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	Heptathlon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)).
		More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events.
		The heptathlon has been contested by female athletes since the early 1980s, when it replaced the pentathlon as the women's multi-event contest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heptathlon (186 words)

	Perry competes in heptathlon, places second (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Perry went on to set a personal record in the heptathlon high jump at 5-4 1/2, just minutes before she was to compete in the finals of the 400-meter hurdle.
		Not only did Perry have to juggle the demands of the seven heptathlon events, she also competed in both the semi-final and final rounds of the 400m hurdles and 4 x 400m relay, scoring for her team in all three events.
		In only her second heptathlon ever, Perry had taken home second with a total score of 5,759 points with three top-three marks in heptathlon events, in the 100m hurdles, 200m and 800m events.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/articles.asp?ID=15781 (697 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - heptathlon
		Heptathlon, athletics discipline for women, consisting of seven events held over a period of two days.
		Although she was competing with an injured left knee, American track-and-field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee was determined to win the...
		The heptathlon (Greek for “seven tests”) is the women's multievent competition.
	encarta.msn.com /teleport/fromTools/find.asp?brand=elibrary&q1=heptathlon (110 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Heptathlon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek (A native or inhabitant of Greece) hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)).
		More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (additional info and facts about athletic) (track and field) event consisting of seven events.
		The heptathlon has been contested by female athletes since the early 1980s (The decade from 1980 to 1989), when it replaced the pentathlon (An athletic contest consisting of five different events) as the women's multi-event contest.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/He/Heptathlon.htm (396 words)

	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
		Jackie won heptathlon championships at every level at which she competed: NCAA (2), U.S. national (6), World (2) and Olympic (2).
		Jackie swept the long jump and heptathlon gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and repeated as the heptathlon gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
		She just missed claiming a third heptathlon gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where she won a silver medal, a mere five points behind the winner.
	vm.mtsac.edu /relays/HallFame/Joyner.htm (271 words)

	heptathlon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Aths: Wheeler retains title as national heptathlon champion
		Marc Raquil, vainqueur du 400 m Eunice Barber, meilleure performeuse mondiale de la saison en heptathlon, a démontré égale.
		Le Français Ismail Sghir domine le 5000 m Eunice Barber, meilleure performeuse mondiale de la saison en heptathlon, a démo..
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-heptathl.asp (428 words)

	BBC Sport Academy
		The heptathlon is a test of strength, skill and endurance with points awarded for their best performance in each event.
		In the World Championships, she was heptathlon champion in 1987 and 1993.
		Britain’s Denise Lewis is the current force in heptathlon after overcoming injury to be Olympic champion at Sydney in 2000, four years after her bronze in Atlanta.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sportacademy/bsp/hi/athletics/rules/heptathlon/html/heptathlon.stm (271 words)

	Richardson Fourth After First Day NCAA Heptathlon :: Randi Smith stopped in 400m hurdles prelims.
		She finished fourth in the heptathlon at both the 2001 and 1999 NCAA Championships.
		Kansas State's Austra Skujyte is the heptathlon leader with 3,592 points, followed by Katherine Livesey of Nebraska with 3,480 points, and Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, with 3,336 points.
		Thursday, in addition to Richardson's second-day heptathlon events (long jump, javelin and 800m), WSU will have Whitney Evans competing in the women's high jump final and Anson Henry and Anthony Buchanan will run in the preliminary heats of the men's 100m dash.
	wsucougars.collegesports.com /sports/c-track/recaps/052902aaa.html (333 words)

	Heptathlon - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Master of multiple events.(Sports)(Oregon's tireless Lauryn Jordan is rounding into the Ducks' top hope in the heptathlon) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
		Lorenzo leads Oregon to sweep.(Sports)(Regional Roundup: The Duck senior sets the heptathlon's second-best score so far this year.) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
		Lorenzo ranks third at Pac-10s.(Sports)(UO standout in good shape in decathlon; Andrus settles into fourth in heptathlon) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /heptathlon.htm (406 words)

	MontanaGrizzlies.com :: Gunlock opens heptathlon with a bang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The heptathlon concludes on Saturday morning with the 55-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000 meters.
		Gunlock opened the heptathlon tying with Montana State's Steven Hodge with a time of 6.63 in the 55 meters.
		He is the second-ranked pole vaulter in the Big Sky Conference and is one of 12 to qualify for the 55-meter hurdles.
	web.montanagrizzlies.com /mtgriz/db/news/FMPro?-DB=News.FP5&-Format=news_story.htm&-lay=WEB&RecordID=6505&-Max=1&-Find (251 words)

