Sweet Home’s Elijah Rodriguez became the first eighth-grader to compete in a decathlon in nearly 20 years at the Combined Events Festival hosted by Churchill High School June 14-15.
Rodriguez finished with a total score of 2793 in the 10-event, two-day competition. Decathlons include disciplines representing all facets of track and field – 100-meter dash, 110-meter high hurdles, 400 meters, 1500 meters, shot, discus and javelin, long jump, high jump and pole vault.
Athletes accumulate…