HOUSTON – University of Houston athletics alum, Nathaniel Mechler scored 7,701 points to win the decathlon at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Athletics Trials in 2021.
The former Cougar (2016-19) won the 110-meter hurdles, 100-meter, 400-meter, pole vault and 1500-meter to win the national title. Mechler showed a strong performance series on two days of competition and finished the first day of action with 3,921 points and second place. After a victorious performance over 1500 meters, Mechler climbed to the top of the overall standings. With a time before the end of the race in second place, Mechler finished the second day of the decathlon with a time of 4: 28.29 with 3,780 points.
Mechler ended his Cougar career as the American Athletic Conference Champion and NCAA All-American in the heptathlon.
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