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LONDON – Lifetime Longhorn Trey Hardee began his quest for a third world title in the decathlon on Friday. The former NCAA record holder and Olympic silver medalist started Day 1 of the decathlon with three season's best showings to find himself in fifth place after the first five events.

Hardee amassed 4,313 points over the five events on Friday. He made his biggest move of the day in the shot put where he posted a distance of 15.16 meters (49-9.00) to finish fifth overall in the event and move from sixth into third place in the point standings. He then slipped down to fourth place following the high jump.

He closed the first day of decathlon action by running a season-best 48.78 in the 400 meters. That time was 14th in the field and moved him to fifth overall in the standings.

Hardee opened the decathlon with a time of 10.75 in the 100 meters to begin the day in fifth place. He leapt a season-best 7.48 meters (24-6.50) in the long jump to fall to sixth overall. His mark in the high jump tied his best in 2017 as well.

Hardee has some strong competition ahead of him. His 4,313 points trail third place by less than 50 points. Hardee is only 165 points out of the lead currently held by Kevin Mayer of France, the silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games. Canada's Damian Warner won bronze last summer and is in fourth with 4,347 points.

Day 2 of the decathlon begins at 4 a.m. Central on Saturday and features the 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters. Hardee will look to take advantage of his strength in a number of these events as he looks to make the podium and earn a medal for Team USA.

Hardee claimed gold at the world championships in 2009 and 2011. Team USA has dominated the decathlon since 2009 with either Hardee or Ashton Eaton winning gold at the IAAF World Championships or the Olympic Games. With Eaton retiring following the 2016 Olympics, Hardee hopes to keep Team USA atop the podium on Saturday.

Fans can watch the action live on Saturday morning beginning at 4 a.m. Central on NBC Sports Network. NBC Sports Gold, an online subscription based service, will have exclusive feeds of all the decathlon events for subscribers. The afternoon portion of the meet will be live on NBC at 2 p.m. Central. This time slot will include the conclusion of the decathlon.

Three other Longhorns will potentially be in action on Saturday with Morolake Akinosun, Chrisann Gordon and Senoj-Jay Givans all listed in relay pools for their respective nations. Prelims for the 4x100m and 4x400 relays are scheduled for Saturday morning and finals of the 4x100 relay will be in the afternoon session of Saturday's competition schedule.

Live results from the meet will be provided on the IAAF World Championships homepage located at iaaf.org.