EUGENE, OREGON – Lucas Van Klaveren concluded the NCAA Championships with a 5th place in the men's decathlon, scoring 7927 points throughout the ten events. The senior was able to record personal records in the discus (43.84m) and the javelin throw (60.67m). Van Klaveren's performance earned him First Team All-American honors.
 
THROUGH THE DAY
Coming into day two of the decathlon, and with five events left to go, Van Klaveren sat in 12th place after a solid day of competing yesterday. To open today's events, Van Klaveren placed 4th in the 110m hurdles with a mark of 14.32, which resulted in 934 points. Following the hurdles event, the native of Netherlands recorded an outdoor personal record in the discus throw with a hurl of 43.84m, which gained the senior 743 points. 
 
In the pole vault, the third event of the day, Van Klaveren was able to leap 4.81m and added 852 points to his total. In the javelin throw, Van Klaveren dominated the field with a 1st place throw of 60.67m, a new outdoor personal record and climbed the overall leaderboards all the way to 4th place.
 
In the final event of the day, the 1500m, Van Klaveren ran a 4:39.24 which resulted in 685 points to raise his total to 7927 points, a season best. 
 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH
"Lucas had a great day," said assistant coach Brandon Berger. "He persevered and fought through some adversity during the pole vault and had some personal records in the throwing events. He fought hard to get back on the podium for another All-American title. It was a great end to his collegiate career and he will be greatly missed."

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