Finishing his decathlon with massive personal bests in the javelin throw and 1,500-meter run launched Central College junior Brody Klein into fifth place in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Klein totaled 6,684 points in the two-day competition. He was sitting in 14th place with three events remaining before pole vaulting just below his season-best mark (15 feet, 1 inch) to move into the eighth spot. The junior followed that up with a 10-foot improvement on his career-best javelin throw (156-6). He moved into the overall top five after a time of four minutes, 37.69 second in the 1500 meters, an 11-second improvement over his season best and a three-second improvement over his career-best time.

Reid Pakkebier finished the decathlon in 18th place with 6,176 points.  He had a personal-best mark of his own in the discus throw (124-1) to highlight his second day.

The Dutch distance crew has another final on Saturday as Noah Jorgenson advanced to the men’s 800-meter run final after finishing seventh in the prelims in 1:49.65. Jorgenson reset the school record for the third time in three weeks.

On Saturday, Caleb Silver will run the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final at 12:30 p.m. (EST).  Caroline McMartin and Megan Johnson will follow in the women’s steeplechase final at 12:45 p.m. (EST). Jorgenson’s 800 meters final is at 2:50 p.m. (EST) and McMartin will close out Central’s trip with the 5,000-meter run at 4:25 p.m. (EST).