After five events, Keller sits in fifth with a score of 3,864, and Anderson trails in seventh with 3,750 points out of a total of 20 decathletes.
The first five events were the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump and the 400-meter dash.
Keller began the decathlon slowly in the 100-meter dash with a 14th place finish while Anderson finished seventh with a time of 10.93 seconds.
Keller regained his form in the long jump with a personal record of 7.02 meters, moving to eighth place, while Anderson remained in seventh.
Anderson moved to fifth with his fourth place shot put mark of 13.16 meters, and Keller leaped to third after a high jump of 2.05 meters, good enough for fifth in the field.
In the final event, the 400-meter dash, both athletes dropped spots as Keller finished sixth in the event with a run of 51.18 seconds and Anderson finished 17th at 53.58.
Both decathletes are on track to finish with personal records.
Anderson sits at sixth in school history with 7,088, and Keller trails in seventh with his 2014 Texas Relays total of 6,954.
Taylor Lehman
