DES MOINES, Iowa – University of Evansville senior Joey Rucinski (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) added a seventh-place finish in the decathlon on Saturday to his sixth-place finish in the pole vault from Friday to highlight the Purple Aces' Saturday performances at the Missouri Valley Conference Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Rucinski would start his Saturday with a personal-best performance in the 110-meter hurdles portion of the decathlon with a time of 16.64. After placing fifth in both the decathlon's pole vault and javelin competitions, Rucinski capped his Valley Championship decathlon performance by rallying to win the 1,500-meters with a time of 5:09.