Philly native Kyle Garland takes silver in the decathlon at the NCAA track and field championships
Garland, a Georgia senior and Germantown Academy alum, set an NCAA record in the 110-meter hurdlers with his first-place finish time of 13.54 seconds.
Philadelphia native Kyle Garland fell just shy of sweeping indoor and outdoor track and field championships in the same year — but not before delivering one of the most impressive performances of his career.
Garland, a senior at Georgia and a Germantown Academy alumnus, finished second in the decathlon Thursday at the NCAA track and field championships after setting an NCAA record in the 110-meter hurdles in 13.54 seconds. His cumulative score of 8,630 points at the meet in Austin, Texas, also was the third-best in collegiate history.
He finished 206 points shy of first-place finisher Leo Neugebauer of Texas. Garland also finished first overall in two other events, winning the shot put at 53 feet, 9¼ inches in addition to the high jump (6-8¼).
Up next for Garland is a chance at the Bowerman Award, given to the “most outstanding male and female track and field athletes in the nation,” a watch list he leads among Division I contenders. He’ll also look to compete for a spot at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August.
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