Nathaniel Mechler of Goldstone set the Canadian Junior Decathlon record at the Athletics Canada Combined Championships on the weekend of June 18 to 19 in Ottawa.
The decathlon is a two-day competition (day 1: 100 metre run, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400m run; day 2: 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1,500m run).
Mechler’s score of the 7,592 points (in 34 degree weather) eclipsed the previous record of 7,179.
It also was enough to exceed the World Junior Track and Field qualification standards of 7,200 points.
Pending official approval from Athletics Canada, Mechler will be representing Canada in the decathlon at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland July 19 and 20.
In August Mechler will be leaving Goldstone and travelling to Houston, Texas, where he will be attending the University of Houston, studying kinesiology on a track scholarship.
