Should you’ve by no means heard of Canadian decathlete Nate Paris, that could be about to alter. Final weekend on the Doc Hale VT Meet in Blacksburg, Va., Paris set a brand new Canadian U23 report within the males’s heptathlon, scoring 5,858 factors—the fifth-best mark within the NCAA this season.
The Nanaimo, B.C., native is in his second NCAA indoor monitor and subject season with Virginia Tech College after transferring from the College of British Columbia (UBC) on the finish of 2023. At UBC, Paris received an NAIA championship within the decathlon, scoring 7,232 factors and ending first in 4 of the ten occasions (100m, lengthy leap, 400m and 110m hurdles). Later that yr, he represented Canada on the U20 Pan American Video games, successful bronze.
En path to Paris’s Canadian U23 report, he set private bests in 5 of the seven heptathlon occasions: (60m – 6.88s, shot put – 12.70m, excessive leap – 2.06m, 60m hurdles – 8.19s, and the 1,000m – 2:46.32). This was the primary time he has scored over 5,800 factors within the occasion. The Canadian report for the heptathlon occasion is held by the 2020 Olympic champion, Damian Warner. His mark of 6,489 factors was set en path to his win on the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
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✅️ Faculty DocumentNathaniel Paris 2nd place 5858 within the Males’s Heptathlon on the Doc Hale VT meet breaks the U23 report
60m – 6.88s PB
LJ – 7.50m
SP – 12.70m PB
HJ – 2.06m PB
60mH – 8.19 PB
PV – 4.47
1000m – 2:46.32 PB pic.twitter.com/8maeyJZtiS— Spot Athlete (@SpotAthlete) February 8, 2025
Like Warner, Paris’s sturdy swimsuit is within the dash occasions and the jumps, along with his softer marks coming within the shot put and throwing occasions.
Since area constraints make a full decathlon impractical indoors, male multi-event athletes compete within the heptathlon through the winter season within the NCAA. Occasions just like the javelin and discus throw require huge out of doors venues, making an indoor decathlon unfeasible for many collegiate monitor and subject packages.
Nate Paris: ACC Males’s Subject Athlete of the Week 😮💨
» Hep – No. 1 in ACC
» Hep – No. 5 within the NCAA
» Hep – No. 16 on the earth
» Hep – Virginia Tech program report
» HJ – No. 7 within the ACC
» Hep – PRs in 5 of seven occasions#Hokies 👟 pic.twitter.com/XzmS3QxtvC— Virginia Tech Monitor & Subject (@HokiesTFXC) February 11, 2025
Earlier than the 2024 season, Canadian decathletes had received medals at six consecutive main championships from 2018 to 2023. With reigning world champion Pierce LePage lacking final yr’s Olympics resulting from a again harm, and Warner withdrawing on the second day of the Olympic decathlon after a nightmare displaying within the eighth occasion—the pole vault—the door is open for rising expertise, like Paris, because the athletics calendar inches towards L.A. 2028.