Three of the four Central College track & field athletes entered in the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon are in position to score after the first day of competition at the American Rivers Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday.

Reid Pakkebier is currently second in the men’s decathlon with 3,606 points and Gage Huyser is third with 3,387 points. In the women’s heptathlon Sage Austin has 2,179 points to sit in eighth place. Jessica Larson is in 12th with 1,813 points. Pakkebier had new personal-best marks in the 400-meter dash (51.01 seconds) and shot put (42 feet, 6.75 inches), while also recording the fastest 100-meter dash time (11.09 seconds). Huyser also ran the fastest 400 meters of his career in 51.20 seconds. Austin’s best event was the 200-meter dash, running the fourth-fastest time in 26.77 seconds. Larson had a new personal-best in the 110-meter hurdles (18.11 seconds) and a season-best shot put (22-9.75).

Day two of the decathlon and heptathlon starts at 10 am today in Indianola, while the rest of the meet will start with field events at 1 pm and track events at 2:30 pm.