Matthew Fox Sets Canadian, School Heptathlon Record

PITTSBURG, Kan. – Sometimes you just need a little parental encouragement. With his parents down from Toronto to watch him compete, Little Rock sophomore Matthew Fox set a new school and Canadian U20 record in the heptathlon as he scored 5,047 points on the final day of the Boo Rogers Combined Events.
 
Setting personal best marks in all seven events, Fox moved up two spots to finish seventh in the competition as he became the first Trojan to ever pass the 5,000-point mark in the heptathlon. That mark is also a national U20 record for the native Canuck, surpassing the 4,898 points Denver Krupity scored in Edmonton on Feb. 18, 2018.
 
In his performance Saturday, Fox posted the sixth-best 60m hurdles time in school history as he clocked 8.58 and also posted the sixth-best pole vault mark in school history, clearing 13-9.25 (4.20m). He then ran the fourth-best 1,000m time in program history (2:56.52) to score 698 points, pushing him past the 5,000-point threshold and breaking the records.
 
Ethan Sorrels was not far behind Fox, scoring 4,783 points to finish 10^th.
 
In the Crimson & Gold Invitational Saturday, also at Pittsburg State, Dion Murombe finished ninth in the long jump with a mark of 20-8.25 (6.32m).
 
Little Rock will return to the track in January starting with the Arkansas Invitational on Jan .13 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
 
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