2018 UW Indoor OpenFeb 8, 2018 by Kevin Sully
Edward Cheserek, Evan Jager, And More: FloTrack Viewing Guide
Edward Cheserek, Evan Jager, And More: FloTrack Viewing Guide
FloTrack's weekend viewing guide includes races involving Edward Cheserek, Emily Infeld, Justyn Knight, and much more!
There are 11 live events being broadcast on FloTrack over the next three days. Below is a viewing guide to help you keep track of all the action. (Note — The IAAF World Tour: Madrid and the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix are available for U.K. and Ireland viewers only).
For more coverage on each meet (including a full schedule and entries), be sure to visit the coverage pages for the Iowa State Classic, Husky Classic, BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational, Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational, Spire D1 Indoor Classic, SDSU Indoor Invitational, Fasttrack National Invitational, GVSU Big Meet, UW Indoor Open, IAAF World Tour: Madrid, and the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
All times listed are CT and remember, meet schedules are subject to change.
| Day | Time | Meet | Event | What to Watch |
| THU | 1:25 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Women's 3000 | Meraf Bahta has a lifetime best of 8:37. This is her first race of 2018. |
| THU | 1:40 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Men's 400 | Pavel Maslak is always strong indoors and will be trying to round into shape for the upcoming 2018 World Indoor Championships. |
| THU | 2:00 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Men's 60 | Mike Rodgers and Richard Kilty, two fast starters, should battle for the victory. |
| THU | 2:10 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Men's 1500 | Ayanleh Souleiman is the 2014 World Indoor Champion, but is coming off sub-par year in 2017. His best competition should come from Aman Wote. |
| THU | 2:20 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Men's 800 | Adam Kszczot ran 1:46 in his opener and will get some pressure from Mohammad Aman. |
| THU | 2:30 PM | IAAF World Indoor Tour: Madrid | Women's 1500 | What can Genzebe Dibaba run less than a week after her 3:57? |
| FRI | 12:10 PM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Women's 800 | Cecilia Barowski ran on the 4x800m team that went 8:11 at Millrose last weekend. She has an open 800m season best of 2:04.69. |
| FRI | 3:30 PM | GVSU Big Meet | Men's Mile | Zach Panning was the runner-up at the Division II national championships and has a mile PB of 4:07. |
| FRI | 6:00 PM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Men's Mile | Edward Cheserek tries to become the fourth person to break 3:50 indoors. |
| FRI | 6:00 PM | Iowa State Classic | Women's 5000 | Caroline Sang finished sixth at the NCAA cross country championships. Charlotte Imer is in good form this season this season and could contend. |
| FRI | 6:05 PM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Women's Mile | Elinor Purrier ran well to finish fifth at Millrose last weekend. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner has a season best of 2:04.16. |
| FRI | 6:15 PM | GVSU Big Meet | Men's 3000 | The DII cross country champion James Ngandu leads this field. |
| FRI | 6:25 PM | Iowa State Classic | Men's 5000 | The entire top 10 from the NCAA XC championships is competing in either the 3000 or 5000 at the Iowa State Classic. This race features Justyn Knight, Gilbert Kigen, Vincent Kiprop, and Dillon Maggard. |
| FRI | 7:15 PM | Iowa State Classic | Women's 3000 | Nicole Hutchinson, Erika Kemp, Sharon Lokedi, Katherine Receveur are the top entrants and there is lots of NCAA championship experience between them. |
| FRI | 7:25 PM | Husky Classic | Women's 5000 | Newly minted U.S. cross country champion Emily Infeld will race alongside Courtney Frerichs and triathlete turned marathoner Gwen Jorgensen. |
| FRI | 7:30 PM | Iowa State Classic | Men's 3000 | This is the other loaded race in Ames. Matthew Baxter, Grant Fisher, Andy Trouard, Sean Tobin, and Tyler Day and Johnathan Davis are all entered. |
| FRI | 7:45 PM | Husky Classic | Men's 5000 | Nike Oregon Project's Suguru Osako takes on collegians Jack Bruce, Sydney Gidabuday as well as fellow pro Noah Droddy. |
| FRI | 9:35 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 200 | Before they face off in the 60m, Ashley Henderson and Ariana Washington will race the 200m on Friday night. |
| SAT | 9:32 AM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Men's 800 | Harvard's Myles Marshall set a personal best of 1:47.74 last week. |
| SAT | 10:10 AM | SPIRE DI Indoor Classic | Men's 60 Hurdles Prelims | Chad Zallow mixed it up with professionals last week at the Millrose Games, finishing fourth in a strong field. |
| SAT | 10:55 AM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Men's 400 | Lalonde Gordon was third last week in the Millrose Games 400m, running 47.24. |
| SAT | 11:50 AM | SPIRE DI Indoor Classic | Men's 400 | Izaiah Brown of Rutgers is undefeated in his three races of 2018. |
