SPORTS
A10 — THE OBSERVER
SaTuRday, MaRcH 12, 2022
STANDINGS
DAVIS
COLLEGE BASEBALL
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“I just hardly even
remember much after the
1,000 and stepping on
the podium,” Davis said
of his reaction to win-
ning the heptathlon. “It
took about an hour before
I calmed down a little bit
and it set in.”
Davis came into the
national championships as
the top-ranked heptathlon
athlete, but his journey to
first place saw improve-
ment over time. The
junior started his career
at Spokane Falls Commu-
nity College, before fin-
ishing seventh in the hep-
tathlon for Eastern just
one year ago.
The track athlete noted
that when making his deci-
sion to transfer from com-
munity college, the NAIA
standards and previous
scores gave him confidence
that he could compete for
a title.
“A big part of the reason
he came here was to win
national titles,” Eastern
head coach Ben Welch
said. “We had a history in
the multis of people con-
tending and winning, so
that was a big reason he
came here. It’s good to see
it come to fruition.”
Davis put together
a stellar showing with
the season on the line,
breaking his own personal
records in nearly every
event — the junior also set
his own record for total
points accumulated in the
heptathlon.
Davis took first in the
long jump (6.97 meters),
shot put (13.47 meters) and
60-meter hurdles (8.24 sec-
onds). The 1,000-meter
run clinched the finals for
Davis, as he earned a sec-
ond-place finish with a
time of 2:41.42. He took
fourth in both the 60-meter
run (7.21 seconds) and high
jump (1.92 meters), while
placing fifth in the pole
vault (4.15 meters).
Davis’ title was not offi-
cially validated until the
competition concluded
with the 1,000-meter run,
as Carroll’s Lee Walburn
was still on his heels in the
standings. Davis managed
to place high enough in the
race with a second-place
finish to secure his top spot
in the heptathlon standings.
“He was competing on
a whole other level,” Welch
said. “That guy from Car-
roll came after him. It was
ON THE SLATE
Saturday, March 12
COLLEGE WOMEN’S
WRESTLING
Eastern Oregon at NaIa
National Invite, Jamestown,
North dakota, TBa
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Eastern Oregon at corban,
11 a.m.
Eastern Oregon at corban,
2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
British columbia at Eastern
Oregon, 11 a.m.
British columbia at Eastern
Oregon, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S
LACROSSE
Eastern Oregon at Boise State
Tournament, TBa
Sunday, March 13
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Eastern Oregon at corban,
11 a.m.
Eastern Oregon at corban,
2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
Lewis-clark State
Oregon Tech
college of Idaho
corban
British columbia
Eastern Oregon
Bushnell
Overall
23-1
15-7
12-11
9-9-1
10-11
6-15
2-18
League
7-0
6-0
4-2
4-3
3-0
3-4
2-1
2-4
1-6
0-6
0-7
Overall
19-3
18-2
5-5
6-9
12-5
8-11
15-5
5-10
2-12
0-8
1-11
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Eastern Oregon university athletics/Contributed Photo
Eastern Oregon University’s TJ Davis competes in the long jump at the Eastern Oregon Multi-Events
meet on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Banner Bank Track in La Grande. Davis earned a first-place
finish in the men’s heptathlon at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in
Brookings, South Dakota on March 5.
a lot of fun because he
came ready to really put it
out there, but so did that
guy from Carroll. He kept
his poise throughout and
here we are.”
Just one year ago, Davis
scored 4,746 points to place
seventh in the heptathlon
as a sophomore. He noted
that the training regime did
not change much this past
year, sticking to a similar
model and work ethic.
“It really doesn’t feel
like I did that much dif-
ferently,” Davis said. “I
just kept doing the same
thing and I trusted that
my coaches were going to
give me the right spot. I
knew that I had the phys-
ical capabilities of putting
up some good numbers. I
just had to work on getting
those numbers.”
“There’s the old saying
that ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t
fix it.’ We tried to just
make adjustments to what
we were doing before,”
Welch said.
The heptathlon is con-
sidered one of track and
field’s most difficult events,
combining a versatile set
of skills and talents. Davis
noted that every day of
training is different, but
that a typical week is a
meticulously planned set
of workouts to improve
the range of skills required
of the heptathlon. From
morning weight lifting to
training on the track to
pole vault practice on alter-
nating days, Davis and
Eastern’s multi-athletes
train to improve on every
level of the event.
“There’s no choice but
to be well-rounded,” he
said.
As Davis transi-
tions into his junior out-
door track campaign and
into his senior season
next year, the Moun-
taineer has his eyes set
on making history. His
score from the NAIA
National Championships
is 342 points off of Robbie
Haynie’s school record of
5,781, which was set 10
years ago.
“That’s a good goal for
me. I want to stay here
and get that,” Davis said.
“I’ve been looking at his
marks since I came in
— they’re unbelievable.
I want a school record,
which means I have to
break a national record.”
Welch said no one has
come close to that mark at
the national meet since it
was set in 2012.
“That is the next goal,”
the coach said. “Obvi-
ously defending his title
will be part of it.”
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
Oregon Tech
college of Idaho
British columbia
Bushnell
Eastern Oregon
corban
Southern Oregon
Northwest
carroll
Providence
Warner Pacific
CARBAUGH
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Union/Cove softball
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a team that went 14-4 last
season, while the baseball
team will look to bounce
back from a 1-11 season.
Fifteen players from last
year’s roster were juniors
or younger, many of whom
excelled this past bas-
ketball season for Cove
and Union.
Elgin/Imbler is set to
start off its softball season
on April 1, marking the
team’s first season since
2016-17.
Full season previews
for local prep baseball and
softball teams will be in
The Observer’s sports sec-
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swings at a pitch in the strike
zone during a doubleheader
against Baker on May 8, 2021.
The Tigers open the 2022 season
with an away game in Hermiston
on Thursday, March 17.
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