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To Decathlon Man Rafer Johnson ( Time cover, Aug. 29 ), whose gold medal in last summer's Olympic Games was won as much on gumption as talent, went the A.A.U.'s James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1960.
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Decathlon and Johnson
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Decathlon and cover
* Daley Thompson's Decathlon ( Ocean Software, 1984, includes a chiptune cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's " Rydeen ")
Decathlon and gold
Included in their number are Milt Campbell, the 1956 Olympic Decathlon gold medalist ( the first African-American to earn this title ); and Joe Black, the first African-American pitcher to win a World Series game.
* James Bausch, Decathlon gold medal at 1932 Summer Olympics.
During the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, Thorpe won the gold medal in the Decathlon ( among others ).
Decathlon and medal
Can't Stop the Music was Bruce Jenner's film debut after becoming famous for three world record-setting performances in the Decathlon, and a Gold medal win at the 1976 Olympic Games.
Decathlon and Olympic
* Milt Campbell ( born 1933 ), birthplace and childhood home, 1956 Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal winner.
Tulare was the sight of the National Championships for the Decathlon in Track and Field in 1949, 1950, 1952, and 1962, as well as the Olympic Trials for the Decathlon in 1952.
In 1997, the mantle of Mister Terrific was passed on to Michael Holt, an equally talented man who holds five black belts, has won the Olympic Decathlon and holds many degrees and doctorates in a wide spectrum of fields.
* William Gairdner, ( 1960 ) Olympic athlete ( Decathlon, Tokyo, 1964 ), conservative author
The Decathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 23 and August 24.
* Harold Osborn, Eta ' 22-1924 Olympic Games Gold Medalist, Decathlon, High Jump
* Trey Hardee ( 2002 ), 2012 Olympic Decathlon silver medalist, 2009 & 2011 IAAF World Championships Decathlon winner, 2008 Beijing Olympian, 2006 NCAA Records ( decathlon, heptathlon ), 2005 NCAA Champion
Decathlon and Games
* Former all Ireland Decathlon champion and Commonwealth Games athlete Hill McNeill still lives on the Ballycorr road, Ballyclare ;( as of Jan 2012 ).
Decathlon and was
The game was included on the 1985 compilation They Sold a Million, along with Beach-Head, Daley Thompson's Decathlon and Sabre Wulf.
Academic Decathlon was created by Robert Peterson in Orange County, California for local schools in 1968 and expanded to a nationwide setting in 1981.
Academic Decathlon was formed in 1968 by Dr. Robert Peterson, the superintendent of schools in Orange County, California.
Reagan had been Governor of California when Academic Decathlon was originally formed and had met with the winners of the 1970 Orange County Academic Decathlon.
In 1979, the first statewide competition was held, and just over two years later, the newly formed United States Academic Decathlon Association held the first national competition in April 1982 at Loyola Marymount University in California — 200 high schools from 16 states and the District of Columbia competed for the chance to attend.
Originally, Academic Decathlon was organized differently from the current competition.
The original statue for the award was commissioned and awarded by the Decathlon Athletic Club ( now defunct ) in Bloomington, MN.
* It was studied for the music and art portion of the 1990-1991 Academic Decathlon competition.
In January 2008, The UL Lafayette School of Architecture Design was selected to participate in the 2009 Solar Decathlon.
The game was included on the 1985 compilation They Sold a Million, along with Beach-Head, Daley Thompson's Decathlon and Jet Set Willy.
But the Illinois Academic Decathlon board arrives at the school with news that the team will need to take a retest to validate their scores, noting that their state score was nearly 10, 000 points ( almost one-third ) higher than their regional score.
As a result of the 1995 cheating scandal, Steinmetz High School was banned from fielding an Academic Decathlon team for ten years.
In 2008, it was one of 12 classic American novels selected for The Big Read, a community-reading program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2009, it was in the list of the United States Academic Decathlon.
Robert J. Dienst was most famous for the 1956 and 1957 American Champion Sprint Horse, Decathlon.
In 2002, the Lubbock High Academic Decathlon team made national news when its victory over J. Frank Dobie High School in the state championship competition was disputed in court.
