Emmitsburg, MD-- Mount St. Mary's senior Tom FitzSimons (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) is headed back to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the decathlon. The senior qualified for the finals with his score of 7,440 points at the Mount Multi's earlier this season. The meet will be held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, beginning June 6.
This is the second consecutive season FitzSimons will be competing at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon. Last year, he finished in 19th place to earn honorable mention All-America honors after finishing with a score of 7,364 points.
The Mount has a storied history in the decathlon, including Trond Skramstad winning both the NCAA Division I and Division II decathlons in 1982.
The Mount has also had five others win the NCAA Division II decathlon. The list includes Barry Stebbins (1975, 1976), Thoams Delmoor (1978), Gudmund Olsen (1980, 1981), William Motti (1984, 1985) and Robert Ekpete (1986).
In addition, current Mount track and field head coach Jim Stevenson was an All-American in the Division I decathlon in 1993 while Rob Pendergist was a two-time All-American in the Division I decathlon (1992, 1994).
Schedule of Events for the Decathlon
Wednesday, June 6
12:00 p.m.: 100-meter dash
12:45 p.m.: Long Jump
2:00 p.m.: Shot Put
3:15 p.m.: High Jump
6:30 p.m.: 400-meter dash
Thursday, June 7
11:30 a.m.: 110-meter hurdles
12:30 p.m.: Discus
2:30 p.m.: Pole Vault
5:30 p.m.: Javelin
7:50 p.m.: 1500-meters
THE FIELD
1 Isaac Murphy (Texas), 8067
2 Gonzalo Barroilhet (Florida State), 8065
3 Romain Martin (UT-Arlington), 7977
4 Kurt Felix (Boise State), 7972
5 Bjorn Barrefors (Nebraska), 7897
6 Jack Szmanda (Minnesota), 7862
7 Petter Olson (Texas), 7857
8 Dave Grzesiak (Wisconsin), 7832
9 Dakotah Keys (Oregon), 7793
10 Kevin Lazas (Arkansas), 7778
11 Gunnar Nixon (Arkansas), 7660
12 Heath Nickles (Ohio State), 7635
13 Nick Huber (Cornell), 7632
14 Jeff Mohl (Montana State), 7630
15 Daniel Gooris (Northern Iowa), 7624
16 Japeth Cato (Wisconsin), 7616
17 Jake Waruch (Connecticut), 7597
18 Terry Prentice (Arkansas), 7585
19 Derek Masterson (UC Santa Barbara), 7558
20 Marcus Nilsson (UCLA), 7539
21 Richard York (New Mexico), 7513
22 Tomas Kirelius (Kansas State), 7508
23 Clayton Chaney (Rice), 7475
24 Tom FitzSimons (Mount St. Mary's), 7440