TFS News Briefs: 3/21/08
Special NCAA Track & Field Edition
Posted March 21st, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs
2008 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field: Week 1
The 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field season officially kicks off in fine style this weekend with 38 (count ‘em, 38!) meets throughout the country. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has links to all of them on their website. Schedules like this one are truly a track junkie’s dream come true.
Read more at: [USTFCCCA]
ASU Opens Outdoor Season At Home
ASU, the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champions, will open their outdoor season at home this weekend at the Baldy Castillo Invitational. Both the men’s team and the women’s team won the NCAA national titles last weekend. The meet will be contested on the Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe, AZ.
Read more at: [Sun Devils]
Oregon Host First Meet At Revamped Hayward Field
The University of Oregon’s historic Hayward Field has had an $8 Million facelift in preparation for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, and now the Ducks want to show her off to the world. Folks will get their first look at the freshly-reminted stadium by hosting the Oregon Preview on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008. Over 550 athletes from throughout the Northwest will be competing in the meet.
Read more at: [Go Ducks][Hayward Field]
Image courtesy of GoDucks.com.
Seminoles Begin Pursuit of Three-Peat This Week
The Florida State Seminoles’ men’s team will open their 2008 outdoor track & field campaign at home this weekend on the Mike Long Track at the FSU Snowbird Invitational in Tallahassee, FL. There is no word on whether or not seven-time NCAA champion Walter Dix will be competing at the meet (Dix has strep throat last week and had to withdraw from the indoor championships) but 2007 NCAA triple-jump national champion will be competing, as will All-Americans Susan Kuijken, Keyla Smith and Kandia Batchelor along with a slew of talented newcomers.
Read more at: [Seminoles]
Longhorns Host Texas Invitational
Seniors Leo Manzano an and Donovan Kilmartin will lead a strong team at the Longhorns’ home opener, the Texas Invitational, Manzano won the 2008 Indoor NCAA Mile. Kilmartin, a three-time NCAA champion in the heptathlon, redshirted the 2007 outdoor season to complete his degree in petroleum engineering.
Read more at: [Texas Sports]
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