Richard York Class: Junior Hometown: St. Lewis, Mo. High School: St. Clair HS Event: Decathlon Experience: 2L

NEW MEXICO:

2011 Indoor: Competed in the New Mexico Collegiate Classic and Combined meet, and scored a seasons best in the Heptathlon with 5,537 points... This score barely missed the qualifying mark to make it to one of the hardest meets in the country to qualify, NCAA Indoor Nationals... Later in the season became Mountain West Champion in the multis and was also an Indoor All American on the Medley relay team...Competed in the 400 meter leg in the relay that placed 7th.

2011 Outdoor: Great season opener at the 2011 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the decathlon... Scored an impressive mark of 7389 and got a personal best that would later qualify him for the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Also Mountain West decathlon champion outscoring second place by nearly 200 points... At NCAA Outdoor Nationals and had a solid performance placing 23rd place in the whole country.

2010 Outdoor:3-time MWC Champion, 1-time All-American, 1-time Honorable Mention...Became the first freshman in school history and the second in MWC history to win gold in the decathlon at the MWC Championships...only the third Lobo to win the decathlon at the MWC Championships...scored 7,292 pts. to take the gold...also scored in the high jump with a throw of 6-2.25...owns the 2010 top spot for New Mexico in the Javelin (195-0.00), the high jump (6-4.25) and the 400-meters (48.98)...recorded a score of 6,224 in his first decathlon at the Texas Relays...

HIGH SCHOOL:

A 2009 graduate of St. Clair (Mo.) High School...4-time all-state and all-district selection, competing in the pole vault, 300m hurdles, 110m hurdles, high jump, triple jump, and long jump for head coach Dave Priviance...earned all-state honors in three events to lead the Bulldogs to the class 3 state title as a senior...he was the 300m hurdles champion, finished second in the 110 hurdles and pole vault, and was sixth in the long jump at the '09 state meet...went on to place second at the Great Southwest meet in Albuquerque, trailing only national record holder Curtis Beach with a score of 7,007 points, which was the third-best by a high school athlete in 2009...the Big River Running Company listed him No. 7 on its list of the greatest Missouri high school athletes of the decade (2000-09)...recorded prep bests of 37.99 in the 300 hurdles, 14.12 in the 110 hurdles, 6-08.00 in the high jump, 22-10.00 in the long jump, 14-06.00 in the pole vault, and 43-09.00 in the triple jump...also earned all-conference and all-district honors all four years in both basketball and football...helped the Bulldog basketball team capture three district championships.

PERSONAL:

Born in St. Louis, Mo...son of Randy and Janet York...has an older sister, Rachel...intends to major in Secondary Education and is interested in becoming a history teacher.

PERSONAL BESTS:

Decathlon: 7389
Heptathlon: 5537
Javelin: 202' (61.59m)
Discus: 119'8" (36.49m)
Shot Put:39'-3.25" (11.97m)
Pole Vault:15'7" (4.75m)
High Jump: 6'5.5" (1.97m)
Long Jump:23'-4.75" (7.13m)
1,000-meters: 2:43.12
1,500-meters: 4:36.06
400-meters: 48.98s
60m hurdles: 8.42s
110m hurdles:15.62
60m dash: 7.08s
100m dash: 10.88s

Lobos Track & Field

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