Bryant athletes each have their moments at Decathlon, Pentathlon

FAYETTEVILLE — After opening on Wednesday with the best 100-meter dash, Kaleb Knox finished 16^th at the 2021 State Decathlon competition on Thursday. Bryant Hornet teammate Ammon Henderson was 28^th.

For the Lady Hornets, sophomore Lauren Lain finished 13^th in the Pentathlon while teammate Brylee Bradford finished 25^th.

Knox finished with 4,932 points. Henderson had 4,416. Fayetteville’s Sam Hurley won with 6,713 points.

Lain accumulated 3,458 points and Bradford 2,995. Blakelee Winn of Pea Ridge won the competition with 4,294 points.

Lain opened the competition with a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter dash, running a 27.18. In the 100-meter hurdles, one of her primary events during the 2021 season, she was ninth in 17.06. Her long jump of 15’3.5” was 21^st. In the discus, Lain threw 63’5” to place 35^th.

On Thursday, Lain’s 2:42.10 in the 800 meters was 29^th. She cleared 4’7” in the high jump to finish 21^st and she threw the shot 25’0.5” to place 24^th.

Knox’s winning time in the 100 was 11.39 and garnered 776 points. He followed up on Wednesday with a long jump that covered 20’10.75” for 10^th place. A shot put of 35’8.75” garnered seventh-place points and had him atop the leaderboard through three events.

Knox finished 23^rd in the high jump, clearing 5’3”. He finished the day with a 54.41 clocking in the 400, taking 19^th.

On Thursday, Knox struggled in the 1500-meter run, finishing 51^st in a time of 5:58.51, which knocked him out of the top 10. But he came back with a fifth-place finish in the 110 hurdles in 16.11 and a fourth in the triple jump at 42’7.5”.

Though he was unable to score in the pole vault, Knox’ throw of 69’7” in the discus was 42^nd.

Bradford started Wednesday with a 28.92 clocking in the 200, good for 27^th. Her 100 hurdles time was 20.18 for 51^st. In the long jump, she leapt 14’5.5” for 33^rd. He discus throw went 49’4” which garnered 63^rd-place points.

On Thursday, Bradford enjoyed her best event when she finished sixth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:34.19. She was 12^th in the high jump, clearing 4’11”. But her shot put went 20’8” which was 64^th.

Henderson started with a 42^nd-place showing in the 100 with a time of 12.54. His long jump of 17’0.75” was 60^th. In the shot, he threw 33’8.5” to place 17^th and he cleared 5’1” in the high jump for 36^th. He finished the day well with a 52.98 in the 400, good for 12^th.

Starting Thursday, Henderson was 50^th in the 110 hurdles with a time of 20.95. He threw the discus 68’6” for 45^th and cleared 8’8.25” in the pole vault, which tied him for 26^th.

Henderson’s triple jump of 34’3.5” was good for 47^th then he closed out strong again with a fifth-place finish in the 1500 meters in 4:36.54.