Ten events over two days … capped by the 1,500 run … it’s no walk in the park, that’s for sure.

“I definitely gave it everything I had the past two days 100 percent of my competitiveness. I know there’s nothing left right now,” Kansas’ Andy Morris said, still huffing and puffing after wrapping up a resounding victory in the Kansas Relays decathlon Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

“Right now I’m in a rush. Last night it hit me about 7 or 8 o’clock. I’m sure it’ll hit me hard before that tonight,” he added, referring to completely running out of energy.

Morris, who placed third in the event-ending 1,500, tallied 7,101 points. Justin Conkling, a senior at Oklahoma, placed second with 7,029 points. KU’s Dorian Jordan bagged third overall in 6,416.

“It means a lot to me. This is the Kansas Relays,” exclaimed Morris, a Carmel, Ind., junior who until Thursday had never won a decathlon.

“I’m from Indiana. My parents used to follow the Kansas Relays back in the day. They’ve been hyping it up to me for three years. They told me when they were in college everybody heard of the Kansas Relays. They are both big Jim Ryun fans.”

Morris’ dad, Robert, in fact, ran track at Indiana State. He followed the career of Ryun, a former KU distance standout.

“I think this opened the door for me,” Morris said of his initial collegiate victory. “I know what I’m capable of doing. I can see the events I need to work on and I’m going to work on them.”

He’s working to achieve an ultimate goal.

“I want to be an All-American,” Morris said. “It’s what I came to college for.”

Morris entered Thursday’s final five events with a 114-point lead over Conkling.

He had all night Wednesday to ponder his position as front-runner.

“It sunk in that I had a chance to do something,” Morris said. “I was ready to go to bed at 5 o’clock,” Morris said. “I fought to stay awake until 10:30.. Then I went to sleep. Driving over here today, I thought about my position and the weather (chilly, windy conditions). I told myself it didn’t matter. That everybody had to compete in the same conditions.”

A still breeze made things a bit scary in the pole vault. Morris won that event in 14-4 3/4.

“I had to move my steps back,” he said. “The wind was pushing me around. In cold weather, it’s hard to keep the fire going. That showed a little bit in my 1,500.”

On Thursday, Morris won the pole vault, placed second in the 110 hurdles, third in the 1,500 and fifth in the discus and javelin. On Wednesday, Morris won the 100 and 400.

“To see him doing well … it’s gratifying,” KU coach Gary Schwartz said. “The multi events competition can be a very frustrating event. One little thing can mess you up. Andy is very serious about what he’s doing. It’s great to see him do well.”