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Eveland eclipses K-State and personal record
By RANDY PETERSON
Kansas State University

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Kansas State senior Breanna Eveland broke her own national collegiate record and K-State record on Friday in the final day of the Audrey Walton Combined Events Carnival with 7,064 points.

Wildcat assistant coach and current International Association of Athletics Federations world record holder Austra Skujyte won her second women's decathlon title on North American soil with 8,091 points.

Eveland entered the afternoon at Walton Stadium ahead of her national collegiate record pace from 2005 by 46 points with 3,724 total points. The product of Grand Rapids, Mich., surpassed her day two performances from 2005 by registering improved efforts in all five events and totaling 3,340 points on Friday. This was 197 points better than her Friday effort last year of 3,143.

Eveland registered one win, in the pole vault, during the two-day event. The clearance of 14-01.25 set a new Walton Stadium record, registered 1,108 points and tied her K-State school record in the event. This was the second time in two years she has surpassed 1,000 points in the event at the Audrey Walton Combined Events Carnival.

Skujyte entered the afternoon trailing Eveland by 25 points, but quickly overtook Eveland on the leaderboard by winning the 100-meter hurdles in 14.50.

Weren't all those other decathlon marks held with the men's order of events? Breanna did it with the new women's order of events which has the pole vault on the first day. A bit of an advantage I would imagine.

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Eveland Named Big 12 Athlete of the Week
Courtesy: Kansas State University
Release: 04/18/2006


Courtesy: Kansas State University
Senior Breanna Eveland earned her third career Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor on Tuesday.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior Breanna Eveland earned her third career Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor and first of the 2006 outdoor season, the Big 12 Conference announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Eveland earned the citation by breaking her own North American-area, American, national collegiate and K-State records in the women’s decathlon on April 13-14 in at the Audrey Walton Combined Events Carnival with 7,064 points.

The product of Grand Rapids, Mich., registered one discipline win, in the pole vault, during the two-day event. The clearance of 14-01.25 set a new Walton Stadium record, registered 1,108 points and tied her K-State school record in the event. This was the second time in two years she has surpassed 1,000 points in the event at the Audrey Walton Combined Events Carnival.

Eveland will be in action this weekend at the 79th Kansas Relays in the women’s invitational pole vault.

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Weren't all those other decathlon marks held with the men's order of events? Breanna did it with the new women's order of events which has the pole vault on the first day. A bit of an advantage I would imagine.

i'm not sure why they do it like that, but i think that's how they've done it in years past and when austra set the world record

TreyDECA wrote:

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Weren't all those other decathlon marks held with the men's order of events? Breanna did it with the new women's order of events which has the pole vault on the first day. A bit of an advantage I would imagine.

i'm not sure why they do it like that, but i think that's how they've done it in years past and when austra set the world record

I think last year was the first or second year they officially adopted the new women's order of events.

I think the reason they switched the order was to make meets run faster if you were hosting the men's and women's dec by not overlapping the field events.

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Former EK athlete vaults to glory in pole vault
Friday, April 28, 2006
By Howie Beardsley
The Grand Rapids Press
When the pole vault was introduced as a girls high school varsity event in Michigan in 1999, East Kentwood's Breanna Eveland proved to be one of the sport's more accomplished newcomers.

Now, the 10-event decathlon, previously a men's-only event, has become a test of endurance for women. And guess who's taking the decathlon by storm?

That's right. Breanna Eveland, now at Kansas State.



Eveland made history when she totaled 7,064 points at the University of Missouri's Audrey Walton Combined Events Carnival to break her own North American-area, American, national collegiate and Kansas State records.

Eveland originally set the mark a year ago at the same meet, the first time a women's decathlon was held in the United States.

"Women have done decathlons here and there, but it's just now becoming a more structured event for females," said Eveland, a senior. "In 2016, the decathlon will officially be an Olympic sport, and the (women's seven-event) heptathlon will no longer be a competition.

"My events are more the throwing and jumping events, so I like the decathlon more than the heptathlon, which caters more to the running events. The decathlon is a better test of an athlete, and it's one of the hardest things I've ever done in sports."

Eveland feels honored to have made headlines in the women's decathlon.

"I was part of the first official women's decathlon held in America, and I've set the first two American records for the event," she said. "Those are great accomplishments, and it's pretty cool to be part of history."

Kansas State coach Cliff Rovelto isn't at all surprised with Eveland's instant success in the infant women's decathlon.

"Breanna does not frequently compete in a lot of those 10 events, but she spends so much time in practice working on them," Rovelto said.

"There's never been a lack of willingness on Breanna's part to work, both during the season and the offseason. She's always taken care of business, which is why she's one of the best all-around athletes in track and field, and one of the best pole vaulters."

Eveland has specialized in pole vault since taking an interest in the event in 1998 as an East Kentwood freshman.

"A lot of other women from other states were pole vaulting in varsity competition before it was even considered a female sport in Michigan, and before it became a varsity sport my sophomore year," said Eveland, who finished fourth in the event at last year's NCAA Division I championship meet.

"I don't know why it took so long for Michigan to catch up with everyone else and offer the pole vault to females, but I'm glad it finally did."

The women's decathlon is recognized by track's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Association, as an official sport, which is why Eveland holds the records she has. However, it is not an NCAA championship event, and no one knows when it will be.

During the decathlon at Missouri, Eveland cleared 14 feet, 1 1/4 inches in the pole vault to equal her school record, and to set a Walton Stadium mark. Her leap easily topped the 12-9 needed to compete in Division I regional competition to determine who qualifies for the national meet.

Eveland is one of several talented college pole vaulters from the Grand Rapids area. Among them are Grand Valley State's Rachel Duthler (Calvin Christian), Calvin College's Missy Smith (Grand Rapids Christian) and Hope College's Jennifer VanderMeer (Holland).

"I've jumped with a majority of the vaulters from our area, which is a good pole vaulting community," Eveland said.

"Personally, my success as a pole vaulter has come from being coached by (East Kentwood men's track coach) Dave Emeott. He provided me with a good foundation, and he's like so many vault coaches who have helped a lot of other area girls.

"Women's pole vaulting in Michigan has now become a normal sport, and it's a very exciting sport more and more females are getting interested in."

Eveland will graduate in three weeks with a degree in social work. She also is engaged to Jeromey Clary, a Kansas State offensive lineman who could be selected in this weekend's NFL draft.

As for her future in track, Eveland would like to qualify for the Division I meet and June's U.S. Championships.

"I'll then re-assess things, and keep on training to see where my talents might take me," she said.

"But no matter what happens, I've had a great career."

random question. does anyone know if the women use the same points system as the men do?

SKOT wrote:random question. does anyone know if the women use the same points system as the men do?

They have their own points table.