Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (live)
CBS College Sports Network (aka CSTV), 7-10 p.m. Friday
CBS, 4-6 p.m. Saturday
Coverage of the national collegiate championships airs live from Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Meet Website — Meet Schedule
Track & Field News formcharts: Men — Women
SportsCentury: Florence Griffith-Joyner
ESPN Classic, 9:30-10:00 a.m. Thursday
A documentary on the late-80s sprint sensation who succombed to an early death.
Golden Spike Meet
WCSN, Thursday (time TBA)
WCSN is scheduled to webcast the IAAF World Athletics Tour stop in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Gatlin Hearing Concludes Today
Justin Gatlin’s hearing before the CAS concludes today in New York City. Gatlin hopes to have his 4-year suspension for a doping violation reduced to 2 years. If that happens, Gatlin would be eligible to compete at the US Olympic Trials which begin next month in Eugene, Oregon.
More: IHT
Nation’s fastest Preps to Compete in California State High School Championships
Ten of the fastest high school athletes in the United States are set to compete in this weekend’s California State High School Championships at Falcon Stadium, Cerritos College. Among the favorites are German Fernandez, who has the fastest 1600m/3200m times in the nation (4:05.57 and 8:45.08), as well as Christine Babcock, who ripped off an outstanding 4:35.57 1600m last week.
More: CIS
NCAA Division I Regional Meets to Be Held This weekend
The 4 NCAA Division I Regional meets will be held this weekend, May 30th and 31st, 2008. The East Regionals will be held at the Mike Long Track at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The University of Arkansas hosts the Mid East Regional meet at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Midwest Regionals are at The University of Nebraska’s Ed Weir Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The West Regional meet will be run on the Cal State Northridge Track in Northridge, California. The winners from these meets will advance to the 2008 NCAA Championships which will be held in Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa from June 11th through the 14th.
More: NCAA
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“I got a letterman’s sweater
With a letter in front
I got for football and track
I’m proud to wear it now
When I cruise around
The other parts of the town
I got a decal in back
So be true to your school now
Just like you would to your girl or guy
Be true to your school now
And let your colors fly
Be true to your school”
I did not go to a track meet this afternoon.
This is an unusual situation for me on a Saturday in May. There’s always a meet going on somewhere, and my previous blog wasn’t written under the name of “The Track & Field Superfan” for nothing. But this wasn’t just any Saturday, and not just any track meet that I didn’t attend.
I ran at Bowling Green State University in the early 90s, and while I wasn’t particularly good for a college runner I thoroughly enjoyed taking on the extreme physical challenge of training and competing in the NCAA’s highest division. I liked my experiences in Bowling Green so much, I remained in the town for fifteen years after graduation, only leaving six months ago when my wife’s career took us away. I bled burnt orange and seal brown.
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On Monday I posted the men’s dual-meet rankings. Here are the women’s rankings, following the same rules and formats:
#1. Southern Cal
The Trojans beat UCLA, and that’s all they needed to be ranked at the top.
#2. Minnesota
The Golden Gophers won the four-team Pepsi Collegiate Challenge by a single point over Oregon.
#3. Oregon
The Ducks took a narrow second at the Pepsi Challenge, defeating Penn State and Washington. (Next year they are expected to join in the revived men’s dual meet with UCLA.)
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Years ago, the dual meet was the cornerstone of the college schedule, with some schools regularly taking part in half a dozen of them per year. Even into the early 80s they were quite common. But when budgets were slashed and team sized plummeted, the dual meet dropped off the radar screen.
The regionals format for outdoor track has taken much of the pressure off in terms of getting an NCAA qualifying mark, and in recent years the meet has seen a bit of a resurgence; a few were even carried on regional cable TV. This past weekend saw the end of the dual-meet season with three rather important matchups (USC vs. UCLA, Washington vs. Washington State, and Arizona vs. Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona).
Recognizing this fact, I’m going to reinstate something Track & Field News once did: National Dual-Meet Rankings. Rules for ranking are as follows.
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