ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Senior Justin Moeller was the champion in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Decathlon as the Bulldog scored a career-best 7,000 points while taking first in five of the ten events on the second day of the GLVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Moeller won three events on the first day, claiming wins in the long jump, high jump, and 400-meter dash, the latter being a personal best time of 50.30.
 
Right out of the gate on Friday, Moeller won the 110-hurdles with a time of 15.12 seconds, scoring the most points of any of the 10 events at 835. He would watch teammate Hayden Long win the discus while Moeller took fourth. He then breezed past the field in the pole vault, clearing 4.40 meters.
 
Moeller was second behind Long in the javelin and then closed with a strong final lap in the 1500-meter run with a PR time of 4:53.68 to score 7,000 points for the first time in his decathlon career. He is the eighth NCAA Division II decathlete to hit the 7,000-point total thus far this season, giving him an opportunity to advance to the national championship meet later in May. He will find out for certain following the conclusion of all the conference and last chance meets that run through next weekend.
 
The last outdoor conference champion in the decathlon for Truman State was Jake Kingery in 2003.
 
Long was the winner in the shot put, discus, and javelin and placed fourth overall with 6,294 points. Nick Fuess set personal bests in five of the 10 events and finished with a career-high 4,401 points.
 
In the women's heptathlon, Vada Moore achieved PRs in the 100-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash and finished with 3,097 points to claim the eighth spot and earn one team point towards the standings.
 
The other team point scored on Thursday for the Truman State women was an eight place finish and personal best throw in the hammer by Laurie Leroy at 46.96 meters.
 
The GLVC Championships continue Friday evening and Saturday afternoon on the campus of Lewis University.