Figured I'd start this thread now as the 1st news has been released, the announcement of which Buffs will be competing in what events at next week's Western region preliminaries, being held this year in that well known western town of Fayetteville Arkansas.
Note that congrats are already in order to Buff Avery McMullen, who has qualified for the Finals in Eugene in the Heptathlon. (Due to the grueling nature of the events, the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon don't have competition at the preliminaries. Instead, the top 24 scorers over the season (up through their conference championships) in each multi-event who accept entry into the finals punch their tickets to the Championships finals. Also wanted to note Ms. McMullen is still scheduled to be in Sacramento next week and helping the team by possibly being part of the 4X400M relay team's qualification attempt.)
For the prelims, individual event participants will be trying to be one of the top 12 finishers (out of 48 invited to participate) who get to go to Eugene Oregon for the finals, while it's also the top 12 relay team finishers (out of 24 who qualify for the prelims) that go to Eugene. The relays, field events, and longest races (3000M steeple, 10000M and 5000M races) are all competed in one round at the prelims, while all the shorter races (1500M on down) have 2 rounds both at the prelims and finals.
Go Buffs to the MANY student-athletes declared and accepted to compete at the preliminaries!!!
(Including all runners on the 4X400 relay teams, both of which qualified for Sacramento, I'm guessing roughly 1 dozen CU men and 1 dozen CU women will be competing at prelims.)
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General links:
Prelim AND Finals Source for links to meet schedules, lists of entries, start lists, live results, etc. - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/
NCAA's track and field sport homepages:
Men's - https://www.ncaa.com/sports/trackfield-outdoor-men/d1
Women's - https://www.ncaa.com/sports/trackfield-outdoor-women/d1
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West Preliminary links (In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Wednesday- Saturday, May 22nd-25th, at the University of Arkansas' John McDonnell Field ):
NCAA Regionals' links page - https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/championship-field
NCAA's release announcing the prelim round participants - https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfiel...s-and-womens-outdoor-track-and-field-east-and
Host (Arkansas') Prelims home page (Info and links, including for those interested in attending the meet in person.) - https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/2024-ncaa-west-first-rounds/
Digital Program (As I type this, this link still points to last year's program, but assume it will update at some point.?.) - https://www.ncaa.com/DIOutdoorTFFirstRounds
Schedule - https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/ch...2023-24D1XTO_ScheduleofEventsFayetteville.pdf
(All times are Central in linked schedule.
Like for the Championship finals the last few years, days are broken down by gender, with Wednesday and Friday being when all men's events are competed, while Thursday and Saturday are women's days.
In general:
Wednesday and Thursday - Field events begin at 9:00 AM MT, while racing on the track begins at 5:00 PM MT.
Friday and Saturday - Field events begin at 12:00 PM (noon) MT, while track action begins at 4:00 PM MT.
)
Lists of declared entries:
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_men_declared.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_women_declared.htm
Start lists/ Heat sheets (Usually become available a day or two before meets commence) :
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_m_start.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_w_start.htm
Live results - https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2024/FirstRounds/West/index.htm
Live Video - Per the Arkansas home page linked to above, looks like all 4 days have coverage scheduled on SEC Network + streams. (Looks to mainly be available for those with an ESPN+ subscription). Direct links:
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Championships Final links (In Eugene, OR; Wednesday- Saturday, June 5th-8th, Oregon's Hayward Field):
NCAA Championships' links page - https://www.ncaatickets.com/championship/outdoor-track-and-field/champinfo
Host (U. of Oregon's home page (Info and links, including for those interested in attending the meet in person.) - https://goducks.com/feature/24NCAATFChamps
Digital Program - Can't find as I type this.
Schedule - https://goducks.com/documents/2024/4/12/2024_NCAA_Championships_schedule.pdf
(All times are Pacific in linked schedules.
As has been the case the last few years, days are generally**** broken down by gender, with Wednesday and Friday being when all men's events are competed, while Thursday and Saturday are women's days.
