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Track and field at 2018 NCAA Championships (Eugene, June 6-9)

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The last Championships for Buff sports for the 2017/18 academic year start tomorrow in Eugene OR, with the 1st Buffs scheduled to race Thursday.

Preview article - http://cubuffs.com/news/2018/6/5/tr...x-athletes-to-ncaa-outdoor-championships.aspx

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CU Sends Six Athletes to NCAA Outdoor Championships

By: Rosie Jeffery, Interim SID Assistant
Release: June 05, 2018

BOULDER – Colorado's track and field team is sending six athletes to Eugene, Ore. for the NCAA Championships that begin on Wednesday, June 6.

Representing the women will be Kaitlyn Benner, Erin Clark, Valerie Constien, Elissa Mann and Makena Morley. On the men's side, Zach Perrin will be competing.
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"The NCAA Championships is one of the two big weekends of the year coupled with the Pac-12s. We tell them that that's when they need to be ready to do team duty and be at their best. And we hope they are; we hope they're mentally prepared, and we hope we have done a good job physically as well," CU head coach Mark Wetmore said. "As far as I can tell everybody seems to be topped off and ready to go. They all look pretty good to me and we are ready to race."

For more information including a schedule of events, start lists and live results, click here. The entire meet will either be streamed live or televised by ESPN. Click here for broadcast information.

NCAA Outdoor Championships Schedule (CU Events Only)

Thursday, June 7 (times are Mountain)
5:32 p.m.W 3k Steeplechase (semis)Val ConstienESPN2
6:44 p.m.W 800 meters (semis)Elissa MannESPN2
7:38 p.m.W 10,000 Meters (finals)Kaitlyn BennerESPN2
Erin Clark
Makena Morley
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Friday, June 8 (times are Mountain)
8:25 p.m.M 5,000 Meters (finals)Zach PerrinESPN
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Saturday, June 9 (times are Mountain)
4:54 p.m.W 3k Steeplechase (Finals)Val ConstienESPN
5:44 p.m.W 800 metersElissa MannESPN
6:25 p.m.W 5,000 Meters (finals)Erin ClarkESPN
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(For the 5K and 10K races, there are no preliminaries. Per the Start lists linked to below:
  • Constien is in heat 1 of 2 for the steeplechase prelims. (" Advance top 5 from each heat plus next best 2 times")
  • Mann is in Heat 3 of 3 in the 800M prelim. ("Advance top 2 from each heat plus next best 2 to final")
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Various Championships links:

Championships homepage (With links to things like live results, etc.) - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/

Championships schedule (All times Pacific) - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/schedule.pdf

Heat Sheets / Start Lists -
Men's - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/men_start.htm
Women's - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor18/women_start.htm

Live Video - Full schedule (Eastern time; with links to what looks like an extensive selection of streams for, mainly, EVERY multi-event event, as well as EVERY individual field event.) - https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/broadcast-info
For main track coverage (on ESPN channels) , looks like coverage starts (converted to Mountain Time) -
  • Wednesday - ESPN2 - 5:30 PM MT (Men's action day 1.)
  • Thursday - ESPN2 - 5:00 PM MT (Women's action day 1 and final day of men's decathlon.)
  • Friday - ESPN - 6:30 PM MT (Last day of Men's events and 1st day of the women's heptathlon.)
  • Saturday - ESPN - 4:30 PM MT (Last day of women's events.)
Live Results (Also includes links to start lists, team scores, etc.) - https://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/track-field/results/d1/outdoor18/Finals/index.htm

Note- Points scoring system for I believe all events is as follows-
1st- 10; 2nd- 8; 3rd- 6; 4th- 5; 5th- 4; 6th- 3; 7th- 2; 8th- 1
 
The first heat of the men’s steeplechase just started, so the women should be up shortly on either ESPN or ESPN2
 
Wanted to mention Buffzone (Pat Rooney) wrote a few nice feature articles that, combined, cover most of the Buffs competing during these Championships-





And, Neil Woelk also released an article (today) on Buff senior Erin Clark -
 
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Val Constien scheduled to start within a couple minutes in the 1st heat of the women's steeplechase semi-finals.
 
Ms. Constien easily qualifies for the finals in the lead group of 4 with a 4th place finish in a pretty quick time (~9:51) for a semi. Congrats to her.
 
Heat 1 of the 800m just started. Elissa Mann is in heat 3 coming up.
 
The 1st of 3 800M heats is done, so assume Elissa Mann will be starting in less than 5 minutes.
 
Kaitlyn Benner, who was the lowest placed Buff much of the race, runs the 3rd fastest final lap of anyone to finish 7th. Other 2 Buffs also finish in the top half of the feild (in 9th and 11th).

Edit- per http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/06/featured/ncaa-division-i-all-americans-for-2017-outdoor-tf-season ,looks like top 8 finishers in each event earn 1st Team All-American status, 9th through 16th earn 2nd team and other finishers are honorable mention. So, congrats to the 3 Buff All-Americans.
 
Article on yesterday's racing-
https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/6/7/t...ica-honors-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships.aspx

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Three Buffs Earn All-America Honors at NCAA Outdoor Championships

By: Rosie Jeffery, Interim SID Assistant
Release: June 07, 2018

BOULDER – University of Colorado track and field team finished their first day of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with three women earning All-America honors and one advancing to the finals in her event.

The afternoon began with Valerie Constien running the semifinals in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Val finished in sixth place and crossed the finish line in 9:50.98. Constien's finish advanced her to the finals that will take place on Saturday afternoon.

"Started the day with Val Constien in the women's steeplechase looking very controlled and running smart, sub-maximal, I hope, race advancing to the finals day after tomorrow," CU head coach Mark Wetmore said.

Elissa Mann ran the women's 800-meter semi-finals today, finishing in an impressive time of 2:06.73 and earning 17th place. "Elissa Mann in the 800 got caught in a heat that was tentative and did not advance but had a great year overall," Wetmore said.

Kaitlyn Benner, Erin Clark and Makena Morley represented the Buffs in the 10,000-meter run today. Benner finished in seventh place earning All-America First Team honors. She was followed closely behind by her teammates Clark and Morley who finished ninth and 11th place respectively.

"We went out at an extremely aggressive pace. Makena and Erin at Couch Burroughs and my instructions made the decision to go with that pace and it was a little stiff for them, so they both faded from that lead pack in the second half," Wetmore said. "Kaitlyn Benner ran a little more patiently, came up our top finisher, 7th on the podium just now and a great All-American run for her."

"Holding on, both Erin and Makena, both all American. A couple of spots behind what we would've hoped for, but still great races. It was a long hard year. 5k and a 10k at the conference, 5k and a 10k at the regionals and again here tonight."

Up next for the Buffs is Zach Perrin's race tomorrow in the 5,000-meter run, and then Constien's race in the finals of the women's steeplechase.

"I am proud of all of them and tomorrow we have Zach and then on Saturday, Val in the final and Erin Clark in the 5,000 if we can get her all patched up in time," Wetmore said.

For more information including a schedule of events, start lists and live results, click here. The entire meet will either be streamed live or televised by ESPN. Click here for broadcast information.
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Interview with Valerie Constien (Video not working for me right now.)-

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And, one Buff in action this evening-
 
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