The Academic Decathlon team was also awarded first place overall in the regional competition, and second place at the state level.
In 2003, the school's Academic Decathlon (" acadec ") team defeated Chicago's Whitney Young High School to take first place in the state ; it was the first time in 18 years Whitney Young had not gone home with this title.
Decathlon and won
Among other notable achievements by Taylor ISD this in 2011-2012, students from Taylor ISD won their fifth invitation to the World Odyssey of the Mind competitions, and the high school academic decathlon team won 2nd place at the state's highest academic competition, the Academic Decathlon.
In 2005, the Cazenovia High School Academic Decathlon team won the school's first state title, sending the team to the national competition in Chicago.
* In 2009, North Hollywood High School won second place in State Academic Decathlon.
North Canyon's Academic Decathlon team won the State Championship in 1995 and 1999, placing fourth and fifth, respectively, at Nationals.
The school is also the five time reigning champions in the Small School Academic Decathlon Online National Competition University High School also won the Fresno County Academic Decathlon in 2010 and 2012.
The school's Academic Decathlon team won National titles in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010 ( a national record ). ref > Academic Decathlon National Champions They also won the state title in 2007.
North has a variety of extracurricular activities, the most notable of which is the Academic Decathlon team, which has a long history of success, including a placement of 7th in the nation in the Medium School e-Nationals ( 2012 ), a placement of fourth in the state in 2011, and has won the regional competition in 2011 and 2012.
Eisenhower has represented the state of Oklahoma for ten years in the Academic Decathlon Nationals competition, having won the state competition for an entire decade.
Moorpark's Academic Decathlon team has won the national competition four times ( 1999, 2003, 2008, and 2009 ) in addition to getting second place by a small margin during the 2005 season, as well as taking 3rd in the 2006 and 2007 California State competition.
Decathlon and on
OCHS is perhaps most well-known on a national level as the school that has represented the state of Kentucky in the national finals of the United States Academic Decathlon ( USAD ) in years, 1993, 1997 – 2006, and 2009.
Academic Decathlon has also been criticized by educators for the large amount of time it forces students to spend on the material, as it is an entire curriculum outside of the one provided by the school.
The duo also worked on the 1937 films, Decathlon Champions and Candid Cameramaniacs from the Pete Smith Specialty series.
But in the end, Jolie gets accepted into college as the admissions board believed that her experience on the Academic Decathlon team allowed her to build character, and recognizes the merit of her achievements without cheating.
It went on to win the United States Academic Decathlon ( USAD ) Division III National Championship.
* 2011: Newsweek ranked CDO 408th on its list of the nation's top public high schools ( top 1. 5 % in the U. S .) CDO Won the state competition in Academic Decathlon and ranked 5th nationally
Founded in 1988 on the acquisition of the Champ, Citabria, Scout, and Decathlon, it has been producing replacement parts for these aircraft since that time ; it has as well been producing new aircraft since 1990.
The Decathlon always takes place on the weekend immediately preceding Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January and serves as a time of reunion for former students and housing staff, who often come and stay in Gunn Hall for the weekend and participate alongside current students in the competitions.
The U. S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 was held at the National Mall ’ s West Potomac Park on the peninsula just south of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial between the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Potomac River.
Solar Decathlon China was established with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U. S. Department of Energy, China ’ s National Energy Administration, Peking University, and Applied Materials on January 20, 2011.
Fourteen teams from across the United States, including Puerto Rico, competed in the first-ever Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. At the end of the event, the University of Colorado was awarded first place overall.
The second Solar Decathlon was held on the National Mall on Oct. 6 – 16, 2005.
The third Solar Decathlon took place on the National Mall on Oct. 12 – 20, 2007.
The fourth Solar Decathlon was held on the National Mall Oct. 8 – 18, 2009.
In 2010 the Solar Decathlon was awarded the Honor Award from the National Building Museum for its emphasis on " renewable energy, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible systems " and its role in educating a new generation of built environment professionals.
The Solar Decathlon challenges teams to communicate about the technical aspects of their houses, as well as their experiences, to a wide audience through Web sites and exhibits of their houses on the National Mall.
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