CABOT -- Siloam Springs senior J.D. Horn improved his standing by seven spots on the final day of the Arkansas state decathlon and finished 43rd out of 77 participants Thursday at Panther Stadium.
Horn entered Thursday's final round in 50th place with 2,467 points. He finished with 4,359 points in 10 events after Thursday's final five events were completed.
On Thursday, Horn, who's signed to play football at Lyon College, participated in the 110-meter high hurdles, the discus, pole vault, triple jump and 1,500-meter run.
Horn finished with a time of 17.39 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, scoring 584 points. He had a throw of 80 1/2 feet in the discus, which scored 359 points.
In the pole vault, Horn vaulted a height of 6 feet, 11.75 inches and scored 165 points. In the triple jump, Horn had a distance of 36-7.25, and scored 366 points. He ran the 400 meters in 5 minutes, 26.32 seconds and scored 418 points.
On Wednesday, he competed in the 100-meter dash, the long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter run.
Horn scored his highest point total -- 639 -- in the 100 meters with a time of 12.06 seconds.
He had a distance of 18-4.5 in the long jump, which scored him 502 points. He had a throw of 30-0.25 in the shot put and scored 435 points.
Horn's height of 4-11 in the high jump earned him 389 points, while his time of 57.5 seconds in the 400 meters scored him 502 points.
Marquel McKinney of Gosnell earned first place overall with 6,140 points.
Sports on 05/21/2017