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...multi-event heptathlon, Pederson placed third over the course of the two-day span. Her score of 4,441 put her in the middle of a group dominated by Dartmouth, which had four of the top six finishers in the event...
Competition begins on Tuesday with the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon, but most events begin Thursday and run through Sunday. There are events for every level including very competitive high school, college, and Olympic development races...
Then a glint of light catches the eye: a javelin, thrown by one of the women in the heptathlon competition. It arcs down into the sod: 120 ft. and change. The distance is not impressive. "Wait for Jackie," someone says. Jackie Joyner, silver medalist at the Los Angeles Olympics last summer, has won the first five heptathlon events here at the U.S. Olympic Committee's National Sports Festival meet. She appears at the beginning of the javelin run-in, holds her spear head-high, level with the ground, and flows into the unmistakable prancing, straight-backed run that must have...
Joyner does reach 147 ft. 9 in. on her next try, and no opponent today will come close. But she needs another 10 ft. in the javelin to beat Jane Frederick's American heptathlon record of 6,803 points. She hoists her last throw too high. It noses up, catches air and falls short. There is no time to brood; she has an 800-meter run to get through. Less than an hour later, tiring, she squeezes out a win in this last competition--a gaudy seven victories out of seven events. And though her point total...
Senior Sandra Venghaus competed over the course of the two days in the Heptathlon, eventually earning fifth place in the multifaceted event that may have been the most seriously affected by the poor weather...