CRETE, NEB. — Krissa Larson (senior, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) was fifth in the heptathlon with 4,029 points and Rayna Sickels (freshman, Indianola) was eighth with 3,852 points at the JIm Dutcher Memorial Classic hosted by Doane Unviersity.

Lucas Heitz (junior, Adel, ADM HS) paced the five Dutch decathletes with 6,370 points. Jaxon Thompson (sophomore, Marion, Linn-Mar HS) was third with 6,259 points and Reid Pakkebier (freshman, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy HS) was fourth with 6,048 points. Brody Klein was eighth with 5,357 points and Nick Thompson (senior, Newhall, Benton HS) was 10th with 5,226 points.
           
Larson had the best javelin throw in the field (122-4) en route to a 15-point improvement on her career-best heptathlon.
           
"Krissa threw the javelin pretty well into the wind," Fuller said. "It's a little better than what she scored to get third in the conference last year."
           
A huge increase in her career-best long jump highlighted day two for Sickels, who was sixth in the event with a leap of 16-8.75
           
"Rayna improved her long jump tremendously, that's a 30-centimeter PR for her," Fuller said. "She just had a really good meet all in all. She had PRs in pretty much everything."

A very consistent effort across all five of day two's events for Heitz propelled him into the No. 2 spot. He was in the top three of four of the five events.
           
"It was a solid day for Lucas," associate head coach Jim Fuller said. "He vaulted well today with a PR. He threw the discus well and same with the javelin. That was a pretty impressive hurdle run as well."
           
Jaxon Thompson had the best discus throw in the field at 127 feet, 2 inches and Nick Thompson had the best javelin throw (146-7).
           
"Jaxon had a big discus throw and Nick threw the javelin pretty well," Fuller said. "Not too many guys go over 6000 points in their first decathlon so that was great to see from Reid.
           
Klein had a stellar day in the pole vault with the best clearance in the field (14-5.25) but after an unfortunate fall in the 110-meter hurdles he took one for the team in the final event."
           
"After he crashed in hurdles and his chances to put up a big score were done, he broke the wind for the other four guys in the 1500 meters," Fuller said. "Teammates that work together are what makes this group go."
           
The rest of Central's track and field athletes will run in Indianola tomorrow for a triangular with Simpson College and Nebraska Wesleyan University.