Entering Day 2 of the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, Texas’ Leo Neugebauer held a slim lead over Georgia’s Kyle Garland.

Neugebauer had already had a massive Day 1. To beat Garland, he needed to do just as well on Day 2.

However, the Texas decathlete didn’t just do well on Day 2. The Longhorn shattered not only his own personal records, he etched his name into college history.

“I can’t even realize it yet,” Neugebauer said. “I’ll probably need a couple of days to realize what I achieved today.”

What did he do that needed so much time to process? Well first of all, he had four personal records in the 110 hurdles, pole vault, javelin and discus to add onto the two he had on Day 1. If that wasn’t impressive enough, his point total of 8,836 also broke the meet record, the facility record and the collegiate record that Garland set last year.

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The German also broke his country’s national point record of 8,832 that had been standing since 1984.

And just to top it off, it’s the best anyone has scored in the decathlon for the entire year, and the 8th best score in history. That includes professionals.

Neugebauer knew that in order to beat Garland, he would probably have to beat the collegiate record. He did far more than that.

“The way my body is at right now, I’m at my peak. I don’t have any injuries. I feel great, I feel strong,” Neugebauer said.

He began the day with his first PR in the 110 hurdles, running a 14.10 but placing second behind Garland. It looked like it might be another tense competition between the two, but the Longhorn would only get better from there.

180-8 in discus. 17-1 in pole vault. 188-6 in javelin. All of it gave him a 235 point lead heading into the final event of the day, the 1,500, though he had all but wrapped up the competition by the time it rolled around.

Even a 17^th place finish in the 1,500 couldn’t keep him from gold.

“I had to keep my cool and distract myself with some music and stuff especially because we had so much time,” Neugebauer said. “I stayed cool and I pulled through.”

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Despite how well Friday went, the performance didn’t come out of nowhere. Especially on the javelin, the event that Neugebauer considers his weakness.

A week ago, while practicing, things clicked for the Longhorn. Then at the event, his throws kept getting further and further.

“I was like ‘you know what, it doesn’t matter what I did in the past. I can just change it like this. I just have to be awake and just in the moment and listen to my coach and all of a sudden, they just flew and flew one after another,” Neugebauer said.

As a senior, the championship is the last event of Neugebauer’s college career. What comes next? First will be the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, then perhaps the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Neugebauer didn’t offer concrete thoughts on his future in either event, but he knows one thing.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen at Budapest, but it’s going to be crazy,” he said.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas breaks NCAA Track and Field Championship decathlon records