Jami Schlueter of Washington sets decathlon personal best at Mt. SAC Relays...
WALNUT, California-- The University of Washington's Jami Schlueter ( Paul Merca photo) scored a personal best in the discus and came close in the pole vault en route to a lifetime best score of 7712 points and an eleventh place finish in the elite decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays Thursday at Hilmer Lodge Stadium. Schlueter, who started the day in eighth place, ran 14.64 in the 110 hurdles, before launching the discus a lifetime best 135-7 (41.34m). In the pole vault, he cleared 14-9 (4.50m) before taking three unsuccessful attempts at a personal best of 15-1 (4.60m), 5 centimeters over his best of 14-11 (4.55m). Schlueter threw the javelin 169-6 (51.67m), then finished the day with a time of 4:45.96 in the 1500. His final score of 7712 eclipses his previous best of 7545 points set at last year's Pac-12 championships, also at Hilmer Lodge Stadium. The British national was the seventh NCAA D1 finisher in the field. Pending the results of other meets this weekend, his score put
