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Forest Lake graduate and University of Nebraska junior Cody Walton placed seventh at the NCAA Division I track and field championships over the weekend to win first-team All-American honors. Walton earned a total of 7,813 points across 10 events: 100 (11.14), long jump (23 feet, 8.75 inches), shot put (45 feet, 9.75 inches), high jump (6 feet, 6 inches), 400 (50.27), 110 hurdles (14.66), discus throw (139 feet), pole vault (15 feet, 5.5 inches), javelin throw (207 feet, 6 inches) and 1500 (4:55.09). The result is Walton’s second-best score, after a 7,937-point performance earlier this year, which set an all-time Husker record.
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