Corbin Duer finished fifth in the decathlon while Turquoise Williams finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Big West Conference Championships last weekend.
Duer led a group of three Mustangs, finishing with 6,704 points. Dominic Byrne finished in sixth with 6,704 while Jordan Goffena was seventh with 6,551 points.
Duer helped the Mustangs with four team points when he finished first in the pole vault when he cleared 15-feet, 11 inches and scored 865 points. He added 623 points with a third place finish in the javelin with a toss of 171-feet, 7 inches. Duer also added 591 points with a time of 4:54.65 in the 1500 and 788 points in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.52 seconds.
Byrne scored four team points when he finished sixth. He scored 635 points with a second place finish in the javelin with a mark of 174-feet, 4 inches. He added 659 points when he cleared 13-feet, 7.25 inches in the pole vault.
Goffena added two team points with his seventh place finish. Goffena’s final day of competition was highlighted when he finished second in the 1500 with a time of 4:37.58 and 696 points.
Williams scored four team points with her seventh place finish while Sara Klein finished ninth, just out of the points.
Williams scored 694 points with her time of 2:29.59 in the 800 and had mark of 17-feet, 4.25 inches in the long jump (640), and a mark of 87-feet, 2 inches in the javelin (412)
The men’s and women’s team will continue the championship next weekend with the rest of track and field events.