While competing with the Wisconsin Badgers, Detmer set a school record in the decathlon in 2007, which contributed to the team championship in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in Indoor Track & Field.[1] Detmer went on to set another school record in the Pentathlon, and an American record in the Heptathlon 1000 meter run that season.[2]
In 2010, he won the Thorpe Cup-an annual international track competition between the United States and Germany-in the decathlon. Prior to that, he finished third at the 2010 US Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the decathlon. Joe Detmer went on to compete in the world championship icosathlon in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010. In that occasion, he improved the world record icosathlon to 14,571 points.[3] Some of his more remarkable performances include the 100 m in 10.93 s, 7.30 m in long jump, and 53.83 on the 400 m hurdles.
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships – 5720 p
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship – 7963 p
Thorpe Cup – 8090 p