***The only exceptions to this is the the multi-events, which are required to be competed over 2 consecutive days. Therefore, the men's decathlon is Wednesday and Thursday, while the women's heptathlon is Friday and Saturday.
In general:
Wednesday - Field events (hammer) begin at 3:00 PM MT AND the decathlon, day 1 begins at 1:30 PM MT, while racing on the track begins at 5:32 PM MT.
Thursday - Decathlon day 2 begins at 12:30 PM MT, field events begin at 4:00 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 6:32 PM MT.
Friday - Heptathlon day 1 begins at 2:00 PM MT, field events begin at 6:30 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 6:20 PM MT.
Saturday - Heptathlon day 2 begins at 11:30 AM MT, field events begin at 3:00 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 2:50 PM MT.
)
Lists of qualifiers:
Single events:
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/m_qualifiers.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_qualifiers.htm
Multi events:
Men's decathlon - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/dec_declared.htm
Women's heptathlon - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/hep_declared.htm
Start lists/ Heat sheets :
Men's - https://rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/m_startlist.htm
Women's - https://rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_startlist.htm
Live results - https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2024/index.htm
Live Video - https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/broadcast-info
The main coverage will be on various ESPN channels, with ESPNU coverage starting Wednesday starting at 5:30 PM MT, ESPN2 Thursday starting at 6:30 PM MT and Friday starting at 7:00 PM MT, and Saturday on ESPN beginning at 3:30 PM MT. (Assume for those with subscriptions to the various stations showing the meet, the various days coverage will also be available via the ESPN app, or through links available through the below links.) As with prior years, it looks like all other events are also going to be covered by dedicated streams (available for those with ESPN+ subscriptions) for each individual field event, as well as each of the multi-events individual competitions. All coverage should be available on the ESPN app, or through links at (by day):
Wednesday, 6/5 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240605
Thursday, 6/6 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240606
Friday, 6/7 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240607
Saturday, 6/8 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240608
Note that congrats are already in order to Buff Avery McMullen, who has qualified for the Finals in Eugene in the Heptathlon. (Due to the grueling nature of the events, the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon don't have competition at the preliminaries. Instead, the top 24 scorers over the season (up through their conference championships) in each multi-event who accept entry into the finals punch their tickets to the Championships finals. Also wanted to note Ms. McMullen is still scheduled to be in Sacramento next week and helping the team by possibly being part of the 4X400M relay team's qualification attempt.)
For the prelims, individual event participants will be trying to be one of the top 12 finishers (out of 48 invited to participate) who get to go to Eugene Oregon for the finals, while it's also the top 12 relay team finishers (out of 24 who qualify for the prelims) that go to Eugene. The relays, field events, and longest races (3000M steeple, 10000M and 5000M races) are all competed in one round at the prelims, while all the shorter races (1500M on down) have 2 rounds both at the prelims and finals.
Go Buffs to the MANY student-athletes declared and accepted to compete at the preliminaries!!!
(Including all runners on the 4X400 relay teams, both of which qualified for Sacramento, I'm guessing roughly 1 dozen CU men and 1 dozen CU women will be competing at prelims.)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
General links:
Prelim AND Finals Source for links to meet schedules, lists of entries, start lists, live results, etc. - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/
NCAA's track and field sport homepages:
Men's - https://www.ncaa.com/sports/trackfield-outdoor-men/d1
Women's - https://www.ncaa.com/sports/trackfield-outdoor-women/d1
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
West Preliminary links (In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Wednesday- Saturday, May 22nd-25th, at the University of Arkansas' John McDonnell Field ):
NCAA Regionals' links page - https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/championship-field
NCAA's release announcing the prelim round participants - https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfiel...s-and-womens-outdoor-track-and-field-east-and
Host (Arkansas') Prelims home page (Info and links, including for those interested in attending the meet in person.) - https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/2024-ncaa-west-first-rounds/
Digital Program (As I type this, this link still points to last year's program, but assume it will update at some point.?.) - https://www.ncaa.com/DIOutdoorTFFirstRounds
Schedule - https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/ch...2023-24D1XTO_ScheduleofEventsFayetteville.pdf
(All times are Central in linked schedule.
