Friday, February 27, 2015

College Track & Field: What to Watch This Weekend & How to Watch It

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
February 26, 2015   
 
NEW ORLEANS – Ready for indoor collegiate track & field championships season?
Ready or not, it’s here. And it’s going to be easier than ever to watch it live, even if you can’t be there to cheer on your favorite teams and athletes.
As of publication, 19 different conferences across all three NCAA Divisions will be running live streams for their fans to watch from anywhere. Plus, a handful of collegians – including collegiate leading women’s pole vaulter Demi Payne of Stephen F. Austin and men’s long jumper Jarvis Gotch of Louisiana Tech – will be competing at this weekend’s USATF Indoor Championships in Boston.


Thursday, February 26, 2015

1:00 PM ET /
12:00 PM CT		NSIC Indoor Championships
(Mankato, Minn.)		WATCH: NSICLIVE
5:00 PM ETNJAC Indoor Championships
(New York, N.Y.)		WATCH: RunnerSpaceLIVE

Start the weekend off right on Thursday with the NCAA Division II-level NSIC Championships. Especially tune in to watch DII men’s 60-meter hurdles record-holder Myles Hunter of Minnesota State, and stay to watch some of the best DII has to offer.
NCAA Division III’s NJAC will contest its championship at the Armory in NYC on a Thursday for the first time ever, and for the first time it will be streamed live online.


Friday, February 27, 2015

8:55 AM ETThe American Indoor Championships
(New York, N.Y.)		WATCH: TheAmerican.orgLIVE
10:30 AM ET /
9:30 AM CT		Summit League Indoor Championships
(Fargo, N.D.)		WATCH: North Dakota StateLIVE
$$$
10:50 AM ET /
9:50 AM CT		Big 12 Indoor Championships
(Ames, Iowa)		WATCH: Big12Sports.comLIVE
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		IIAC Indoor Championships
(Waverly, Iowa)		WATCH: Go-Knights.netLIVE
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		NSIC Indoor Championships
(Mankato, Minn.)		WATCH: NSICLIVE
12:30 PM ET /
11:30 AM CT		WIAC Indoor Championships
(Platteville, Wis.)		WATCH: UW-Platteville OnlineLIVE
12:30 PM ET /
10:30 AM MT		Big Sky Indoor Championships
(Flagstaff, Ariz.)		WATCH: Northern ArizonaLIVE
3:00 PM ET /
2:00 PM CT		Midwest Conference Indoor Championships
(Grinnell, Iowa)		WATCH: Grinnell OnlineLIVE
3:30 PM ET /
1:30 PM MT		Mountain West Indoor Championships
(Albuquerque, N.M.)		WATCH: TheMWC.comLIVE
3:30 PM ET /
2:30 PM CT		Ohio Valley (OVC) Indoor Championships
(Charleston, Ill.)		WATCH: OVC Digital NetworkLIVE
3:50 PM ETSEC Indoor Championships
(Lexington, Ky.)		WATCH: SECN+/WatchESPNLIVE
7:25 PM ET /
4:25 PM PT		MPSF Championships
(Seattle, Wash.)		WATCH: Flotrack ProLIVE
$$$
The NSIC meet continues on Friday, which is the day most conference meets this weekend kick off.
That includes the SEC Championships from Lexington, Kentucky, on the SEC Network+ (WatchESPN.com). Both national No. 1 teams – the Florida men and Arkansas women – will be in action in the country’s toughest conference, with a combined 16 top-25 teams, including the men of No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 6 LSU, and No. 7 Georgia; and the women of No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Florida, No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 9 Kentucky.
With all those top-flight teams come even more top-shelf athletes. Reigning winner of the men’s Bowerman Trophy Deon Lendore of Texas A&M; former pole vault collegiate record holder Sandi Morris of Arkansas; the Georgia field event trio of Kendell Williams, Keturah Orji and Leontia Kallenou; Florida sprinters Najee Glassand Dedric Dukes; Alabama sprinter Remona Burchell; Missouri’s Kearsten Peoples; jumpers Marquis Dendyof Florida and Jarrion Lawson of Arkansas; and Dominique Scott of Arkansas are among those in action – and they’re just the athletes who have been ranked No. 1 this season or have NCAA titles to their names!
The Big 12 also kicks off its championships from Ames, Iowa, on Friday, featuring the returning national runner-up women of No. 4 Texas against No. 6 Kansas State and No. 8 Baylor. The men’s competition features No. 5 Texas against No. 10 Texas Tech and No. 12 Oklahoma State.
Just a few of the meet’s featured athletes inclues a men’s 60-meters duel between Trayvon Bromell andJohn Teeters, returning The Bowerman women’s finalist Courtney Okolo of Texas, defending men’s shot put national champion Ryan Crouser of Texas, and breakout Kansas State star Akela Jones.
And don’t forget about the MPSF Championships from Seattle, Washington, where the defending national champion No. 2 men of Oregon and five-time defending national champion women of No. 5 Oregon will be in action. Watch returning men’s Bowerman Trophy finalist Edward Cheserek and Eric Jenkins lead a deep Oregon distance crew against distance rivals Colorado and Stanford, and Oregon women’s sprinters Jasmine Todd and Jenna Prandini against Ky Westbrook of Southern California.
Division III action will be highlighted by the start of the WIAC Championships, which will pit the two-time defending indoor national champion men of No. 1 UW-La Crosse against No. 4 former No. 1 (current No. 4 )UW-Eau Claire, No. 5 UW-Whitewater and No. 7 UW-Oshkosh. Three national top-10 women’s teams will square off, including two-time defending national champion No. 3 UW-Oshkosh against No. 4 UW-La Crosseand No. 8 UW-Whitewater.

