Jersey's Campbell has 'rollercoaster' day in decathlon
Evan Campbell was the fourth-best thrower in the shot put
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Jersey's Evan Campbell said he had a "rollercoaster day" as he became the first-ever islander to compete in the decathlon at the Commonwealth Games.
The 25-year-old is 10th at the midway point of the 10-discipline event in Glasgow.
Despite running a personal best of 11.32 seconds, he was last of the 12 competitors after the 100m and remained bottom after the long jump.
But a season's best 14.43m in the shot put moved him up to 10th place and he followed that up with another season's best in the high jump of 2.00m - the second-highest of anyone in the field - to rise up to eighth place.
Campbell finished last in his heat in the 400m in 53.63 seconds - the slowest time of the evening - to drop back down to 10th place on 3,743 points.
"There were points today where I was pretty low and there were points where I was pretty high," he told BBC Jersey.
"It's crazy how it comes and goes like that, but that's what the decathlon's like.
"I've been injured a lot of the year, it's part of the sport so it's not an excuse.
"I didn't do that too well in the past six weeks, but I'm glad I'm here and giving it a good go.
"To come fourth in the shot put and second in high jump - I'm buzzing."
Andrieux enjoys taking on 'world-class' opposition
Abbey Andrieux has lost all four of her matches so far
Jersey bowler Abbey Andrieux says she is enjoying playing "world-class" opposition in Glasgow.
Andrieux is yet to win a game in the women's singles and lost 2-0 to reigning gold medallist Ellen Fife in her third game on Thursday morning.
Fife, who beat Guernsey's Lucy Beere to win singles gold in 2022, won the first set 12-5 despite Andrieux drawing level at 3-3 after the third end.
The Jersey player conceded a four-shot maximum in the opening end of the second set and went on to lose it 8-4.
"It's tough out there, you're playing the world's best but I performed OK," she told BBC Jersey. "I had some good ends, some not so good ends.
"It's a privilege to play world class people, gain the experience and hopefully in years to come I can only do better.
"I'll keep pushing on and hopefully get that win at some point this week."
Andrieux went on to lose to Cook Islands' Emily Jim in her fourth game on Thursday evening.
The Jersey player was beaten 9-5 in the opening set and was 6-0 down after the first three ends of the second.
She did pull a shot back in each of the next two ends to make it 6-2 before Jim earned a shot in the final end to win it 7-2.
Andrieux faces Malta's Connie-Leigh Rixon and Falkland Islands' Daphne Arthur-Almond in her final pool matches on Friday as she aims to get off the bottom of the group.
Malcolm de Sousa is competing at his fifth Commonwealth Games for Jersey
Meanwhile, Jersey's men's pair of Malcolm de Sousa and Ross Davis got their first win of the Commonwealth Games.
The duo, who had lost their opening two matches, needed a tie-breaker to beat Malta and move off the bottom of their group.
The Jersey duo lost the first set 5-1 but an excellent three-shot haul in the final end of the second set meant they won it 4-3.
That took the game to a tie-break, which they won 2-0.
They will face bottom side Niue in their penultimate game on Friday.
