EUGENE, Oregon — University of Miami track and field’s Devoux Deysel etched his name into the history books Wednesday as the senior won the javelin national championship at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Heyward Field.
Deysel’s first attempt set the tone as he recorded a throw of 81.75m, besting Florida’s Leikel Cabrera Gay by 2.70m.
Deysel becomes the first male Hurricane to win a national championship since Davian Clarke in 1996, and is the first student-athlete from the Atlantic Coast Conference to win the men’s javelin title since North Carolina’s Justin Ryncavage in 2006.
The Hurricanes return to the track Thursday at 8:15 p.m. ET for the women’s javelin prior to the women’s 400m hurdles at 9:15 p.m. and the women’s 4x400m relay at 10:36 p.m.
Day two of the NCAA Championships can be seen nationally on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. Live results for the meet can be found at www.flashresults.com.
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