 


Saturday, February 28, 2015

8:55 AM ETThe American Indoor Championships
(New York, N.Y.)		WATCH: TheAmerican.orgLIVE
10:30 AM ET /
9:30 AM CT		Summit League Indoor Championships
(Fargo, N.D.)		WATCH: North Dakota StateLIVE
$$$
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		Midwest Conference Indoor Championships
(Grinnell, Iowa)		WATCH: Grinnell OnlineLIVE
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		IIAC Indoor Championships
(Waverly, Iowa)		WATCH: Go-Knights.netLIVE
11:15 AM ETUSATF Indoor Championships
(Boston, Mass.)		WATCH: USATF.tvLIVE
11:50 AM ET /
10:50 AM CT		Big 12 Indoor Championships
(Ames, Iowa)		WATCH: Big12Sports.comLIVE
12:00 PM ETMountain West Indoor Championships
(Albuquerque, N.M.)		WATCH: TheMWC.comLIVE
12:00 PM ET /
10:00 AM MT		Big Sky Indoor Championships
(Flagstaff, Ariz.)		WATCH: Northern ArizonaLIVE
12:00 PM ETACC Indoor Championships
(Blacksburg, Va.)		WATCH: ESPN3LIVE
12:00 PM ET /
11:00 AM CT		Ohio Valley (OVC) Indoor Championships
(Charleston, Ill.)		WATCH: OVC Digital NetworkLIVE
1:00 PM ET /
12:00 PM CT		WIAC Indoor Championships
(Platteville, Wis.)		WATCH: UW-PlattevilleLIVE
1:00 PM ET /
12:00 PM CT		UAA Indoor Championships
(Chicago, Ill.)		WATCH: ChicagoLIVE
1:50 PM ETSEC Indoor Championships
(Lexington, Ky.)		WATCH: SECN+/WatchESPNLIVE
2:00 PM ET /
12:00 PM MT		RMAC Indoor Championships
(Gunnison, Colo.)		WATCH: AmericaOneSportsLIVE
$$$
2:25 PM ET /
11:25 AM PT		MPSF Championships
(Seattle, Wash.)		WATCH: Flotrack ProLIVE
$$$
2:45 PM ET /
1:45 PM CT		MIAA Indoor Championships
(Warrensburg, Mo.)		WEB: Central MissouriLIVE
3:15 PM ETGLVC Indoor Championships
(Indianapolis, Ind.)		WATCH: GLVCSNLIVE
3:25 PM ETHorizon Indoor Championships
(Youngstown, Ohio)		WATCH: WatchESPNLIVE
4:00 PM ETUSATF Indoor Championships
(Boston, Mass.)		TV: NBC Sports NetworkLIVE
(Field Events on USATF.tv)
4:30 PM ETBIG EAST Indoor Championships
(New York, N.Y.)		WATCH: BIG EAST Digital NetworkLIVE
7:15 PM ETMissouri Valley Indoor Championships
(Cedar Falls, Iowa)		WATCH: WatchESPNLIVE

Saturday is when conference champions will be crowned in those aforementioned SEC, Big 12, MPSF and WIAC championships, as well as at the American, Summit League, Midwest Conference, IIAC, OVC, Mountain West and Big Sky meets. With prelims mostly out of the way, it’ll be top-flight action on the track all day long, along with the remaining field events.
Also finishing up with a jam-packed final day will be the ACC on WatchESPN.com, headlined by No. 8 Virginia Tech‘s men, No. 15 Clemson‘s women and battles against traditional powers Florida State (No. 19/22) andNotre Dame (No. 24 women). Saturday is the only day of live-streamed action from Virginia Tech.
Getting rolling on Saturday will be the Big East Championships, led by the No. 10 Georgetown women against No. 19 Providence, as well as the No. 20 Georgetown men and their stable of sub-4 milers. Also underway on Saturday are the Missouri Valley Conference and Horizon League Championships, both of which can be seen on WatchESPN/ESPN3.
Defending NCAA Division II women’s team champion No. 13 Adams State and their national runner-up men’s No. 4 teammates will take on their bitter rivals from Western State and the rest of the RMAC. Also from the DII level will be the GLVC Championships and the MIAA Championships..
DIII sees the start of the UAA Championships on Saturday.

 


Sunday, March 1, 2015

10:15 AM ETBIG EAST Indoor Championships
(New York, N.Y.)		WATCH: BIG EAST Digital NetworkLIVE
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		MIAA Indoor Championships
(Warrensburg, Mo.)		WEB: Central MissouriLIVE
11:00 AM ET /
10:00 AM CT		UAA Indoor Championships
(Chicago, Ill.)		WATCH: ChicagoLIVE
11:15 AM ETGLVC Indoor Championships
(Indianapolis, Ind.)		WATCH: GLVCSNLIVE
11:15 AM ETUSATF Indoor Championships
(Boston, Mass.)		WATCH: USATF.tvLIVE
12:30 PM ETIvy League Heptagonal Championships
(Philadelphia, Pa.)		WATCH: Ivy League Digital NetworkLIVE
12:55 PM ETHorizon Indoor Championships
(Youngstown, Ohio)		WATCH: WatchESPNLIVE
2:30 PM ETMissouri Valley Indoor Championships
(Cedar Falls, Iowa)		WATCH: WatchESPNLIVE
4:00 PM ETUSATF Indoor Championships
(Boston, Mass.)		TV: NBC Sports NetworkLIVE
(Field Events on USATF.tv)

Finishing up the weekend on Sunday with conference crowns on the line will be the Big East, Horizon League and Missouri Valley Conference; DII’s GLVC and MIAA; and DIII’s UAA – as well as the lone day of live streaming from the always-heated Ivy League Heptagonals.
The USATF Indoor Championships also wrap up their final day of competition.

 

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