North Allegheny graduate Ayden Owens won gold for Arkansas in the decathlon at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Thursday, setting a meet record in the process.
Owens finished with 8,457 points, tying the record set by Oregon’s Ashton Eaton in 2010. Eaton went on to become a two-time Olympic champion.
Owens’ best finishes on Thursday were in the 110 hurdles and discus, where he took second. On the first day of competition on Wednesday, he finished first in the 100- and 400-meter dashes.
Owens also won the heptathlon at the NCAA indoor meet this season. He was second in the decathlon outdoors and third in the heptathlon indoors while competing for Michigan last season.
— Arkansas Track & Field (@RazorbackTF) June 10, 2022
