2021-06 NC-USA · Eugene · Men's Decathlon
Garrett Scantling won the men's decathlon at the United States national championships in Eugene on 23 June 2021 with 8647 points, 171 above the personal best he had set in Athens in April of the same year. Five of the top eight finished above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Scantling (USA) | 8647 | +171 | |
| 2 | Steven Bastien (USA) | 8485 | -162 | +470 |
| 3 | Zach Ziemek (USA) | 8471 | -176 | +58 |
| 4 | Harrison Williams (USA) | 8306 | -341 | -133 |
| 5 | Joseph Delgado (USA) | 8161 | -486 | +279 |
| 6 | Kyle Garland (USA) | 8140 | -507 | -56 |
| 7 | Markus Ballengee (USA) | 8097 | -550 | +202 |
| 8 | Solomon Simmons (USA) | 8037 | -610 | -190 |
| 9 | Jack Flood (USA) | 8036 | -611 | -2 |
| 10 | Sam Black (USA) | 7899 | -748 | +92 |
| 11 | Tim Ehrhardt (USA) | 7772 | -875 | -294 |
| 12 | T.J. Lawson (USA) | 7411 | -1236 | -465 |
| 13 | Will Daniels (USA) | 6803 | -1844 | -1061 |
| 14 | Kurtis Brondyke (USA) | 6575 | -2072 | -1220 |
| DNF | Hunter Price (USA) | |||
| DNF | Devon Williams (USA) | |||
| DNF | Scott Filip (USA) | |||
| DNF | Austin West (USA) |
The 400m settled the lead. Kyle Garland had taken it in the high jump and stood 3681 with 46 on Zach Ziemek, Scantling third and 55 back. Scantling ran 48.86 for 868 points, Garland could not match it, and the lead changed to 4494 and 70. It stayed with Scantling for the rest of the competition and only widened, to 240 after the discus and 279 after the javelin.
Scantling closed day 1 first on 4494 and 88 above his PB series, the gain built on 10.53 in the 100m, worth 69 more than that run in his PB series, and 2.05 in the high jump for another 37. Day 2 turned on the discus: 48.17 for 832 points against a 42.45 series mark, 117 clear of it and the single biggest swing of his competition, which put him 244 up on the series and 240 clear of the field. The vault, javelin and 1500m gave 73 of that back, and he finished 171 above the series.
Steven Bastien made the largest gain in the field. He was fourth at the day break on 4386 and 99 above his own PB series, the shot alone worth 95 of it at 14.47 against a 12.91 series mark. Day 2 was where it became a 470-point improvement: 14.24 in the hurdles for 944 points and 62 above the series, 4.95 in the vault for 43, then 61.20 in the javelin for 756 points, 146 more than the javelin in his PB series had been worth. He closed with 4.22.21 in the 1500m for 797 points and another 80, and took second by 14.
Zach Ziemek was level with his PB series at the day break, third on 4409, 7.74 in the long jump for 995 points having offset a slow 400m that cost 73. He was 62 under the series after the discus. The pole vault returned nearly all of it: 5.55 for 1083 points, 95 above his series mark, moving him to second. He finished 8471, 58 above the 8413 he scored in Eugene in July 2016.
Harrison Williams took fourth, 165 behind Ziemek. The gap opened after the discus, where a 76-point deficit became 171 through the pole vault and 217 through the javelin, and 4.32.49 in the 1500m closed only 52 of it. His own competition was defined by the discus, 43.90 against a 48.86 series mark and 103 down, which was the largest single loss on his sheet. He finished 133 under his PB series.
Five of the top eight beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Bastien's 470 was the largest, from the javelin and the 1500m on day 2. Joseph Delgado gained 279 for fifth, closing with 4.20.93 for 805 points and 109 above his series, and Markus Ballengee 202 for seventh. Scantling took 171 and Ziemek 58. Solomon Simmons, eighth, finished 190 under his PB series, and Tim Ehrhardt, eleventh, 294 under.
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