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Spain's Pau Tonnesen, left, and Estonia's Maicel Uibo, right, shake hands after a men’s 400m decathlon at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

UA's Tonnesen clears personal best, wins competition 

UA senior decathlete Pau Tonnesen, who finished second in the NCAA a year ago with a school-record 8,247 point total, won the Mountain Pacific States Federation pole vault Friday in Seattle. He cleared 18 feet 1¾ inches, his personal best. Tonnesen, who will compete for Spain in the 2016 Rio Olympics, will enter the outdoor track and field season as the school’s top all-around athlete. 


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