Men's Decathlon
Notes: Case Western Reserve senior Obinna Nwanna won the decathlon with 7,056 points, 34 points clear of second place Josh Lovell from Linfield College, who was last year's winner. Christopher Newport freshman Richard Roethel was third with 6,989 points.
Obinna Nwanna Quotes
His thoughts on what improving from eighth to national champion: “It is just a realization of all the hard work I have been putting in not only over the last four years, but most importantly over this past academic year. I am so excited about my performance over the past two days.”
On having friends and family here finishing in his home state of Ohio: “It’s great to have people look out in the crowd and see friends, family and people I know out there in the crowd cheering for me. Going to other places in the country, you don’t get the support in terms of family and friends that you get here. I was so happy to see them out there.”
Decathlon
1 Obinna Nwanna, Sr, Case Western Reserve 7056 points
(11.25, 6.45, 15.34, 1.88, 52.26, 15.09, 38.49, 4.45, 52.90, 5:11.98)
2 Josh Lovell, Sr, Linfield College 7022 points
(11.16, 6.29, 11.97, 1.94, 50.62, 15.75, 36.06, 4.45, 52.54, 4:38.59)
3 Richard Roethel, Fr, Christopher Newport 6989 points
(11.06, 6.49, 10.87, 2.12, 51.24, 15.36, 30.20, 4.05, 53.84, 4:39.37)
4 Brock Solveson, Sr, Concordia (Wisconsin) 6985 points
(11.31, 6.84, 12.36, 1.85, 50.56, 16.48, 37.86, 3.85, 62.24, 4:40.01)
5 Kurtis Brondyke, Jr, Central College (Ia) 6962 points
(11.29, 6.96, 12.83, 2.00, 51.99, 15.38, 37.08, 3.75, 54.37, 4:59.21)
6 James Wohrley, Sr, Cornell College 6959 points
(11.70, 6.36, 12.87, 1.91, 50.21, 15.90, 38.79, 4.45, 47.14, 4:33.93)
7 Jared Engelking, Sr, Tufts University 6914 points
(11.44, 6.42, 12.00, 1.79, 49.77, 14.76, 35.05, 4.35, 50.00, 4:41.43)
8 Ethan Miller, So, Central College (Ia) 6862 points
(11.07, 6.98, 10.58, 1.94, 51.35, 15.05, 32.60, 4.55, 42.36, 4:57.38)
9 Jeremy Lovell, Sr, Linfield College 6833 points
(11.30, 6.62, 10.87, 1.85, 50.41, 15.99, 34.68, 4.35, 50.61, 4:36.27)
10 Steve Price, Sr, Baldwin Wallace 6784 points
(11.38, 6.39, 12.58, 1.91, 52.56, 15.60, 36.44, 4.15, 52.69, 4:51.47)
11 Ben Harmon, Jr, Washington (Missouri) 6638 points
(11.35, 6.80, 9.11, 1.88, 51.07, 15.74, 29.47, 4.75, 45.08, 4:48.60)
12 Ryan Pittman, Sr, ClaremontMuddScripps 6477 points
(11.32, 6.21, 11.88, 1.91, 51.09, 15.80, 34.09, 3.45, 43.20, 4:35.56)
13 Evin Colignon, Jr, Willamette University 6126 points
(11.62, 6.11, 13.31, 1.70, 51.70, 16.44, 35.07, 3.25, 48.92, 4:56.49)
14 Alex Stake, Jr, Augustana (Illinois) 5883 points
(11.61, 6.47, 9.90, 1.91, 54.84, 16.87, 25.03, 4.35, 39.73, 5:11.70)
15 Pat Lockington, So, Wisconsin Whitewater 5575 points
(11.69, 5.80, 10.89, 1.70, 51.37, 16.28, NM, 4.35, 40.29, 4:50.12)