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The 2014 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays continued Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium. In the second of the four-day event, current and former Texas Longhorns shined in the multi-events and distance races.

Defending NCAA champion Johannes Hock of Texas finished third in the decathlon with 7,573 points. This is Hock's first multi-event of the year due to an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery last summer. Hock's highest points in the final five events came in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.57 seconds (902) and discus throw with a toss of 165 feet (50.30m), that earned him 877. Hock's finish puts him in good shape to qualify for the NCAA meet in June, with the top 24 scores earning an automatic berth. Last season, 7,406 was the lowest qualifying point total.

Hock has not yet been cleared to throw the javelin so the natural right-hander was forced to use his left hand. The sophomore, who normally throws more than 200 feet, was only able to reach 117-5 (35.79m), the final of his three attempts. That earned him only 381 points, around 400 below his normal output in that event.

"All that matters is that [score] will get me into nationals. I am 98 percent sure," Hock said. "That score is in a range where I usually don't even think about, but I knew from the start it was going to get rough. It ended up getting harder than we thought, but there were a lot of things coming together."