Like for the Championship finals the last few years, days are broken down by gender, with Wednesday and Friday being when all men's events are competed, while Thursday and Saturday are women's days.
In general:
Wednesday and Thursday - Field events begin at 9:00 AM MT, while racing on the track begins at 5:00 PM MT.
Friday and Saturday - Field events begin at 12:00 PM (noon) MT, while track action begins at 4:00 PM MT.
)
Lists of declared entries:
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_men_declared.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_women_declared.htm
Start lists/ Heat sheets (Usually become available a day or two before meets commence) :
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_m_start.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_w_start.htm
Live results - https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2024/FirstRounds/West/index.htm
Live Video - Per the Arkansas home page linked to above, looks like all 4 days have coverage scheduled on SEC Network + streams. (Looks to mainly be available for those with an ESPN+ subscription). Direct links:
- Wednesday - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/f52cc26c-2c17-4da9-98f8-0ed48e51605d
- Thursday - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/619e6e1c-6148-49b9-a534-20e7ca1c4070
- Friday - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/0d743488-4ca7-4ab5-9274-858435147e7e
- Saturday - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/4bb35922-52d8-464b-91a6-50748921f6e9
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Championships Final links (In Eugene, OR; Wednesday- Saturday, June 5th-8th, Oregon's Hayward Field):
NCAA Championships' links page - https://www.ncaatickets.com/championship/outdoor-track-and-field/champinfo
Host (U. of Oregon's home page (Info and links, including for those interested in attending the meet in person.) - https://goducks.com/feature/24NCAATFChamps
Digital Program - Can't find as I type this.
Schedule - https://goducks.com/documents/2024/4/12/2024_NCAA_Championships_schedule.pdf
(All times are Pacific in linked schedules.
As has been the case the last few years, days are generally**** broken down by gender, with Wednesday and Friday being when all men's events are competed, while Thursday and Saturday are women's days.
***The only exceptions to this is the the multi-events, which are required to be competed over 2 consecutive days. Therefore, the men's decathlon is Wednesday and Thursday, while the women's heptathlon is Friday and Saturday.
In general:
Wednesday - Field events (hammer) begin at 3:00 PM MT AND the decathlon, day 1 begins at 1:30 PM MT, while racing on the track begins at 5:32 PM MT.
Thursday - Decathlon day 2 begins at 12:30 PM MT, field events begin at 4:00 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 6:32 PM MT.
Friday - Heptathlon day 1 begins at 2:00 PM MT, field events begin at 6:30 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 6:20 PM MT.
Saturday - Heptathlon day 2 begins at 11:30 AM MT, field events begin at 3:00 PM MT, and racing on the track begins at 2:50 PM MT.
)
Lists of qualifiers:
Single events:
Men's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/m_qualifiers.htm
Women's - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_qualifiers.htm
Multi events:
Men's decathlon - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/dec_declared.htm
Women's heptathlon - https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/hep_declared.htm
Start lists/ Heat sheets :
Men's - https://rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/m_startlist.htm
Women's - https://rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor24/w_startlist.htm
Live results - https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2024/index.htm
Live Video - https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/broadcast-info
The main coverage will be on various ESPN channels, with ESPNU coverage starting Wednesday starting at 5:30 PM MT, ESPN2 Thursday starting at 6:30 PM MT and Friday starting at 7:00 PM MT, and Saturday on ESPN beginning at 3:30 PM MT. (Assume for those with subscriptions to the various stations showing the meet, the various days coverage will also be available via the ESPN app, or through links available through the below links.) As with prior years, it looks like all other events are also going to be covered by dedicated streams (available for those with ESPN+ subscriptions) for each individual field event, as well as each of the multi-events individual competitions. All coverage should be available on the ESPN app, or through links at (by day):
Wednesday, 6/5 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240605
Thursday, 6/6 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240606
Friday, 6/7 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240607
Saturday, 6/8 - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule...04c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/startDate/20240608
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