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The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
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Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
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Oregon’s Peyton Bair dominated the competition on Day 1 in the heptathlon with 3,675 points, only trailing collegiate record holder Kyle Garland’s pace from the 2023 indoor championships.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Giants wide receiver and the heptathlon world champion first went public with their relationship in November 2024, when Hall included a photo of them hugging in an Instagram carousel.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Women compete at the same distances in running and swimming and other endurance sports, including triathlon, and do so now in cross-country skiing.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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And with the help of her swimming buddy/husband, and a tandem bike, Kate Varns did the impossible once again — finishing a YMCA triathlon.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Pope hit a monster triple from the corner put the Horns up 75-68 with 1 minute, 29 seconds left and after Vokietaitis final miss, Mark calmly sunk four straight throws down the stretch to keep the Horns in the tournament.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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The aesthetics of a tournament matter.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Goals have come fewer in the tourney, but its own top line of Annabelle Curran, Stephanie LeBlanc and Ella Morgan rival Milton’s in potency.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Especially since Self’s teams are just 2-3 in NCAA tourney play since winning the 2022 national title.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
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Pitchers throw every day in season between competition days, bullpens, flat ground sessions and box drills off of an incline from 35 feet out.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The energy during that game was electric; the crowds, the fans, the rival fans and our competition were all charged, and everyone was on the edge of their seats.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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