BERKELEY, Calif. (Mar. 25) ­ Dan Larimer of Seattle Pacific University finished second in his decathlon group and the Falcons' Linda Blake was seventh in the heptathlon at the California Multi Event meet which concluded Thursday at Edwards Stadium.

Larimer (Fr., Libby, Mt.) scored 5867 points to automatically qualify for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships next month. Tyler May of Willamette won with 6405. Seattle Pacific's Chris Randolph (So., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian), the GNAC decathlon runner-up last year, did not compete due to an ankle injury.

Blake (So., Richland, Wa.) scored 4032­more than 400 points off her personal best. Kristin Janney (Fr., White Salmon, Wa.) was eighth with 3847 and Sharon Bjella (Fr., Everett, Wa./Everett) was 13th with 3315. All three automatically qualified for the GNAC heptathlon.