He topped 8,000 again at the dual meet with Germany with 8,037 as a runnerup to Germany's Mike Maczey. I really looked at 8,000 points as a big barrier. It's taken 8,400 points to qualify for the last three Olympic teams, and I think adding another 350 points to my score is really possible. Pearce, who maintains citizenship in the U.S. and Canada, won the Canadian national championship in July with a jump of 17-3.5 in wet and windy conditions. Pearce then went on to the Pan American Games, where he finished third with a jump of 17-4.75.
Some graduates find the transition from college life to the real world to be a demanding experience.
That's not so, however, for Delloreen Ennis-London, who made the jump from ACU to the competitive world of the European track and field circuit just fine, thank you very much. Ennis-London, who plans to graduate from ACU in December, finished her collegiate career in May as the most dominant hurdler in the history of NCAA Division II track and field. She then went to Europe where she won her first meet, running a 13.01 to win at a meet in Pardova, Italy, on June 26. I knew that once I stepped on the track in college, I was going to win. Ennis-London, married to former ACU quartermiler Lincoln London since last December, has been going at this almost without a break since the ACU indoor season started in January.