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World’s Best Decathlete, Bryan Clay, is a Castle Grad

Bryan Clay, world's best all around track & field athlete

Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete.  He is the reigning Olympic  champion and was also a World  in 2005.

Clay was born in Austin, Texas  and raised in Hawaii. He is Afro-Asian. His mother, Michele Ishimoto, was a Japanese immigrant to America. His father, Greg Clay, was African-American. His parents divorced when he was in elementary school and he was raised primarily by his mother.

Clay has a younger brother, Nikolas, who was also a standout athlete on the Azusa Pacific University track team.

He graduated from James B. Castle High School (Kaneohe, Hawaii) in 1998.

Bryan Clay lead the heptathon competition in Doha, Qatar

From DOHA, Qatar -Olympic champion Bryan Clay led Trey Hardee in the heptathlon competition at the world indoor championships Saturday with only the 1,000-meter race left.

Clay matched Hardee in the pole vault with jumps of 5 meters for a 46-point lead. Aleksey Drozdov of Russia was third.

In the women’s pentathlon, Jessica Ennis of Britain was in the lead after three events. The outdoor world champion won the 60-meter hurdles and the high jump before Olympic champion Natallia Dobrynska of Ukraine won the shot put.

Ennis led with 3,021 points, 18 more than the Ukrainian.

March 13, 2010 Posted by | Events | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Top 20 Male Performances at World Track & Field Championships

Long jump champion, Dwight Phillips

Long jump champion, Dwight Phillips

All-athletics.com has ranked the top 20 male performaces at the IAAF World Championship Track & Field Meet from Berlin.

Usain Bolt 100m
Usain Bolt 200m
Jamaica 4x100m
Tyson Gay 100m
Ezekiel Kemboi 3000mSC
Kenenisa Bekele 10000m
Abel Kirui Marathon
Christian Cantwell Shot Put
Lashawn Merritt 400m
Dwight Phillips Long Jump
Phillips Idowu Triple Jump
Sergey Kirdyapkin 50km Walk
Trey Hardee Decathlon
Robert Harting Discus
Kerron Clement 400m Hurdles
Steven Hooker Pole Vault
Ryan Braithwaite 110m Hurdles
Valeriy Borchin 20km Walk
Trinidad and Tobago 4x100m
Alonso Edwards 200m
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 3000mSC
USA 4x400m

August 23, 2009 Posted by | Events | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment