Unattached | 2:34.93 |
| 6. | Stephen Harris, Tenn. | 2:45.59 PR |
| 13. | Blake Sabo, Tenn. | 3:07.20 |
| Long jump | ||
| 1. | Dwight Phillips, Nike | 26-7 3/4** |
| 15. | Camron Howard, Tenn. | 22-11 3/4 |
PR - personal record
SB - season best
** - NCAA automatic mark
* - NCAA
provisional mark
