The 2011 Mens Track & Field First-Team All-American Romain Martin of University of Texas Arlington totaled 5,796 points and won six of the seven events in his first track meet of the season . He needed 5,750 points to earn the automatic spot in the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships in the Heptathlon.  Martin beat out the competition by more than 900 points at the invitational.   Martin was ranked preseason #1 in the Heptathlon in recent polls and also holds the all time record in points at The University of Texas Arlington in both the Heptathlon(5897) and the Decathlon(7867).

By Cornelius Thompson Jr.