Decathlete Lee Walburn Captures First-Team All-America Honors

Lee Walburn NCAA All-American 2024 EUGENE, Ore. (June 6, 2024) – Washington State senior decathlete Lee Walburn captured First-Team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish while Maribel Caicedo and Micaela De Mello each advanced to Saturday's final in the 100m hurdles to highlight the second day of competition Thursday for the Cougars at the 2024 NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field.

Walburn, a senior from Whitefish, Mont., posted a career-best mark of 7,816 points, blowing past his previous high mark of 7,694. Thursday began for Walburn much like Wednesday ended, with a personal-best, this time in the 110m hurdles, finishing in 14.89 seconds to win his heat. Strong…