Another national title for Shane Aston
Posted by Ciaran Tobin on 6 June 2018
At the combined events championships at Morton Stadium Shane Aston once again won the senior decathlon with 6776 points with good competitive scores in the 100m (11.15), long jump (6.59m), high jump (1.93m), 110 hurdles (15.15) and javelin (52.86m). Brian Lynch (Lusk) was on 4,657 points. Shane is the leading mens combined eventer in the country over the past few years with senior decathlon and indoor heptathlon titles. He is now targetting the magic 7000 points total at international level over the summer.
100m 11.15secs. 827pts;
Long Jump 6.59m 718pts;
Shot Putt 13.09m 673pts;
High Jump 1.93m 740pts;
400m 52.08secs 721pts;
110Hurdles 15.15secs 831pts;
Discus 37.81m 620pts;
Pole Vault 4.00m 617pts
Javelin 52.86m 631pts;
1500metres 5.30.33 398pts
TOTAL 6776