Day One of Nike Challenge in the Books
Aug 05, 2006 | Track & Field
All of the athletes battled through temperatures of 103 degrees to complete the first day of competition. Ironically, Nelson’s lead in the heptathlon after Saturday’s competition is 103 points over Maren Schwerdtner of
Nelson, a 2005 graduate of
In team scoring, the German women have a 63-point lead on the Americans, 10,104 to 10,041. The German point total was bolstered by the strong opening day efforts Schwerdtner, Julia Machtig (third with 3,411 points) and Annelie Schrader (fifth with 3,251 points).
Leading the individual standings in the decathlon is Minah with 4,125 points and discipline wins in the 100-meter dash (10.81) and the 400-meter dash (47.92). Minah has a career-best total of 7776, which he registered in
Top scorer for the
The Germans lead in the decathlon team score with 20,026 to the
Action will continue at the Nike Combined Events Challenge on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. with the 110-meter hurdles in the decathlon.
