EUGENE, Ore. — Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby claimed the Northwest Athletic Conference decathlon championship by going far above and far beyond his previous best at the two-day meet at Lane Community College.
Brocklesby, a sophomore at Olympic College, racked up 6,493 points in the 10 events, surpassing his personal-best by more than 200 points.
After placing third in 2014, Brocklesby entered this year’s NWAC championship meet seeded second.
The 2013 Sequim graduate then led the conference championships after one day heading into Tuesday’s conclusion.
He opened the second day of competition with a 16.84-second time in the 110-meter high hurdles, which temporarily dropped him to second place.
Brocklesby threw the discus 114 feet, 6 inches, a new personal-best, to retake the lead.
He then beat his personal record in the pole vault by 8 inches with a 12-07.25.
“That’s where he built a big lead,” Olympic coach Dan Dittmer said, adding that Brocklesby nearly cleared 13-03 in the pole vault.
Brocklesby then threw the javelin 150-04, close to another personal record.
He entered the final event, the 1,500-meter run, needing only to finish within 24 seconds of Lane’s Colton Thurman, who was in second place.
Brocklesby eliminated any sort of drama by defeating Thurman with a time of 4:54.35 seconds.
“Now he’s the NWAC champion,” Dittmer said.
Monday, Brocklesby racked up a first-day personal-record 3,598 points.
He ran the 100 in 11.09 seconds, had a 21-01.25 in the long jump, a 34.08.5 in the shot put, a 6-06.25 in the high jump and a time of 51.17 seconds in the 400.
Brocklesby’s teammate Hunter Keffer placed sixth to give Olympic even more points heading into the NWAC Track and Field Championships in Spokane on May 18-19.
