Aaron Booth '15 Recruiting Profile

2015 was a great year for me, ranked 20th in the world for U20 Decathlon with a score of 7379pts, 13th at the World University Games with a score of 6905pts, even though I was suffering from patella tendinitis, and a Senior Decathlon PB of 6983pts.

2016 was spent mostly recovering from my injury and in my first Decathlon back, in Australia, I scored 6721 points after 5 weeks of training.

In January 2017 I won the Queensland Combined Events Championship with a personal best score of 7138pts, which qualified me for the World University Games in Taipei. This was followed up in March with a 7246 score, and personal best, at the Australian Combined Events Championships placing 3rd to Cedric Dubler (AUS) 7779pts  and John Lane (GBR) 7362pts under some extreme conditions.

I am currently in my second year of a Bachelor of Construction degree (majoring in Quantity Surveying) at Massey University in Auckland.

My dream is to one day represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games.

This season I am aiming to medal at the World University Games, andscore more than 7700pts to qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Beyond that my goals include qualifying for the 2019 World Champs and 2020 Olympics.

I aspire to be one of the best Decathletes New Zealand has ever produced and to be able to compete at the highest level.

To achieve this I believe attending a college in the US, will challenge me to be the best I can in both the class room and on the track.

Here is a link to all of my New Zealand ranked performances - www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/profiles_con/athlete/533945

You can find my videos on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyx1jhT5R7haaFyMy0mSfaQ 

Thanks for taking the time to look at my profile, Regards, Aaron Booth - NZL