This post offers the 2009 USA annual list with detailed performances over 7000, all performers over 6500 and lists for Junior and High School athletes as well as for resident foreigners.CLICK HERE 2009 USA List
The season's final Newsletter announces the continuation of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge (won in 2009 by Trey Hardee with an 8522 average). Several decathlon coaching changes are announced.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXIVNumber 43December
DECA Newsletter # 42 covers the three major USA decathlon coaching changes: In July- Travis Geophert of Northern Iowa to U. of Arkansas; In Sept., Dan Steele from U of Oregon to Northern Iowa; and Nov- Harry Marra, former VISA USA National decathlon coach (1990-2000) to U. of Oregon.CLICK HERE VolumeXXXIVNumber 42November
DECA Newsletter #41 covers the second day action at the 24th DecaStar competition in Talence, France where Ukrainian Okelsiy Kasyanov caught American Tom Pappas (left) in the final event to post an 8291 win. Only 102 points separated 1-2-3. CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber41September2009
DECA Newsletter # 40 covers the first day of the 24th annual DecaStar competition in Talence, France. Tom Pappas trails Ukrainian Okelsiy Kasyanov by 138 points after five events. Russian Alex Pogorelov stands 3rd and American Jake Arnold is 11th in the final international decatjlon of the 2009 season.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 40October2009
DECA Newsletter # 39 offers second day coverage of the 12th IAAF World T&F Championships decathlon from Berlin where Trey Hardee, 25, ran up the # 8 score all-time of 8790 points to win by a substantial margin. Hardee's win was the 6th by an American decathlete in the past ten world championship meetings. Yanks Ashton Eaton and Jake Arnold were 18th and 24 respectively. CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 39September2009
DECA Newsletter #38 covers the first day action at the 12th annula IAAF World Championships in Berlin where Oleksiy Kasyanov/UKR, Yunior Diaz/CUB and Trey Hardee/USA (left) stand 1-2-3. Hardee posted PRs in the long jump and shot put. Oregon's Ashton Eaton stands 5th in a competition that took two hours longer than scheduled.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 41September 2009
DECA Newsletter #37 offers starting lists and more background for the 12th IAAF T&F World Championhips in Berlin, Germany. Cuban Leonel Suarez, the Olympic bronze medalist from Beijing will be the favorite and Americans Trey Hardee (left) Ashton Eaton and Jake Arnold will be part of the biggest starting field (38) in meet history.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 37September2009
This Media Guide offers background information, time schedules, records, past results and athlete's biographies for the upcoming IAAF World T&F Championship decathlon in Berlin, Germany, where Americans Trey Hardee, Ashton Eaton and Jake Arnold will start. CLICK HERE 2009 IAAF WC Decathlon
DECA Newsletter #36 covers day two of the 16th annual Thorpe Cup, a meet that has grown into the world's leading team decathlon match. Tom Pappas, with a terrific MR 8569 score, led Team USA to its 13th win in 16 meets. Marbur, Germany served as meet host. Americans went 1-2-4-5-6.CLICK HERE Volume XXXIVNumber 36August2009