PUEBLO, Colo. - Concordia-St. Paul senior Calder Erick began competition in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday afternoon, ending day one in 11^th place with five of the 10 events completed. Erick amassed 3,681 points on the first day of competition, sitting eight points ahead of 12^th place and just three points behind 10^th place.

Erick's best performance of the day came in the first event as he finished fifth in the 100-meter dash and set a new personal record with a time of 11.01 seconds.

The second event of the day was the long jump, with Erick placing 14^th with a distance of 6.58 meters (21' 7.25").

Erick secured another top 10 finish in the shot put, finishing ninth with a toss of 11.95 meters (39' 2.5").

Thursday's penultimate event was the high jump, with Erick grabbing 13^th place with a mark of 1.84 meters (6' 0.5"), another personal record.

The first day of the decathlon wrapped up with the 400-meter dash, where Erick placed sixth and set his third personal record of the day with a time of 49.38 seconds.

The decathlon will wrap up on Friday with the 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500-meter run.