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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted April 16th, 2008 at 5:30 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Columns, What To Watch

Track and Running on TV There’s a lot of track and road running available to watch this weekend, both on TV or the web:

Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, ACCSelect.com
(subscription needed)
Florida State is favored to win the men’s title, even without ailing star Walter Dix. Miami and Virginia Tech look to battle it out for the women’s crown.

Big South Conference Championships
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, BigSouthSports.com (subscription needed)
NCAA XC champ Josh McDougal and his Liberty University teammates are clear favorites to win the men’s title, while the women’s is up for grabs.

Mt. San Antonio College Relays (Mt. Sac)
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, Flocasts.com (free!)
Flocasts is promising revolutionary live interactive web coverage of the 50th edition of the meet.

UCLA at Oregon
Saturday, 12:30 p.m. (PDT), Comcast Sportsnet Northwest
The revival of a once bitter rivalry will be carried live on regional cable TV. Replays will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 8 p.m. on Sunday.

2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. (EDT), NBCOlympics.com
If you only watch one thing this weekend, this should be it. Also be sure to check out our live blogging of the event!

Paris Marathon Highlights
Sunday, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (EDT), Versus
Taped highlights of the April 6 race through the City of Lights.

Boston Marathon
Monday, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (EDT), Versus and WCSN.com (free!)
Live coverage of the 116th running will be available both on television and the web. Versus will have a replay at 3:30 p.m. The webcast at WCSN.com will be available free as a result of the sponsorship by adidas and MarathonGuide.com.

Carlsbad 5000
Monday, 3:30-4:00 p.m. (EDT), Fox Sports Net
A taped edition of the April 6 race.

Without Limits
Sunday, 8:45-10:45 a.m. (EDT), HDNet Movies
The Prefontaine biopic presented in such stunning clarity that you can actually see Sid Sink in a background shot. Replays at 5:45 a.m. on Monday morning.

For more news, analysis, interviews, videos, and results from the 2008 Boston Marathon and USA Olympic Women’s Marathon Trials, please visit: http://boston.thefinalsprint.com/

In addition, check out the official blog of women’s marathon favorite Kate O’Neill at: http://kateoneill.thefinalsprint.com/