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Track and Field- NCAA Indoor Championships (3/10-11) and US National Championships (3/3-5)

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Thought I'd start this thread to forward any news about and results in the 2 big indoor track and field meets taking place over the next 2 weekends.
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Yesterday through this Sunday are the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, taking place in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Event homepage (***select direct links below) is at http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2017/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships.aspx .
(*** selected direct links - Live results - http://results.usatf.org/2017Indoors/ ; Schedule of events - http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2017/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Schedule.aspx; description of video coverage - http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do...=25&year=2017&mgroup_id=45365&video_id=199734 )

Per the below IG from Buff Assistant Coach Lindsey Malone, 2 current and 2 (or maybe 1?) Buff alums are competing-


Current Buffs
1) Multi-event athlete (junior) Andrew Ghizzone’s indoor heptathlon competition actually started yesterday, and per Coach Malone, he’s sitting in 10th place. (I believe he typically gains ground in the 2nd day events, so interesting to see if he can move up by the end of today.)


2) Fellow junior Rajon O'Quinn is competing in 2 events, the 60M dash (heats Sunday at 2:14) and high jump (start Sunday at 3:30). Per some nice research by Coach Malone, Ms. O’Quinn’s double hasn’t been done at these championships in 71 years (see below tweet).

(She also has a more detailed IG Post in her account ( https://www.instagram.com/coachlmalonecu/) with much more detail.)

Buff Alum(s)
1) Sara Sutherland is competing in the 2 mile run, scheduled to start at 4:37 on Sunday.
2) Per Coach Malone’s IG, runner Sara Vaughn is also competing, but I don’t see her in the start lists. (In the “Status of Entries”, she is the one athlete who, for both the mile and 2 mile, is listed as accepted, but neither declared or scratched. If she IS running the 2 mile, the time is shown above. The mile is scheduled to start 6:04 on Saturday.)
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I’ll add more detail as the meet gets closer, but per the below article, 10 current Buffs have qualified and declared for next Friday's and Saturday's (March 10-11) NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station TX.


Direct link to article listing the athletes and what event(s) they’re competing in - http://www.cubuffs.com/news/2017/3/...fs-qualify-for-ncaa-indoor-championships.aspx

Event Homepage - http://files.12thman.com/ncaatrack/
Direct links In it so far-
Schedule - http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017DI_ITF_Schedule_20161214.pdf
List of entrants-
Men - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1indoor17/declared_men.htm
Women - http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1indoor17/declared_women.htm

Edit - Additional links now available-
Live Results (As I type this, it was still showing last year's results, but assume that will be fixed before today's action starts up.) - http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/track-field/results/d1/indoor17/index.htm (Edit - Link corrected.)

Live video -
Today (ESPN3, starting at 4:25 PM MT) - http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index...hampionships-presented-by-northwestern-mutual

Saturday (ESPN3, starting at 2:55 PM MT) - http://www.espn.com/watchespn/index...hampionships-presented-by-northwestern-mutual

Entry Lists/ Heat Sheets - http://www.flotrack.org/event/254629-2017-di-ncaa-indoor-championships/entries
 
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Official preview article now out leading up to these championships which begin later today - Direct link- http://www.cubuffs.com/news/2017/3/9/track-and-field-buffs-set-sights-on-ncaa-championships.aspx

Associated tweet, also with link -


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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - The University of Colorado track and field team is sending 11 athletes to compete at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 10-11 in College Station, Texas.

Ben Saarel, Zachary Perrin, John Dressel and Joe Klecker will represent the men's team, while Erin Clark, Dani Jones, Makena Morley and the members of the DMR relay will race for the women's team.

WATCH | LIVE STATS
Fans unable to attend the NCAA Championships can access live results at FlashResults.com or NCAA.com. ESPN 3 will stream the meet live on March 10 starting at 4:25 p.m. MT and March 11 starting at 2:55 p.m. MT. A re-air of the championship will take place on Sunday, March 12 starting at 5:00 p.m. MT on ESPN2.

SOCIAL MEDIA
For live updates during the meet, follow @cubuffstrack.

THE SCHEDULE
The Buffs will kick off the Championships with the mile races starting at 4:30 p.m. MT, the women will compete first followed by the men (Saarel and Perrin both in prelim. heat #2) for the preliminaries of the event. The finals of the 5,000 meters will start at 7:00 MT starting with the women then the men and the DMR relay will take place right after the 5k races at 7:40 p.m. MT.

On Saturday, the men's and women's mile finals start at 3:00 p.m. MT and the Buffs will wrap up the weekend with the 3,000 meter finals at 5:00 p.m. MT.

11 BUFFS QUALIFY

Eleven University of Colorado athletes have qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 10-11, in College Station, Texas.
Ben Saarel, Zachary Perrin, John Dressel and Joe Klecker will represent the men's team, while Erin Clark, Dani Jones, Makena Morley and the members of the women's distance medley relay will race for the women's team.
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I have now added live result, video and entry list/ heat sheets info to the bottom of the original post.
 
And at another NCAA Championships ..... Congrats to Mr. Saarel!



