SEATTLE (June 29) ­ Seattle Pacific University's Chris Randolph has been selected to represent the United States in dual decathlon meet with Germany Aug. 5-6 in Manhattan, Kansas.

This will be the first senior national team appointment for Randolph (Sr., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian), and he will be the first Falcon to represent the U.S. since Jack Hoyt in 1990.

Randolph had been named to the Americans' under-23 team for the NACAC Championships July 7-9 in the Dominican Republic. He will miss that meet after sustaining a bruised left arch at the USA Championships last week.

The NCAA Division II champion in the decathlon the past two years, Randolph scored an SPU record 7872 points a month ago, the third-highest score by an American this year.