Just wanted to mention a few current and past Buff track and field stars have big meets over the next week or so.
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On the professional scene, Buff alums and current New Balance sponsored athletes
Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn will both be in action in their specialties (1,500 meter run and 3, 000 meter steeplechase, respectively) this Thursday (July 9[SUP]th[/SUP]) at the Lausanne Switzerland Diamond League Meet, and then at the Monaco Diamond League Meet on the 17[SUP]th[/SUP]. I don’t believe Ms. Simpson has lost yet this year, while this will be Ms. Coburn’s 1[SUP]st[/SUP] international level steeplechase of the year.
It may be early in the year, but both are running great so far this year, so wanted to note the current American records for their events are 3:57.12 for the women's 1,500M (old 1983 record still held by former Buff Mary Decker Slaney) and 9:12:50 for the women's steeplechase (Held by Ms. Simpson), just in case one or both former Buffs are able to challenge those records over the next week or so.
(Ms. Simpson JUST missed setting the 1500M American record last year by 0.1 seconds, while Ms. Coburn DOES already have the best American steeplechase time ever. However, she didn't know when she set the mark she had to take an extra drug test after her race to ratify her time, so her time isn't considered an official American record.)
Schedule of times for the various individual races are at
http://lausanne.dhttp://lausanne.diamondleague.com/startlistsresults2015/iamondleague.com/startlistsresults2015/ for Lausanne (in French) and
http://monaco.diamondleague.com/en/lists-results/programme-2015/ for Monaco.
For Lausanne, looks like the main (televised) part of the meet is from noon-2:00 Mountain time (again, as noted earlier, this Thursday):
Live TV- Live TV coverage on the beIN network. Description of various other viewing options here-
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/07...g-information-for-2015-athletissima-lausanne/ . (The schedule has the women’s steeplechase with Ms. Coburn running starting at ~12:10 PM MT and the women’s 1500 meters with Ms. Simpson participating at 1:26 PM MT.)
Live Results- I think the
http://lausanne.diamondleague.com/startlistsresults2015/ also noted above should show live results once the meet starts.
For
Monaco , I’ll try to provide links closer to the day of the meet if I remember.
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Buff sophomore sprinter
Ana Holland and just graduated distance runner
Sara Sutherland have earned the honor to represent the U.S. in the
World University Games (WUG) currently being held in South Korea, with the track and field portion of the Games being held from the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] through 12[SUP]th[/SUP]. (The WUG includes many sports, and overall started July 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and goes through the 14[SUP]th[/SUP].) List of all the U.S. track and field athletes at the games are at
http://www.wugusa.com/team-usa-track-set-for-trip-to-south-korea-for-world-university-games/ .
Schedule of events is available at
http://www.gwangju2015.com/info/ . (the schedule for track and field is listed as “athletics”. Printable General schedule also available at
http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/resGJ2015/pdf/GJ2015/AT/GJ2015_AT_C08_AT0000000.pdf .):
Ms. Holland is scheduled to race in the 200M, as well as being in the entry list as possibly being parts of the U.S. 4X100M relay and/ or 4X400M relay teams. (6 U.S. women are listed as potential runners for each relay, with of course only 4 participating in any individual race.)
The 1[SUP]st[/SUP] round of the
women’s 200M is scheduled to start at 10:30 AM Korean Time (KT) Thursday, which works out to 7:30 PM Wednesday (tomorrow) night in mountain time (MT). The 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] round of the 200M is 5:00 PM KT Friday, or 2:00 AM MT, with the finals soon after, scheduled to start 6:10 PM KT, or 3:10 AM MT. (I couldn’t find information on which of the 7 1[SUP]st[/SUP] round heats that Ms. Holland is running in.)
The 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Round of the
women’s 4X100 relay is scheduled for 7:00 PM KT on Saturday, or 4:00 AM MT, and the finals are Sunday at 6:40 PM KT Sunday, or 3:40 AM MT.
The 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Round of the
women’s 4X400 relay is scheduled for 8:05 PM KT on Saturday, or 5:05 AM MT, and the finals are Sunday at 7:15 PM KT Sunday, or 4:15 AM MT.
Ms. Sutherland, although mainly a 1,500M runner with the Buffs, looks to be entered to race the 5,000M at the WUG. The 1[SUP]st[/SUP] round of the 5,000M is scheduled for 8:20 PM KT on Thursday, 7/9, which looks to work out to 5:20 AM mountain time (MT). The 5,000M finals are scheduled for 6:30 PM KT this Saturday, or 3:30 AM MT. (No information I could find right now as to which of the 2 1[SUP]st[/SUP] round heats Ms. Sutherland is in.)
Video Coverage- For any insomniacs, looks like a lot of the track and field is being shown via ESPN3 streaming coverage starting
early each morning except for Sunday’s final day, where there doesn’t appear to be any live coverage. (I assume that day’s events may be included in the track and field “highlight” show scheduled to be on ESPNU Wednesday, 7/15 at 5:00 PM MT. Looks like ESPNU is also televising parts of the WUG live, but is concentrating on basketball.) See
http://www.wugusa.com/espnu-espn3-to-cover-world-university-games-from-south-korea-2/ for more detail of ESPN's coverage in the U.S.. (Note- times in that list are U.S. Eastern Time.)
Live Results should be available via
http://www.gwangju2015.com/info/ for the day and event once (of course) they are completed.