Combined Events Start Strong In Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. - University of Colorado sophomore Brianne Beemer raced her way to the top of the CU combined events record book, posting a school record in the 800-meter run of the heptathlon on Friday afternoon at the Jim Click Shootout.

Beemer recorded a time of 2 minutes, 13.20 seconds to beat the runner-up, Arizona State's Keia Pinnick, by 3.81 seconds. She now holds four of the seven highest times posted by a CU female in the combined events 800. The previous record was held by Heather Sterlin who ran 2:14.80 on June 4, 1997.

Beemer scored 4,669 points to finish seventh overall in the heptathlon. In addition to her first-place finish in the 800, she tied for sixth in the high jump (5-01.75) and was seventh in the 100-meter hurdles (15.63).

Beemer was not the only Buff to excel in the 800-meters as fellow sophomore Katie Dreher notched a personal record of 2:20.14. Dreher's time is the 12^th best in CU history for the combined 800. Dreher finished ninth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.94), sixth in the long jump (17-01.50), and seventh in the javelin (104-02), all personal records. Dreher finished with 4,515 points, placing her ninth.

Sophomore Alyssa Frank finished 11^th overall with 3,558 points. Frank had a personal best in the shot put on Thursday with a throw of 33-7.50, good for sixth place. She also PR'd in the javelin (102-05) and took eighth.

Volunteer assistant coach Emily Pearson took second in the heptathlon with 5,322 points. She won the javelin with a throw of 138-10. Pearson was second in the 200 (25.34) and took third in the 100 hurdles (14.26), high jump (5-05.25) and shot put (39-04).

Adam Salzmann scored 6,739 points in the men's decathlon to lead the Buffalo men. Highlighting his performance was a second-place finish in the 1500. Salzmann's time of 4:25.92 is a personal record and marks the third best combined events 1500 time recorded at CU. Salzmann also set PRs in the pole vault (14-09) and javelin (154-10) where he finished fourth and eighth, respectively. Salzmann's mark in the pole vault tied for the third best by a CU combined events athlete.

Eddie Taylor (6,168 points) and Alex Von Hagen (5,919) also competed in the decathlon and placed tenth and 13th, respectively. Taylor was 13th in the long jump (20-03.00), ninth in the shot put (38-00.75), eighth in the high jump (5-11.25), tenth in the discus (110-08), and third in the 1500 (4:35.39), recording personal records in each event. Taylor's shot put distance is the 11^th best in combined events history at CU, and his time in the 1500 is the tenth fastest.

Von Hagen notched personal records in the discus (118-10) and shot put (37-02.25), placing seventh and tenth, respectively. Von Hagen also finished third in the high jump by clearing 6-04, which tied for eighth highest in CU combined events.

Other members of the CU track and field team will compete at the Tom Benich Invitational on Saturday in Greeley, Colo.

Jim Click Combined Events

Tucson, Ariz.

Women's Heptathlon

(CU athletes unless noted)

Points: 7. Brianne Beemer, 4,669; 9. Katie Dreher, 4,515 PR; 11. Alyssa Frank, 3,558 (1. Bettie Wade, unattached, 5937)

Event #1 100-Meter Hurdles: 7. Brianne Beemer, 15.63; 8. Alyssa Frank, 15.78; 9. Katie Dreher, 15.94 PR (1. Bettie Wade, Unattached-Kansas, 13.97)

Event #2 High Jump: 6. Brianne Beemer, 5-01.75; 6. Katie Dreher, 5-01.75; Alyssa Frank, NH (1. Bettie Wade, Unattached-Kansas, 5-10.00)

Event #3 Shot Put: 6. Alyssa Frank, 33-07.50 PR; 10. Brianne Beemer, 29-10.75; 11. Katier Dreher, 26-10.00 (1. Bettie Wade, Unattached-Kansas, 46-00.00)

Event #4 200-Meter Dash: 8. Brianne Beemer, 26.32; 9. Katie Dreher, 26.79; 10. Alyssa Frank, 28.85 (1. Bettie Wade, Unattached-Kansas, 24.93)

Event #5 Long Jump: 6. Katie Dreher, 17-01.50 PR; 8. Brianne Beemer, 16-08.75; 9. Alyssa Frank, 16-04.50 (1. Bettie Wade, unattached, 19-04.25)

Event #6 Javelin: 7. Katie Dreher, 104-02 PR; 8. Alyssa Frank, 102-05 PR; 9. Brianne Beemer, 96-01 (1. Emily Pearson, unattached, 138-10)

Event #7 800-Meter Run: 1. Brianne Beemer, 2:13.20 PR; 5. Katie Dreher, 2:20.14 PR; 9. Alyssa Frank, 2:33.59

Men's Decathlon

(CU athletes unless noted)

Points: 4. Adam Salzmann, 6,739; 10. Eddie Taylor, 6,168; 13. Alex Von Hagen, 5,919 (1. Jake Arnold, ASICS, 7,832)

Event #1 100-Meter Dash: 4. Adam Salzmann, 11.38; 7. Alex Von Hagen, 11.58; 8. Eddie Taylor, 11.60 (1. Mantas Silkauskas, Kansas State, 10.73)

Event #2 Long Jump: 8. Alex Von Hagen, 21-10.00; 10. Adam Salzmann, 21-02.75; 13. Eddie Taylor, 20-03.00 PR (1. Mantas Silkauskas, Kansas State, 24-00.25)

Event #3 Shot Put: 9. Eddie Taylor, 38-00.75 PR; 10. Alex Von Hagen, 37-02.25 PR; 13. Adam Salzmann, 34-02.75 (1. Jake Arnold, ASICS, 49-01)

Event #4 High Jump: 3. Alex Von Hagen, 6-04.00; 8. Eddie Taylor, 5-11.25 PR; 10. Adam Salzmann, 5-10.00 (1. Ted Glasnow, Notre Dame, 6-06.25)

Event #5 400-Meters: 2. Adam Salzmann, 49.50; 6. Alex Von Hagen, 51.98; 7. Eddie Taylor, 52.17 (1. Moritz Cleve, Kansas State, 49.45)

Event #6 110-Meter Hurdles: 4. Adam Salzmann, 15.62; 8. Eddie Taylor, 17.06; Alex Von Hagen, DNF (1. Mantas Silkauskas, Kansas State, 14.45)

Event #7 Discus: 7. Alex Von Hagen, 118-10 PR; 10. Eddie Taylor, 110-08 PR; 12. Adam Salzmann, 96-10 (1. Jake Arnold, ASICS, 148-09)

Event #8 Pole Vault: 4. Adam Salzmann, 14-09 PR; 6. Alex Von Hagen, 13-09.25; 6. Eddie Taylor, 13-09.25 (1. Jake Arnold, ASICS, 16-08.75)

Event #9 Javelin: 8. Adam Salzmann, 154-10 PR; 11. Alex Von Hagen, 149-03; 13. Eddie Taylor, 107-01 (1. Jake Arnold, ASICS, 199-05)

Event #10 1500-Meters: 2. Adam Salzmann, 4:25.92 PR; 3. Eddie Taylor, 4:35.39 PR; 8. Alex Von Hagen, 4:47.11 (1. Justin Schneider, Notre Dame, 4:25.45)

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