Barbara Nwaba
Barbara Nwaba’s 6,205-point performance over the weekend at the Thorpe Cup in Marburg, Germany bested the field in the United States vs. Germany multi-event competition.
Nwaba topped fellow Americans Sam Spencer (5,876) and Erica Bougard (5,873).
American Wesley Bray won the men’s decathlon competition with a score of 7,862 points over Germany’s Mathias Brugger (7,829).
Nwaba, the runner-up at this year’s USA Track & Field Championships in the heptathlon, is a former UCSB track & field team member who currently trains with Santa Barbara Track Club.
Nwaba’s point total in Germany was both a personal best and a Thorpe Cup record.
Another Santa Barbara Track Club athlete, Tom FitzSimons, suffered a broken foot while warming up for the pole vault and could not finish the meet.
RESULTS
Men
Decathlon
1 Wesley Bray (USA) 7.862p (11.05 (-0,6); 7.37 (0.1); 12.37; 19.3; 49.55 – 14.62 (1.7); 40.26; 4.81; 57.49; 4.23.63);
3 Mathias Brugger (Germany) 7.829p (11.17 (-1,3); 7.06 (-1,7); 14.23; 2.05; 49.28 – 14.65 (1.6); 43.01; 4.81; 52.81; 4.46.79);
3 Rene Stauss (Germany) 7.819p (11.15 (-0,6), 7.01 (-0,1); 14.41; 2.14; 50.57 – 15.24 (0.8), 44.43; 4.71; 55.72; 4.48.53);
4 Zach Ziemek (USA) 7.667p (11.05 (-1,3); 7.38 (-1,0); 12.71; 2.02; 51.39 – 15.15 (1.6); 44.38; 4.81; 56.98; 5.00.25);
5 Max Wannemacher (Germany) 7.574p (11.23 (-1,3); 7.20 (1.1); 12.55; 2.05; 49.91 – 14.74 (1.7); 39.69; 4.91; 50.70; 4.57.93);
6 Patrick Scherfose (Germany) 7.480p (11.19 (-0,6); 7.05 (-1,9); 14.10, 1.81; 50.63 – 14.41 (1.6); 40.77; 4.71; 50.64; 4.43.71);
7 Chase Dalton (USA) 7.445p (11.33 (-0,6); 7.06 (-0,4); 13.35; 1.87; 51.61 – 15.32 (0.8); 45.23; 4.61, 59.87; 4.53.41);
8 Patrick Spinner (Germany) 7.392p (11.47 (-1,3); 7.38 (1.7); 13.27; 1.90; 50.83 – 15.22 (0.8); 38.18; 4.41; 66.32; 5.04.31);
9 Austin Bahner (USA) 7.382p (11.13 (-1,3), 7.29 (1.1); 12.75; 1.87; 50.26 – 15.53 (0.8); 41.95; 4.41; 55.07; 4.47.15)
Women
Heptathlon
1 Barbara Nwaba (USA) 6.205p (13.67 (-0,1); 1.83; 13.99; 23.99 (1.9) – 5.62 (-1,6); 44.17; 2.14.09);
2 Sam Spenner (USA) 5.876p (14.28 (-0,2); 1.71; 12.44; 23.87 (1.9) -6.17 (0.3); 36.28; 2.15.25);
3 Erica Bougard (USA) 5.873p (13.47 (-0,1); 1.69; 10.81; 23.96 (2.4) -6.30 (0.5); 32.05; 2.10.15);
4 Annett Fleming (Germany) 5.847p (14.82 (-0,2); 1.74; 13.64; 26.08 (-0,2) – 5.52 (0.69; 49.39; 2.15.13);
5 Anna Maiwald (Germany) 5.804p (14.07 (-0,1); 1.71; 12.96; 24.05 (1.9) – 5.66 (0.1); 39.11; 2.16.57);
6 Heather Miller (Germany) 5.791p (13.91 (-0,1), 1.62; 11.90; 24.47 (1.9) – 5.93 (-1,6); 39.60; 2.10.13);
7 Breanna Leslie (USA) 5.779p (13.92 (-0,2) 1.74; 11.33; 24.56 (2.4) – 5.74 (0.1); 38.06; 2.11.67);
8 Ryann Krais (USA) 5.642p (14.26 (-0,2); 1.77; 12.12; 25.52 (0.8) – 5.25 (-0,7); 41.95; 2.13.27)
