Ocean City’s Elaina Styer, a Stockton sophomore, is off to a flying start in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in La Crosse, Wisc.
Styer leads the heptathlon after two events at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
In the opening hurdles, Styer ran 14.40 for 923 points. That’s not far off her PR and school-record 14.22.
In the high jump at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Styer earned 759 points after clearing 5-3 ¾. She opened by clearing 4-9 ¾ on her 1st attempt, then passed 4-11 and cleared 5-0 ¼ on her 1st attempt, 5-1 ¼ and 5-2 ½ on her 2nd attempt and 5-3 ¾ on her 1st. She was one of only three women to clear 5-3 ¾.
The heptathlon continues with the shot put and 200 later Thursday and then the long jump, javelin and 800 on Friday.
Styer, 2nd in the pentathlon at indoor NCAAs in Birmingham, Ala., PR’d with 5,050 points in her most recent heptathlon last month in Ewing.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 