McMullen Jumps Up Record Books

Thursday, January 30

Boulder, Colo.

All Day

Colorado

Day 1

Photo by: Tim Benko, Benko Photographics

January 30, 2020 | Track and Field

Results

By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID

BOULDER – Colorado track and field freshman Avery McMullen put together another stellar performance in just her second pentathlon Thursday afternoon as she jumped to fifth all-time in school history with a score of 3,914 points.

McMullen kicked things off with a personal best in the 60 hurdles of 8.63 seconds, then followed things up in the high jump by jumping 1.72-meters (5-7.75). She threw nearly a half-meter farther in the shot put at 10.62 meters (34-10.25).

The freshman continued to win every event as she closed out the competition with a 5.65-meters (18-6.5) jump in the long jump and then ran 2:26.93 in the 800-meter run. Her new score of 3,914 points jumped her from eighth to fifth in the CU record books in just her second-ever pentathlon competition.

Also in competition today was Davis Butte in the men's heptathlon. He sits in second in the competition after the first day after running 7.63 in the 60-meter dash, jumped 6.28-meters (20-7.25) in the long jump, tossing the shot put 9.11-meters (29-10.75) and cleared 1.77-meters (5-9.75) in the high jump. He will close out the heptathlon tomorrow with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter run.

The meet ramps up in action tomorrow with all field events excluding the shot put being finished. Tomorrow will also feature the seeded section of the mile for both the men and the women in the night session that begins at 7:30 p.m.