May 3, 2012
EUGENE, Ore. - The Pac-12 Championships get underway this weekend with the multi-events. Each year the heptathlon and decathlon are contested a week before the main championships at the same site. The Cardinal will send three athletes to the opening events of the conference meet.
Competing for Stanford will be Corey Dysick and Kevin Cardey in the decathlon and Madeline Treasure in the heptathlon. The Cardinal
Dysick has experience in the event, having placed seventh last season. Dysick has a personal best of 6,864 points in the decathlon, but will be competing in the event for the first time this season. Cardey has yet to compete in a decathlon in his collegiate career, but has competed in most of the events over the course of the season.
Treasure competed in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays earlier in the season, finishing with a score of 4,642 points. She will be looking to improve upon that score this weekend. Treasure was 14th in the pentathlon at the MPSF Championships during the indoor season.
Each of the Cardinal athletes competing will be attempting to finish in the top eight to score points for Stanford. The full Pac-12 Championships will be May 12-13 back in Eugene.