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Story courtesy the Courier News

By HARRY FREZZA JR.
Staff Writer

Now that he has conquered the extreme test of a double decathlon, Middlesex's Doug Thomasey (’05) would like to make a run at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the decathlon. Thomasey, a 2001 Middlesex High School graduate and a two-time Division III All-American while at Lynchburg (Va.) College, won the National Double Decathlon title Saturday (August 12, 2006) in Albany, N.Y.

Thomasey scored 11,146 points during the two-day event, which featured 10 events Friday and 10 Saturday. Thomasey said he hoped to reach 12,000 but didn't get it after clearing only 7 feet, 7 inches in the pole vault.

He twice cleared 14-6 while at Lynchburg.

"All in all, this was a pretty good meet," said the 24-year-old Thomasey, a graduate math student at the University of Florida. "I did everything I wanted to do except get my 12,000 (point) mark. One main reason was that I only have one pole to jump on in the vault, and I couldn't get over my real opening height of 12 feet. I did 7-7 just because I had a feeling that on my tired legs, getting into the pit would be an issue."

His legs, which carried him through 62 1/2 laps on the track, got him a personal-best time of 2 minutes, 4.4 seconds in the 800 Friday.

"That was a worth a lot of points," said Thomasey, whose father, Rich, is a track coach at Ridge High School. His mother, Laura, coaches at Bound Brook. "It's (double decathlon) is really geared toward the distance runner; the decathlon is geared to the sprinter."

The first double decathlon was held Sept. 26, 1981 in Helsinki, Finland. Thomasey said he was attracted to it after graduating from Lynchburg because he thought it would be fun. He scored 11,340 points in his first one.

"I don't think there's as much pressure; you want to do it for fun," Thomasey said. "It is a test of your body. You do every single track event."

The national meet probably will be his last competition of the year. Thomasey said he most likely will focus on making the Olympic Trial qualifying 'A' standard of 76.00 and 'B' standard of 75.00. He hit a 67.49 in the 2005 Division III championships during his senior year at Lynchburg.

The 100-meter, 400-meter, 1,500-meter and 10,000-meter runs; the shot put; javelin and discus throws; and the long jump, high jump and pole vaults comprise the decathlon.

After experiencing the marathon double decathlon, Thomasey believes he should be in good position to make a serious run at the qualifying standard.

"I think I have a good shot," said Thomasey, whose graduate program ends in March. "It'll take a lot of work, but my body has grown up and matured. I haven't been training as hard as I did in college, so it'll be a question of getting into shape with the proper training."

Staff writer Harry Frezza Jr. can be reached at (908)· 707-3166 or at hfrezza@gannett.com

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