Ricky Kump and Cuylor "Dupree" Edgell are competing at in this weekend's heptathlon at Kent State. Through the first day of events, Kump sits in 20th place with 2477 points and Edgell is in 26th place with 2240 points. But overall placing doesn't matter because the focus is to qualify for nationals. For nationals, the goal is 4550 for a provisional standard and 5200 points to automatically qualify. Obvisiously, 4550 points does not guarnatee getting into the national meet.
Tomorrow events include the 60m hurdles, pole vault, and 1000m run. In order for Kump to provisionally qualify for nationals, he would have to score at least 691 points per event over the second day. This is a tough challenge but we look into the fact that Kump ran 8.85 last week in the 60m hurdles, cleared 12 feet last year in the pole vault for the decathlon, and is a sub-5 minute miler. So while the odds may seem stacked against him, he could pull out a provisional standard. Also, I'm not going to get down on Edgell, but his chances for a national standard are far off...but he is a freshmen in his first multi event and he has a chance to shine in what could be his best events in the second day. But like a fine wine, he should only get better with age and I personally see him at the indoor national meet in two or three years.
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