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Universal Sports to Broadcast U.S. Olympic Track Trials, Present Encore Presentations

Posted June 28th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the pressure-packed competition held every four years to select the U.S. Olympic Team, continue on the networks of NBC Universal with nearly 20 hours of swimming and track & field trials over the next two weeks including 10 straight nights of live primetime coverage on NBC and USA. Additionally Universal Sports will present encore presentations of the trials.

Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Bernard Lagat, Reese Hoffa, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams are among the top competitors at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon looking to earn a trip to Beijing to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games. Tom Hammond, Carol Lewis, Lewis Johnson, Ato Boldon, Dwight Stones, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier report from Eugene, Ore.

Fri., June 27
Midnight-1a.m.ET/PT (USA)
Featured events:
Women’s 10,000m Final
Women’s 100m Quarterfinal
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AT&T USA Outdoor Championships: Schedule of TV Coverage by ESPN2; NBC

Posted June 21st, 2007 at 4:24 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

If you can’t make it to Indianapolis this weekend to see the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in person, five hours of television coverage is available through both cable and over-the-air networks in the United States.

Friday’s action will be televised live for one hour on ESPN2, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern time (Indianapolis is in the Eastern time zone). Events to be contested within that window are the finals for both the men’s and women’s 100m and 5000m.

Viewers can watch Saturday’s action both live and on tape. NBC will have a live hour from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., while ESPN2 will offer taped coverage from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Finals to be held during the NBC live window include the men’s 400m hurdles and 400m, and women’s 1500m, 400m and 100m hurdles.

Coverage concludes on Sunday with a two-hour live telecast on NBC beginning at 1:00 p.m. Finals held within that timeframe are the men’s 3000m steeplechase, 800m, 200m, 1500m and 110m hurdles, and women’s 800m, 400m hurdles, and 200m.
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2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships get under way Wednesday

Posted June 18th, 2007 at 10:31 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The stars of track and field’s next generation are coming to Indianapolis to aim for a spot on the Team USA Pan American Junior Athletics Championships roster during competition this weekend at the 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships.

The competition will take place June 20-24 at the Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. The 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships is the qualifying meet for the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and is being held in conjunction with the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the final meet of USATF’s 2007 Visa Championship Series. The top two finishers in each event will be eligible for selection to the Team USA junior roster. The final roster will be selected by the conclusion of competition on Sunday.

ESPN2 will broadcast the Championships live from 8-9 p.m. on Friday, June 22, and tape-delayed from 7-8 p.m. Saturday, June 23. The meet will air live on NBC from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, June 23, and from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. All times are Eastern.

Among the top junior athletes to watch are:
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