	Antoinette Wilks in Second in Heptathlon after Day One of SEC Championships :: Three hour plus severe weather delay ...
		KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Antoinette Wilks is currently placed second in the heptathlon with 3,236 points after the first day of the Southeastern Track and Field Championships, despite a three hour and 18 minute delay due to severe weather.
		In the high jump portion of the heptathlon competition, Hammond tied for fifth, jumping a height of 5'5.75".
		On the first day of competition, heptathlon athletes will compete in a total of four events while decathlon athletes will compete in five events.
	uscsports.collegesports.com /sports/w-track/recaps/051503aaa.html (438 words)

	USATODAY.com - Heptathlon today, skeleton tomorrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A Utah native, Pikus-Pace won a state high school championship in the high jump and was state runner-up in the heptathlon, discus and shot put.
		Her specialty is the heptathlon, which, because it includes seven events, requires masterful multi-tasking all on its own.
		Houle notes that the start for skeleton and track races put Pikus-Pace in a similar position, although Nardiello calls her skeleton start her "weak point." Nardiello sees the balance and body control she developed throwing in field events helping her as she navigates the sliding tracks.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2005-04-18-pikus-pace_x.htm (1083 words)

	Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Heptathlon... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_Heptathlon... (77 words)

	W. track: Hurdler gears up for heptathlon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That's why the UCLA sophomore believes she has found her niche in the heptathlon, a combination of track and field's seven most arduous events.
		A jack-of-all-trades in high school, Hall seemed to be a good candidate for the heptathlon last season, but the coaching staff decided in midseason that she should focus on the long hurdles instead.
		Lately she has excelled, performing well in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays and garnering personal records in the long jump and 400-meter hurdles this past Saturday against USC.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=28863 (375 words)

	Vols Score 13 Points in SEC Heptathlon; Post Strong Day In Qualifying :: Meet Concludes Sunday
		Two freshman school indoor records fell by the wayside courtesy of Chris Helwick in the heptathlon and Dusty Miller in the mile run.
		Meanwhile, Blake Sabo improved his case for making the NCAA indoor meet with his fourth-place, 5,376-point provisional effort in the heptathlon.
		Before the heptathlon wrapped up, Porter put the Vols on the scoreboard first with his sixth-place, 58-0.25 heave in the shot put.
	utsports.collegesports.com /sports/m-track/recaps/022804aaa.html (1803 words)

	SDSU's Janine Polischuk Wins Mountain West Conference Heptathlon In Final Event :: Aztecs just one point out of first ...
		Polischuk needed to beat Walcott, who won the heptathlon at the inaugural MWC meet in 2000, by 4.5 seconds or more to secure the title.
		Polischuk was fourth overall after four events Wednesday, but came back with a first place in the long jump (18-8), a fourth in the javelin (116-03) and a third in the 800.
		SDSU also had two other entrants in the heptathlon as sophomore Jamillah Titus (American Canyon, Calif.) placed ninth with 4,321 points and sophomore Nicole Carmier (Elk Grove, Calif.) finished 14th with 3,964 points at UNLV's Myron Partridge Stadium and Sheila Tarr Smith Field.
	www.cstv.com /sports/c-track/stories/051304aaz.html (449 words)

	TENNESSEE'S WARD PLACES NINTH IN SEA RAY RELAYS HEPTATHLON :: South Carolina's Chelsea Hammond Claims Title, Giving ...
		University of Tennessee sophomore Caitlin Ward finished the day with an 800-meter run victory in the Sea Ray Relays Heptathlon, but it was South Carolina's Chelsea Hammond who claimed the overall title, tallying 5,405 points Thursday to hand the Gamecocks their second win in Knoxville in the past three years.
		Ward, competing in her second career heptathlon, charted her highest point total to date, taking ninth place with 4,567 points and improving from her 12th-place SEC tally of 4,340 in 2003.
		The second-year performer began the day with an 11th-place finish in the long jump, where she collected 634 points for a leap of 17-3.50/5.27m with a legal wind of 1.8 meters per second.
	utladyvols.collegesports.com /sports/w-track/recaps/040804aaa.html (527 words)

