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Trey Hardee named Big 12 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
DALLAS -- University of Texas senior Trey Hardee (Birmingham, Ala.) became Texas’ third men’s or women’s Big 12 Conference Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week in as many weeks Tuesday after recently breaking the NCAA heptathlon record previously held by his teammate.
Last week at the University of New Mexico Multi-Events Meet, Hardee totaled 6,208 points in the heptathlon, eclipsing the NCAA record score of 6,136 points set by his teammate, junior Donovan Kilmartin (Eagle, Idaho), at the 2004 NCAA Championships.
Hardee won five of the seven heptathlon events and set new personal bests in four events (60 meters, long jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault). His heptathlon score topped the NCAA automatic-qualifying mark by nearly 600 points, enabling him to compete in the event at the 2006 NCAA Championships.
Hardee also added NCAA provisional-qualifying marks in the long jump, 60-meter hurdles and the pole vault. He joins UT junior high jumper Andra Manson (Brenham, Texas) and UT freshman high jumper Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) as Big 12 athletes of the week this season.
Hardee’s honor marks a league-best seventh time a Texas men’s indoor track and field athlete has earned weekly accolades from the Big 12 Conference.