Cavaliers Open NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday
Cavaliers Open NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday
// FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE //
Monday, June 4, 2012
Track and Field Contact: Tom Fenstermaker
Cavaliers Open NCAA Outdoor Championships Wednesday
11 student-athletes will compete Wednesday through Saturday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—11 members of the Virginia track and field program travel to Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday through Saturday
(June 6-9).
The 11 student-athletes are the most Virginia has sent to the national outdoor meet since 1983, when a record 12 Cavaliers competed. The Virginia women have sent a student-athlete to every NCAA outdoor meet since its inception in 1982.
The entire event will be streamed live. WednesdayÂ’s events will be available via
NCAA.com, and Thursday through Saturday on
ESPN3.com. SaturdayÂ’s events also will be televised on ESPNU in a window beginning at 1 p.m. Links for live video and live results will be linked through
VirginiaSports.com.
On Wednesday, senior
Lance Roller (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) will run in the semifinals of the menÂ’s 800 meters at 7:00 p.m. Roller finished sixth in the 800 at the 2010 NCAA Championships and won the ACC crown for a second time in April at Lannigan Field. The final is Friday
at 8:10 p.m.
Junior Sean Keveren (Brentwood, Tenn.) competes in the final event on Wednesday in the menÂ’s 10,000 meters final at 9:45 p.m. Keveren earned silver in the 10,000 and bronze in the 5,000 meters
at the ACC Championships.
Senior Vincenzo Chiariello (Staten Island, N.Y.) opens Thursday’s action with the men’s hammer throw at 4 p.m. Chiariello, the school record holder with a distance of 64.29m (210’ 11”), will make
his first NCAA appearance.
In the menÂ’s 1,500 meters semifinal, juniors
Brett Johnson (Ocean City, N.J.) and Patrick Todd (Highland Park, Texas) will compete at 7:00 p.m. Johnson earned Second-Team All-America honors in the event a year ago, while Todd will make his first trip to the
NCAA outdoor meet. The final will be run Saturday at 2:17 p.m.
Junior Morgane Gay (Bethesda, Md.) will run in the womenÂ’s 1,500 meters semifinal at 7:15 p.m., looking to better her seventh-place finish at last yearÂ’s meet. She finished fifth in the mile at
the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. The final is Saturday at 2:28 p.m.
At 9:45 p.m., senior
Catherine White (Roanoke, Va.) will compete in the womenÂ’s 10,000 meters final. White won the event at the NCAA East Preliminaries and ACC Championships earlier this season. At Arkansas, White finished sixth in the event in 2009.
On Friday, senior Maureen Laffan (Toms River, N.J.) makes her first NCAA appearance in the women’s hammer throw at 4 p.m. Laffan owns the school record in the event (59.62m – 195’ 7”).
Saturday, the final day of competition, sees senior
Marcus Robinson (Richmond, Va.) compete in the menÂ’s triple jump. Robinson won the ACC title in April and finished fifth in the event at the NCAA indoor meet in March.
The final distance event of the meet, the womenÂ’s 5,000 meters final will see redshirt freshmen
Chelsea Ley (Woolwich Township, N.J.) and
Kathleen Stevens (Blacksburg, Va.) run at 3:19 p.m.
Texas A&M is the three-time defending champions on both the menÂ’s and womenÂ’s sides.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Tom Fenstermaker
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