As with the other more "individual" sports, thought I'd set up this thread to report on notable results for the indoor track and field men's and women's teams throughout the regular season, as well as any other general news that pops up during the season regarding the teams and any of their individuals. (Separate threads will be set when the 2 biggest meets of the year get near to starting up - the MPSF (Conference) Championships (2/28 & 2/29) and of course the NCAA Championships (3/13-3/14).)
The team starts action this weekend in Laramie and/ or Golden, followed by a CU-hosted meet next weekend (12/10-11, 1 of 2 for the indoor season).
Schedule (Sorry it doesn't copy and paste that cleanly, from https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/schedule):
Edit- Wanted to add info for how athletes qualify for the NCAA Indoor T & F Championships. Unlike outdoors, there are no regional championships run to choose who advances. It's merely-
Mainly for my own purposes, just some reference rough MINIMUM goals for times (including both net (sea level) and Boulder converted times for track) at various events based on the last couple years' minimum qualifying times for those who could qualify for the NCAA Championship. (Didn't bother in races/ events where I don't foresee the Buffs having a chance at earning an NCAA qualifying time/ mark.) :
Note- these are all GUESSTIMATED based on the last 2 years results, so these times might be faster or slower than what ends up being the qualifying time this season. Also, I just looked for the 16th fastest time (or 12th for relays) for each event. (Sometimes, athletes may elect not to compete in the event, so that could make these times a LITTLE quicker than required based on qualifiers below 16th who may have ended up qualifying in prior or this season.)
Women : Guesstimated sea level time to qualify (Boulder converted altitude equivalent) -
60M Hurdles - 8.09 (8.07)
400M - 52.75 (52.64)
800M - 2:04.50 (2:05.33; this is based on 2018, which was 1 second quicker than last season.)
Mile - 4:35.15 (4:42.12)
3000M - 9:03 (9:18.69)
5000M - 15:42 (16:11.26)
DMR - 11:00 (11:11.48)
4X400M - 3:32.61 (3:32.17)
Pentathlon - 4,082 (in 2019; 4,121 in 2018)
Men : Guesstimated converted sea level time (Boulder altitude equivalent) -
Mile - 3:57.65 (4:03.67. Based on 2018; 2019 was ~1 second slower.)
3000M - 7:51.91 (8:05.55)
5000M - 13.41 (14:06.50)
4X400M Relay - 3:06.17 (3:05.73)
The team starts action this weekend in Laramie and/ or Golden, followed by a CU-hosted meet next weekend (12/10-11, 1 of 2 for the indoor season).
Schedule (Sorry it doesn't copy and paste that cleanly, from https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/schedule):
- Alumni Classic
- Power Meet
- Potts Indoor Invitational
- Air Force Invitational
- Mines Winter Classic & Multi
- Colorado Invitational
- Washington Invitational
- Tyson Invitational
- Husky Classic
- Air Force Open
- Feb 21 (Fri) All Day
vs Day 1
Colorado Springs, Colo. US Air Force Academy
- Feb 21 (Fri) All Day
Edit- Wanted to add info for how athletes qualify for the NCAA Indoor T & F Championships. Unlike outdoors, there are no regional championships run to choose who advances. It's merely-
- Individually, it's just the athletes who earn the top 16 times or marks during the qualifying period who accept the invitation to go the championships for that event.
- For relays, it's the teams with the top 12 times who accept a bid.
- Note that there are adjustments made for (1) altitude and (2) facility rating. (An Altitude conversion app and facility conversion factor document can be found in the next link below.)
- Full explanation of qualifying is at http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/ncaa-championship-qualifying-criteria#d1ITF .
- Women's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2770.html?gender=f
- Men's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2770.html?gender=m
- Women's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2324.html?gender=f
- Men's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2324.html?gender=m )
- Conference - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/2/23//2019_MPSF_Championships_Compiled.pdf) and
- NCAA -
Mainly for my own purposes, just some reference rough MINIMUM goals for times (including both net (sea level) and Boulder converted times for track) at various events based on the last couple years' minimum qualifying times for those who could qualify for the NCAA Championship. (Didn't bother in races/ events where I don't foresee the Buffs having a chance at earning an NCAA qualifying time/ mark.) :
Note- these are all GUESSTIMATED based on the last 2 years results, so these times might be faster or slower than what ends up being the qualifying time this season. Also, I just looked for the 16th fastest time (or 12th for relays) for each event. (Sometimes, athletes may elect not to compete in the event, so that could make these times a LITTLE quicker than required based on qualifiers below 16th who may have ended up qualifying in prior or this season.)
Women : Guesstimated sea level time to qualify (Boulder converted altitude equivalent) -
60M Hurdles - 8.09 (8.07)
400M - 52.75 (52.64)
800M - 2:04.50 (2:05.33; this is based on 2018, which was 1 second quicker than last season.)
Mile - 4:35.15 (4:42.12)
3000M - 9:03 (9:18.69)
5000M - 15:42 (16:11.26)
DMR - 11:00 (11:11.48)
4X400M - 3:32.61 (3:32.17)
Pentathlon - 4,082 (in 2019; 4,121 in 2018)
Men : Guesstimated converted sea level time (Boulder altitude equivalent) -
Mile - 3:57.65 (4:03.67. Based on 2018; 2019 was ~1 second slower.)
3000M - 7:51.91 (8:05.55)
5000M - 13.41 (14:06.50)
4X400M Relay - 3:06.17 (3:05.73)
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