CHICO – Picking up where he left off after a strong performance Thursday, Chico State junior Talor Fulfer earned enough points with plenty to spare during Friday’s final day of the Chico Multi to grab an NCAA Championships provisional bid in the Decathlon. Fulfer racked up 3,220 points in the final five Decathlon events to finish the two-day competition in first place in the Decathlon Group A with 6,617 points – over 300 points more than he needed to win the provisional bid. In the Decathlon Group B, Wildcat freshman J. Patrick Smith led the field with 6,109 points over the 10 events.
Fulfer won two of Friday’s five Group A events, finishing first in the discus (140 feet, five inches) and the javelin (191 feet), while tying for third in the pole vault (12 feet, 5.05 inches). Chico State teammate Brian Beeman finished third in the eight-man field with a two-day point total of 6,289 – the senior Decathlete won the 1,500-meter run Friday with a time of 4:27.55, and notched top five finishes in the javelin, pole vault and 110-meter hurdles. One other Wildcat competing in Group A, sophomore Jon-Michael Delima, came in fifth overall with 5,715 points, finishing second Friday in the 1,500 (4:32.99), the javelin (151 feet, 10 inches) and the pole vault (12 feet, 11.50 inches). Chico State’s Michael Beeman, competing unattached, finished fourth overall in Group A with 6,091 points.
CHICO MULTI FINAL RESULTS - Decathlon Group A
In Group B, Smith outdistanced Wildcat teammate John Brunk by 245 points over the 10 Decathlon events. The Santa Barbara native won the 110-meter hurdles Friday with a time of 16.26 seconds, tied for the top spot in the pole vault (12 feet, 3.5 inches) and finished second in the discus (111 feet, seven inches). Brunk, who finished with 5,864 points overall, tied Smith for first place in the pole vault and notched top five finishes in Friday’s four other Decathlon events. Chico State sophomore Michael Storer, also competing in Group B, was fifth overall with 5,226 points; his top performance Friday was first place in the discus (114 feet, eight inches), as well as a second place showing in the 1,500 meters (4:37.31). Wildcat freshman Taylor Toretto, competing unattached, finished ninth in Group B with 4,229 points.
CHICO MULTI FINAL RESULTS - Decathlon Group B
In the Chico Multi’s Decathlon team rankings, Chico State finished first with 42 points, far outdistancing second place Lane Community College. Lane’s Kevin Godfrey also earned a provisional NCAA Championships bid, finishing second in the Decathlon Group A with 6,553 points.
With the Chico Multi complete, the Wildcat men’s track team will travel to Turlock Saturday, where it will be competing in the one-day Kim Duyst Invitational.
