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Championship Central | Day 1 Results: HTML & PDF
ROMEOVILLE, Illinois – Multi-event specialists in the heptathlon and decathlon began competition Thursday at the 2018 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which is being held at Lewis Stadium on the campus of Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, May 3-5.
Bellarmine University senior Bridgette Mangold owns the lead in the heptathlon after four events with 2,884 points, followed by McKendree University senior Melissa Calcara (2,783) and junior Kirby Smith (2,713). William Jewell senior Julia Parker (2,691) and Lewis sophomore Abbey Galusha (2,431) round out the top five.
In the decathlon, Missouri S&T sophomore Ezekiel Buck (3,594) holds a narrow margin over University of Indianapolis junior Trace Oswalt (3,553) through five events. Maryville University sophomore Drew Kowalski (3,311), Bellarmine sophomore Ben Stone (3,150) and University of Wisconsin-Parkside freshman Zevulon Clark (3,141) are currently third through fifth, respectively.
The women’s and men’s 10,000 meters was scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. CT this evening, however a threat of severe weather forced the postponement of the two races until Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., respectively.
Action resumes at Lewis Stadium at 9 a.m. Friday with the 110-meter hurdles in the decathlon and the heptathlon long jump.
Live coverage can be seen by logging on to the GLVCSN’s official website,
GLVCSN.com, or on the GLVCSN iOS/Android mobile apps, as well as on the Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV OTT platforms. Live results can be found on the official Championship page at
GLVCsports.com/2018otf. Updates will also be included on the GLVC's official Twitter accounts (@
GLVCsports and @GLVCSN) with the hashtags, #GLVCtrack, and #GLVCchamps.