	KUsports.com - : Relays heptathlon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Montgomery was competing in her second heptathlon since sitting out seven months last year because of stress fractures in both legs.
		She won a heptathlon three weeks ago at Texas A&M, and she made it 2-for-2 at the Kansas Relays, but she saw plenty of room for improvement.
		A native of Billings, Mont., Montgomery said she planned to compete in at least one more heptathlon this season.
	www.kusports.com /news/relays/storypr/114056 (345 words)

	Search Results for Heptathlon - Encyclopædia Britannica
		The heptathlon replaced the women's pentathlon in the Olympic Games after 1981.
		Both men and women participate in multi-event competitions, the men in the 10-event decathlon and the women in the 7-event heptathlon, which superseded the earlier pentathlon.
		American athlete, considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever, who became the first participant to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Heptathlon (535 words)

	Carleton Athletics » Women's Track and Field » Women's Track and Field hosts MIAC Heptathlon Championships, ...
		Dingels recorded MIAC Heptathlon records in the high jump (5'7.25") and shot put (37'2.5") on Thursday.
		Plante set a new MIAC Heptathlon record in the javelin throw on Friday with a toss of 128'2", although it was about five meters off her season best.
		Bittman also set a MIAC Heptathlon record with a 200-meter time of 25.54, the second-best MIAC time this season and a personal best by more than a full second.
	apps.carleton.edu /athletics?sport=266&module=event&id=80788 (267 words)

	Spence Leads The Field :: Senior leads heptathlon after posting MWC record mark in high jump.
		LAS VEGAS - UNLV's Christine Spence is the surprise leader in the heptathlon, while Devin Scoresby of BYU leads in the decathlon after the first day of competition on Wednesday at the 2004 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by UNLV at Myron Partridge Stadium/Sheila Tarr Smith Field.
		Spence, a senior competing in the heptathlon for the first time in her career, grabbed the first day lead with 3,297 points.
		The meet continues Thursday with the remainder of the events for both the decathlon and heptathlon.
	unlvrebels.collegesports.com /sports/w-track/recaps/051204aaa.html (447 words)

	Williams Leads Heptathlon At Hurricane Invitational :: Amber Williams records 3,110 points and is in first-place after ...
		Williams Leads Heptathlon At Hurricane Invitational :: Amber Williams records 3,110 points and is in first-place after the first day.
		Miami freshman Amy Seward (Virginia Beach, Va.) won the 200-meters with a time of 24.24 seconds and is in second-place with a day one total of 2,888 points Competing in her first heptathlon, Seward also recorded a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (15.19).
		Heptathlon competition concludes on Friday at noon with the long jump, javelin and 800-meters.
	hurricanesports.collegesports.com /sports/w-track/recaps/031804aaa.html (204 words)

	CLOSE RACE EXPECTED IN DRAKE RELAYS HEPTATHLON COMPETITION
		Arkansas State senior Shunda Smith is a top contender after winning the heptathlon at the 1998 Sun Belt Confernce outdoor championships with a conference record 5,377 points.
		Mellanee Welty, a junior at Wichita State, won the heptathlon at the 1998 Missouri Valley Conference outdoor championships, and finished ninth at the 1999 Texas Relays with a personal best of 5,177 points.
		Junior Laura Borland has set the Drake school record in the heptathlon twice, climaxed by a second-place finish at the 1998 MVC outdoor championships with 4,780 points.
	www.drakerelays.org /release30.htm (338 words)

	Clemson's Kyle Shaw Finishes Sixth At Clemson Heptathlon Championships :: Sophomore scores 4,683 points in Clemson ...
		Maurice Smith of Auburn claimed his second consecutive Clemson Heptathlon crown with a NCAA automatic qualifying total of 5,749 points.
		Alabama's Keith Baker was the runner-up with 5,265 points to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships.
		Clemson's Brent Hobbs sustained an injury and could not complete the heptathlon.
	clemsontigers.collegesports.com /sports/m-track/recaps/012905aac.html (194 words)

	Day 1 Of Competition At The FSU Relays :: Halfway through the heptathlon event, freshman Deanna Lane sits in third ...
		The decathlon and heptathlon events are at the halfway point through Day 1 of competition.
		The Seminoles' Deanna Lane currently sits third in the heptathlon with 3,043 points, while fellow teammate Chelsea Downs is sixth with 2,594 points.
		The FSU Relays continue on Thursday, March 20th with the completion of the heptathlon and decathlon events, as well as a full schedule of track and field events starting at 10:00am.
	seminoles.collegesports.com /sports/c-otrack/recaps/031903aaa.html (230 words)

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