BERKELEY, Calif. (Mar. 24) – Chris Randolph of Seattle Pacific University came on strong during the second day to finish second in the Cal Multi-Event decathlon and become the Falcons’ first male NCAA Division II provisional track and field qualifier.

Randolph (Jr., Lone Tree, Co.), who had been in sixth place after the first day of competition, threw for a personal record 148 feet, 4 inches in the discus and also had solid marks in the javelin (166-10) and 1500 meters (4 minutes, 35.39 seconds). He finished with 6996 points over the 10 events.

Two-time Olympic Trials qualifier Phil McMullen won the decathlon with 7922 points. Randolph’s total was 34 points fewer than last season, when he finished second nationally.

Seattle Pacific's Kelsey Cooley (Fr., Missoula, Mt.) met the provisional standard in the women's heptathlon with a score of 4524. Linda Blake (Jr., Richland, Wa.), the defending Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion, had a non-qualifying score of 4357. Bridgette Sexton (Fr., LaCenter, Wa.) scored 4369 and nearly met the 800 qualifying standard, running 2:15.28.

Jason Childress (Fr., Arlington, Wa.), in his first decathlon, finished with 5433 after not making a height in the high jump.

Karen Dickson (So., El Dorado Hills, Ca.) will run the 5000 and Paul Mach (Sr., Seattle, Wa./King’s) the 800 at the Stanford Invitational Friday.