J.T. Kuretich Class: Junior Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. High School: East Allegheny HS Last College: Penn State Event: Decathlon

PERSONAL RECORDS

• Decathlon 6803
• Pentathlon 3807
• Heptathlon 5185 110
• HH 15.01
• Long Jump 23'7"
• High Jump 6'6 3/4"

PRIOR TO WAKE FOREST

• Transferred to Wake Forest in fall of 2000 after spending two years at
• Penn State
• Placed 3rd in heptathlon at 2000 Big Ten Indoor Championships
• Took 2nd in pentathlon at 2000 IC4A Championships, earning all-East
• Coast honors
• Finished 5th in decathlon at 2000 Big Ten Outdoor Championships
• Placed 5th in pentathlon at 1999 IC4A Championships, earning all-East
• Coast honors

BACKGROUND

• Lettered four years in track
• 1998 AAU Indoor National Champion in pentathlon
• Took 5th at 1998 National Scholastic Indoor Championships
• Placed 4th at 1998 AAU Outdoor National Championships in decathlon,
• earning All-American honors
• 1998 East Coast Champion in decathlon
• 1998 USATF Northeastern Champion in decathlon
• 1998 American Track & Field first team All-American
• 1998 USATF Junior All-American
• Won three individual gold medals at 1998 WPIAL District Championships
• Placed 4th in hurdles at state championships and 5th in long jump
• Lettered three years in soccer
• Led team to three consecutive section championships
• Earned all-district honors as goalkeeper
• Also lettered two years in basketball and once in football
• Named Whoâs Who Among American High School Athletes
• National Honors Society member
• Runner-up at State Oratorical Contest
• Four-year chess team captain
• Born Nov. 5, 1979 in Pittsburgh, PA
• Parents are Joyce & John Kuretich