Wednesday, May 24
Sacramento, Calif.
All Day
Colorado
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NCAA West Preliminaries
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Buffs Ready for NCAA West First Round
May 23, 2023 | Track and Field
The Colorado contingent looks to advance to Austin, Texas
SACRAMENTO - The University of Colorado's track and field program heads to the capitol of California for the NCAA West Preliminaries this week. The contingent will compete Wednesday through Saturday for a chance to advance to Austin, Texas, for the NCAA Championships.
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The NCAA conducts two regionals (East and West) with 48 student-athletes entered into each event. The top 12 finishers at each regional will earn a berth at the NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships which will take place in Austin, Texas on June 7-10.
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The men will be first out of the starting blocks on Wednesday. Matt Ward will get things started for Colorado in the men's hammer at 11 a.m. MT.
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The track events will take place later in the evening starting with Isaiah Givens in the 1500-meters. The duo of James Milholen and Tyler Williams will run in the 400-meters, while Garrett Nelson will compete in the 400-meter hurdles. The night will close with the trio of Charlie Sweeney, Jace Aschbrenner and Ethan Powell in the 10,000-meters.
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Amanda Opp will start the women's side off in Thursday's hammer throw (11 a.m. MT). Jada Green will represent the Black & Gold in the javelin and Avery McMullen will conclude Thursday's field events in the long jump.
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McMullen will get things going on the track with the 100-meter hurdles (7 p.m. MT). Bailey Hertenstein will follow in the 1500-meters. Thursday continues for the Buffs with Abbey Glynn running in the 400-meter hurdles and wraps up with India Johnson in the 10,000-meters.
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Friday will feature the qualifiers from Wednesday as well as the quarterfinals in the men's steeplechase (Caleb Niednagel), 4x400 relay and the semifinals of the 5000-meters (Sweeney). Saturday is back to the women with the high jump (Allie Routledge), Thursday's qualifiers, the 4x400 relay, steeplechase (Elle Orie) and the 5000-meters (Kaitlyn Barthell, India Johnson, Ella Baran).
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The meet is scheduled to be live-streamed on ESPN+ but is limited to events occurring inside the stadium. Throwing events will not be streamed. Wednesday and Friday's coverage will start at 7 p.m. MT. Friday and Saturday's stream will start at 6 p.m. MT.
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The NCAA conducts two regionals (East and West) with 48 student-athletes entered into each event. The top 12 finishers at each regional will earn a berth at the NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships which will take place in Austin, Texas on June 7-10.
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The men will be first out of the starting blocks on Wednesday. Matt Ward will get things started for Colorado in the men's hammer at 11 a.m. MT.
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The track events will take place later in the evening starting with Isaiah Givens in the 1500-meters. The duo of James Milholen and Tyler Williams will run in the 400-meters, while Garrett Nelson will compete in the 400-meter hurdles. The night will close with the trio of Charlie Sweeney, Jace Aschbrenner and Ethan Powell in the 10,000-meters.
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Amanda Opp will start the women's side off in Thursday's hammer throw (11 a.m. MT). Jada Green will represent the Black & Gold in the javelin and Avery McMullen will conclude Thursday's field events in the long jump.
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McMullen will get things going on the track with the 100-meter hurdles (7 p.m. MT). Bailey Hertenstein will follow in the 1500-meters. Thursday continues for the Buffs with Abbey Glynn running in the 400-meter hurdles and wraps up with India Johnson in the 10,000-meters.
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Friday will feature the qualifiers from Wednesday as well as the quarterfinals in the men's steeplechase (Caleb Niednagel), 4x400 relay and the semifinals of the 5000-meters (Sweeney). Saturday is back to the women with the high jump (Allie Routledge), Thursday's qualifiers, the 4x400 relay, steeplechase (Elle Orie) and the 5000-meters (Kaitlyn Barthell, India Johnson, Ella Baran).
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The meet is scheduled to be live-streamed on ESPN+ but is limited to events occurring inside the stadium. Throwing events will not be streamed. Wednesday and Friday's coverage will start at 7 p.m. MT. Friday and Saturday's stream will start at 6 p.m. MT.
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