Dakotah Keys, the former Sweet Home track and field star, won the PAC-12 decathlon championship Sunday at Hayward Field in Eugene, scoring a personal-best 7,793 points.
Keys and UCLA’s Marcus Nilsson waged a back-and-forth battle early before Keys pulled away to win the title.
“It all came together and ended up working out,” said Keys. “Marcus (Nilsson) was ahead but I stayed cool throughout the pole vault and kept going and it worked out.
“I…