Edit- just saw his time. He's been close to getting the mythical sub- 4:00 mile for over a year, and JUST misses it (4:00.39) in the prelims. Hopefully in the final, which should be much quicker in general, the mark will/ should go down easily unless it turns into a "tactical" race.
 
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Dani Jones makes up a 15-25 meter deficit behind the pack in the Distance Medley Relay at the start of her (final 1 mile***) leg and out-kicks some of the top runners in the country to get the Buff win!!!!
(No one talked about them being even a contender!)

***Edit - Correction- the final leg is actually 1600 meters, so not QUITE a mile.
 
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Here's a 3 minute highlight of the women's DMR race.

The race included incredible 3rd and 4th legs by Sage Hurta (#1 time in leg) and Dani Jones (#2 time in leg). It looked like CU was in 12th (last place) when Hurta got the baton for the unbelievable third leg, and in 9th place when Jones got the baton for the anchor. Interestingly enough, Jones, edged out two of the best Colorado high school runners of all time - Elise Cranny and Katie Rainsberger - to win in the 1-2-3 finish for the Pac-12.

Take a look, it's definitely worth a watch, and the "Holy crap, Colorado!" call by the announcer is a classic.
 
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GoonieBuff said:
Here's a 3 minute highlight of the women's DMR race. Holy crap, Dani Jones ran an unbelievable anchor leg, as CU was nowhere near the front (in 8th place) when she got the baton. Interestingly enough, she edged out two of the best ever Colorado high school runners - Elise Cranny and Katie Rainsberger - to win in the 1-2-3 finish for the Pac-12. Take a look, it's definitely worth a watch.
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That was awesome! Dayamn.

The announcer call at the end has all the charm as Lindsey, Lindsey, LINDSEY!

Congrats for the natty, ladies!

Gotta watch that again.

"Holy crap. COLORADO! Wut?!?"

LULz
 
Clean Undies said:
That was awesome! Dayamn.

The announcer call at the end has all the charm as Lindsey, Lindsey, LINDSEY!

Congrats for the natty, ladies!

Gotta watch that again.

"Holy crap. COLORADO! Wut?!?"

LULz
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For real, the announcing at the end was hilarious. I was in the middle of going back and getting the quotes from the announcer, the split times, and editing my post when you nailed it.
 
GoonieBuff said:
Here's a 3 minute highlight of the women's DMR race.

The race included incredible 3rd and 4th legs by Sage Hurta (#1 time in leg) and Dani Jones (#2 time in leg). It looked like CU was in 12th (last place) when Hurta got the baton for the unbelievable third leg, and in 9th place when Jones got the baton for the anchor. Interestingly enough, Jones, edged out two of the best Colorado high school runners of all time - Elise Cranny and Katie Rainsberger - to win in the 1-2-3 finish for the Pac-12.

Take a look, it's definitely worth a watch, and the "Holy crap, Colorado!" call by the announcer is a classic.
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I just watched with my kids and what a fun race. GO BUFFS!
 
Just to reset with the schedule for today's races, just copying what I quoted from the preview article (in post #4)-
"On Saturday, the men's and women's mile finals start at 3:00 p.m. MT and the Buffs will wrap up the weekend with the 3,000 meter finals at 5:00 p.m. MT."

I believe the only Buff qualifier in the mile was Ben Saarel.

There are MANY Buffs running in the 3K's. Joe Klecker will be racing for the 1st time in these championships, while Ben Saarel and John Dressel will be trying to run competitive doubles. On the women's side, Dani Jones will be coming back from her huge DMR anchor leg, and Erin Clark will be toeing the line for her only race this weekend after earning 1st Team All-American honors with a 5th place finish indoors at this distance in last year's indoor championships.
 
I hope, with the new IPF, that CU can rise in the T&F world to a national power. We can, now, start attracting speed athletes and field athletes. At least I hope.
 
The most fun in life was watching my kid in track and XC. I love the distance events and think they are way under appreciated. There is so much strategy and heart involved. There isn't anything in T&F as thrilling as a great kick at the end of a distance race. People have no clue how hard these young people work.
 
DBT said:
I hope, with the new IPF, that CU can rise in the T&F world to a national power. We can, now, start attracting speed athletes and field athletes. At least I hope.
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It seems to be helping that MacIntyre is very cooperative with his scholarship football players also competing in T&F. That gives our T&F program free scholarship athletes that can score for it in meets. Very big deal.
 
Congrats to Dani Jones!

In that same 3K race, Erin Clark earns a point with her 8th place finish.

Overall, the Buff women earn 21 points, which looks to have ended up giving them 7th place at the Championships. (http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/track-field/results/d1/indoor17/scores.htm).
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Also, looking at live results, Joe Klecker earns 1st Team All-American honors with a 4th place finish in the men's 3K, while John Dressel earns a point for his team finishing 8th, doubling up after his own 4th place finish in yesterday's 5K race. In the earlier mile, Ben Saarel earned a point with an 8th place finish.

Overall, the Buff men (12 points total) end up in a 5 team tie for 16th place.
 
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