There was good news and bad news for Arkansas senior Etienne Chaplin during the second day of the heptathlon.

The good: Chaplin’s long jump of 20 feet, 7 inches set a school heptathlon record, was third best in Arkansas history all-time, and propelled her from 16th to 7th in the standings after five events.

The bad: She couldn’t hold the position in the final two events (the javelin and 800) and finished 12th.

“I’m happy with the long jump,” Chaplin said. “I couldn’t ask much more for the long jump. I’m happy with that. It just wasn’t’t enough altogether in the day. The long jump helped me get in position, made up for what I missed yesterday, but it still wasn’t enough.”

Chaplin was in 16the entering the final day of the event and she and Arkansas coach Lance Harter were optimistic she remained in position to score points for the Razorbacks. She said the second day of the heptathlon is typically her best and it looked to be the case in the long jump, when Chaplin finished with the second-best score in the meet.

However, Chaplin said things unraveled in the javelin. She said the throwing events have been her weakness and were once again this week, ending her chance of picking up a top eight finish.

“The throws are fairly new,” Chaplin said. “I got to college and it was something I experimented with. Since I got to Arkansas that’s something we’ve been developing. It is a big technical event. You do one thing wrong and that’s everything.”

The Arkansas women’s team still has scoring chances the rest of the night.

Katie Stripling and Sarah Landau are competing in the pole vault in a couple of hours. Shelise Williams will run in the semifinals of the 400 meters. And Denise Bargiachi is competing in the 5,000-meter final.