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Track & Field
2007: OUTDOOR -- Claimed all-America honors for the second consecutive season at NCAA Outdoor Championships, setting personal bests in the javelin and 1,500 meters to earn a fifth-place finish ... Earned automatic qualification for NCAA meet with a 7,838-point performance at the MVC Championships (May 11-12) ... Took second straight MVC decathlon title, setting a conference meet record and breaking his own school record of 7,611 set at 2007 Drake Relays (April 25-26) ... Won Drake Relays decathlon title over UNI coach and defending champion Travis Geopfert ... Also qualified for NCAA Midwest Regional with 16-10.75 mark in pole vault, finishing 14th at regional meet ... In all, recorded personal-bests in nine of the 10 decathlon events during the season ... Ran personal-best 11.06 in 100 meters at Texas Relays (April 4) ... Lowered personal best in 400 meters to 51.32 as part of winning effort in decathlon at Drake Relays (April 25) ... Set career marks in pole vault (16-10.75), high jump (6-4.25), shot put (51-0.25), discus (139-11) and 110 hurdles (14.37) in school-record effort at MVC Championships ... Recorded personal-bests in javelin (181-11) and 1500 meters (4:30.21) at NCAA Championships. INDOOR -- Earned all-America honors in heptathlon, finishing third at NCAA Indoor Championships with school-record 5,864 points, the seventh-best score in NCAA history ... Was named Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ... Earned State Farm MVC Championships Meet MVP honors after winning third consecutive conference heptathlon title with a then-school record 5,695 points ... Also named MVC Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete after setting personal-best marks in four of six heptathlon events during season ... Ran personal-best 8.18 in 60 hurdles at MVC Championships ... Set personal-best in pole vault at Iowa State Last Chance meet (March 3), leaping 16 feet, 6 inches ... Opened season at Iowa State Holiday Meet (Dec. 8) with personal-best throw of 51-0.25 in the shot put ... Improved career-best height in high jump to 6-2.25 at UNI Invitational (Jan. 27). 2006: OUTDOOR - Earned all-America honors in the decathlon at the NCAA meet, placing eighth with 7,279 points and topping defending champion Trey Hardee (Texas) by 16 points ... Ran a career-best time of 4:37.00 in the 1500 meters at the NCAA meet ... Scored a career-best 7,371 points in the decathlon at the MVC Outdoor Championship to take first place and earn all-MVC honors ... At the conference meet, set a personal-best in three decathlon events: 100m, discus and high jump ... Placed sixth in the MVC outdoor meet in the 110-meter hurdles (14.74), setting a career-best time ... Placed fourth at the Wisconsin Twilight in the 110m hurdles (14.81) ... Placed first in the shot put at the UNI Twilight with a personal-best throw of 48-10.75, the best throw of any Panther throughout the outdoor season ... Recorded a career-best javelin throw (170-11) at the NCAA meet in Sacramento, Calif. ... Jumped 16-7.25 in the pole vault, a career-best, at the NCAA Regional meet in Austin, Texas ... Took first place at the UNI Twilight in the pole vault (16-6.75). INDOOR - Finished 11th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with 5,330 points ... Set a new school record in the heptathlon with 5,563 points at the MVC Championships ... Took first place in the heptathlon at the Panther Open with 5,470 points ... Ran a career-best time in the 60-meter hurdles (8.27) to finish third at the Panther Open ... Took fifth place at the UNI-Dome Open in the 60m hurdles (8.31) ... Captured fourth place in the shot put at the Panther Open, throwing 46-6 ... Recorded a career-best shot put (48-5.50), pole vault (16-2.75) and high jump (6-0.75) in the heptathlon in the MVC Championships. 2005: OUTDOOR - Posted outstanding performances at the Alabama Relays... Captured first place in the decathlon at the Alabama Relays, earning 6,588 points... second-ranked freshman decathlete in the NCAA ... Placed second in the decathlon at the UNI Twilight with 6,839 points... Captured second place in the decathlon at the MVC Championships with 7,087 points, earning all-MVC honors... Also earned all-MVC honors by placing third in the pole vault, reaching 16-6.75. INDOOR -Placed second in the heptathlon at the UNI Invitational with a school-record score of 5,330... Captured 11th place in the shot put at the Panther Classic (42-4.25) and second place in the 60 meter hurdles (8.33)... Reached 15-9 in the pole vault at the ISU Classic to earn ninth place... Captured third place in the 60 meter hurdles at the UNI-Dome Open with a time of 8.36... Was the MVC Champion in the heptathlon (5,296). HIGH SCHOOL: Holds the Beloit Memorial school record in the pole vault (14-6)... State champ in the 110 meter hurdles and runner-up in the pole vault as a senior... Finished second in the pole vault at the All-Star meet in 2004. PERSONAL: Son of Manny and Natalie Cepeda ... Born June 26, 1986 ... Majoring in physical education. Outdoor Decathlon 7,838 100m 11.06 400m 51.32 High Jump 6-4.25 Long Jump 22-5 Shot Put 51-0.25 110m Hurdles 14.37 Pole Vault 16-10.75 Javelin 181-11 Discus 139-11 1500 4:30.21 Indoor Heptathlon 5,864 Pole Vault 16-6 Long Jump 22-5 Shot Put 51-0.25 60m Hurdles 8.18 60m 7.09 High Jump 6-2.25 |
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