Doyle Management Group returns from World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey with a gold medal and two silver medals
Ashton Eaton - Decathlon - Gold Medal & World Record
The 2012 World Indoor Championships marked the third time that Ashton Eaton has broken the Heptathlon World Record. He dominated the two-day competition from start to finish and broke the record he set last year with a total of 6,645 points. The old mark was 6,568 points. Eaton led the event from start to finish and was ahead of record pace from early on. Eaton began the competition Friday with a personal best of 8.16 meters in the long jump. He also won the 60 meters, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault, and 1000-meter run making up for third-place finishes in the shot put and high jump.
“It’s always a relief to come out of a multi with no injuries. The crowd here was good. They like athletics. My next target is going to be the Olympic Trials because we have such a good team. It was really hard today. I thought I would feel better in the 1,000m. But it is hard running by yourself. I hit the last 400m and I thought I was really going to have to get going. I’m a lot further along (then I was during the world record in 2010) now as a professional. I haven’t peaked yet. I hit some good marks. I just want to stay healthy.”
Janay DeLoach - Long Jump - Silver Medal
On Sunday, Fort Collins Olympic hopeful Janay DeLoach leaped 22 feet, 10 3/4 inches to win the women's long jump silver medal. DeLoach's best mark also came on her final attempt, capping a 1-2 finish for the Americans in the event. DeLoach had gone a personal-best 22-7 1/4 to set the top qualifying mark in the prelims. She now ranks fourth all-time among American women with her jump of 22-11 1/4 at the 2011 U.S. Indoor Championships, trailing only Brittney Reese, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (23-4 3/4) and Dawn Burrell-Campbell (23-0 3/4).
“This is amazing. I am so excited. I have worked my butt off. I nailed that last jump. I asked myself before that jump, ‘what do I have?’ I got the silver and it feels so good. It is so great for Team USA to go 1-2 in this. I hope we can stay consistent and I hope we can do it again.”
Christian Taylor - Triple Jump - Silver Medal
During the triple jump qualifying round on Saturday, World Outdoor Champion Christian Taylor set a world leading mark in the triple jump with 17.63 meters. That jump was good enough for first place until Taylor's former Florida Gator college teammate Will Claye jumped 17.70 meters on his fourth attempt in Sunday's final. The Americans finished 1-2 in the triple jump. Taylor's mark of 17.63 meters is an indoor personal best.
“I came out and got a PB so I’m happy. Nothing shocked me. I’m happy Will came out and jumped well. This is great to do. My dad came through and it was great to have him here. This is a huge personal best for me and I am blessed to be able to do that. It feels great.”