Eastern's Cody Teevens stands fourth after day 1 of Big Sky decathlon...

Championship week for the state's eight Division I and II schools (the West Coast Conference doesn't sponsor outdoor track, so Gonzaga is competing as an independent) got underway Wednesday with the Big Sky Combined Events championship in Greeley, Colorado, hosted by Northern Colorado University.

After the first day of competition, Eastern Washington's Cody Teevens (EWU Athletics photo) stands in fourth place in the decathlon with 3454 points, and teammate Elijah Conley is in sixth with 3296 points.

Teevens, the transfer from Washington State, started the day with a time of 11.16 in the 100. He finished the long jump with a best of 21-6.25 (6.56m), then threw the shot 34-9.75 (10.61m).

In the high jump, he cleared 6-0.5 (1.84m), then finished with a clocking of 51.77 in the 400.

Conley ran 11.54 in the 100, then went 20-2.5 (6.16m) in the long jump, and threw 42-8.75 (13.02m) in the shot.

He then cleared 5-6.5 (1.69m) in the high jump, and ran 51.94 in the 400.

Caleb Whitney of Weber State leads after the first day with a total of 3788 points.

The Eagles have no entries in the women's heptathlon.

The decathlon resumes Thursday at 9 am Pacific time, with live streaming available on ESPN+.

The link to live results is available here.

Meanwhile, Seattle University heads to Nacogdoches, TX for the Western Athletic Conference championship meet that begins Thursday, hosted by Stephen F. Austin.

The Redhawks look to improve upon last year's meet, where they finished tenth in both the men's and women's competitions in Seattle.

Action gets underway with the combined events, and finals in the men's and women's hammer, women's pole vault, men's javelin, and the men's and women's 10000.

The link to live results is available here.

Seattle University's release is available here.

NOTE: The Big Sky Conference, the Western Athletic Conference and the sports information offices of Eastern Washington University and Seattle University contributed to this report.

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