gen stumbles onto the decathlon ;now it's his
iBreyne
Bit
(Nugen, a second-year
Im man at the College
¡a lot of "flack" about
lilie Bruce Jenner, the
¡(¡decathlon winner. The
lliing is that Nugen is
to Jenner.
ji ' s goals are much the
Jenner's were. And, get
ygen eats his Wheaties
orning for breakfast.
leris my hero. You have
him a lot of credit,"
¡aid, ''He had to score
ntsin some events to win
the first decathloner
lie College to go to Nat-
and this year I'm going
My best performance,
points at Blue Mountain,
(i|n about tenth place in
endings from last year's
he said.
•¿el like it's there," Nugen
aid so does Les (Tipton,
tack coach). I'm not going
npete at Regionals and
it going to try and relax
iof Nationals."
tn will travel straight to
j, and have a lay-over
tefore going to Champaign,
of the meet.
ten decathlon events in
to long jump, pole vault,
imp, high hurdles, discus,
1,500 meters, 100 me-
lot put and 400 meters.
"I have averaged six hours a
day on workouts since January
and before that I got in at least
three or five hours. My main
problem is getting a coach out
there. It seems like I spend a
lot of time out there by myself,"
he said.
"Putting in more mileage has
really helped with my running.
I ran cross country this year and
it really picked up my wind in
the 400 and 1,500-meter races,"
he said. "Now, I need to work
on my style."
"I think if I had a six-hour
a day coach I could make it to
the 1980 Olympics. If I can't
have one I'll just have to make
do. There's only room for im
provement," Nugen said.
Nugen first got into track in
high school competing mainly
in the long jump, pole vault,
javelin, and high hurdles. For
mer head track coach, Buck
Monroe first talked to Nugen
about competing in the decath
lon.
"He asked me if I'd like to
compete in the decathlon meet
at Linfield last year. I had three
weeks to prepare so I worked on
the events that I had never done
before, which was almost all of
them," he said.
"I missed
qualifying at that competition
by 200 points. I knew I could
do better if I worked on it.
Three weeks later at Pendleton
I did qualify."
"My family isn't into a lot of
sports," Nugen said. "They al
ways wish me luck, and my mom
holds dinner for me while my
dad watches to make sure I get
enough rest and everything."
"I have to search out the
equipment I want to use when I
go ,to practice. Nobody really
does anything for me. If I'm
there the coach takes it from
there. But, I have to make the
efforst." he said.
"The team gives me a lot of
support. At Blue Mountain a
couple of the guys came down
and it really helped me. I hope
they are there at Nationals," he
said.
Nugen has been contacted by
a coach from Willamette Universi
ty, Salem, but is leaning toward
a mid-Western school such as
Arizona. According to Nugen he
has lived there previously and
his best friend of ten years still
does.
"Most of the schools just
send one or two guys to the
major meets. A school that is
strong in the decathlon could
actually be a hinderance because
of that." Nugen said.
"I’m not really outstanding
in any one thing but I do them
all pretty well. Experience rules
all," Nugen said. "I'm basing
what's going to happen to me in
the next few years on potential."
"Last year I finished 2.1 st at
Regionals but I worked out real
ly hard right before the meet,"
he said, "and it really hurt me."
"The decathlon
standards
have increased but I think that I
could be the first junior college
athlete over 7,000 points.
I
still have a few cobwebs to sweep
out but I know that I can do it."
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