| SAT | 12:50 PM | Iowa State Classic | Women's Mile | Jessica Harris has a personal best of 4:33.80 and looks to be the class of the field. Iowa State freshman Cailie Logue is making her collegiate track debut. |
| SAT | 1:05 PM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Men's Mile | Craig Engels of the Nike Oregon Project is the marquee name in this field. |
| SAT | 1:10 PM | SPIRE DI Indoor Classic | Men's 60 Hurdles Final | Can Zallow improve on his season best of 7.61? |
| SAT | 1:15 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 60 Prelims | Ashley Henderson is off to a solid start this indoor season, running 7.30 and 7.33 and getting a win over Ariana Washington. Washington is entered in this race along with her Oregon teammate Lauren Rain Williams. |
| SAT | 1:25 PM | Iowa State Classic | Men's Mile | Jacob Choge, Kigen Chemadi, Sean McGorty all have a chance to take home a win in this race. |
| SAT | 1:30 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Men's Mile | Anthony Rotich, a three-time NCAA champion in the steeplechase, is the man to watch. |
| SAT | 2:40 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Men's 400 | Raymond Kibet and Dontavius Wright have outdoor personal bests within 0.1 seconds of each other which should make this a great race. |
| SAT | 2:55 PM | Iowa State Classic | Women's 800 | Abike Egbeniyi and Agnes Abu, both of Middle Tennessee State, are the top two seeds, but there are several women who could win this race. |
| SAT | 2:55 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 400 | Standford's 800m star Olivia Baker drops down in distance to take on Shae Anderson and Jasmine Blocker. |
| SAT | 3:15 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 60 Final | Last week on this track, Mikiah Brisco put up the second fastest NCAA time ever. How quick can this group go? |
| SAT | 3:25 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Men's 800 | Brandon Lasater is the man to beat. He's run 1:47 outdoors and 1:49 indoors for Georgia Tech. |
| SAT | 3:40 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 800 | Alexa Efraimson finished seventh in the Millrose Games mile last week. What can she do in her second race of the year? |
| SAT | 3:45 PM | Iowa State Classic | Men's 800 | Abraham Alvarado, Festus Lagat, Cameron Cooper, Isaiah Harris, and Daniel Kuhn are all entered in a very competitive field. |
| SAT | 4:04 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Women's 60 Hurdles | Much of the Millrose field is here (Queen Harrison, Dawn Harper-Nelson, Kristi Castlin, Lolo Jones) plus Jasmin Stowers and world #2 Sharika Nelvis. |
| SAT | 4:10 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Women's 800 | The were teammates last week in the 4x800m at Millrose, now Charlene Lipsey and Raevyn Rogers will compete against one another. |
| SAT | 4:15 PM | BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational | Men's 3000 | Tommy Curtin was sixth at the U.S. championships last year in the 5000m and has run 13:27. |
| SAT | 4:15 PM | Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational | Women's 4 x 400 Relay | PAC-12 rivals Oregon and Stanford are scheduled to square off in this relay. |
| SAT | 4:15 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Boys' Junior Mile | Dalton Hengst and Josh Hoey are the top entrants. |
| SAT | 4:25 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Women's 400 | 2017 world champion Phyllis Francis runs her second race of 2018. It should be a competitive competitive race with Natasha Hastings. |
| SAT | 4:32 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Girls' Junior Mile | Gabrielle Wilkinson and Kelsey Chmiel finished one-two in the Millrose Games. Can they do the same this weekend? |
| SAT | 4:40 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 1500m | Wanamaker Mile champion Chris O'Hare lines up against Nike Oregon Project's Craig Engels. |
| SAT | 4:50 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 60m | This will be the first race for Christian Coleman since he ran the fastest 60m in history. Can he go under 6.39 again? Can Noah Lyles better his 6.59 mark from Millrose? |
| SAT | 5:00 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 800 | Boris Berian is set to compete for the first time since August 2016. Donavan Brazier is favorite by virtue of his 1:45 at Millrose last weekend. |
| SAT | 5:10 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Women's 1500 | Millrose 3000m champion Aisha Praught takes on Gudaf Tsegay, Dawit Seyaum, and Ciara Mageean. |
| SAT | 5:18 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 400 | This is a small field that features Machel Cedenio and Josephus Lyles. |
| SAT | 5:25 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 300 | Bralon Taplin just pulled off the rare feat of breaking 45 seconds for 400m indoors. He should have a close matchup with 200m bronze medalist Jereem Richards. |
| SAT | 5:30 PM | Husky Classic | Women's Mile | Some of the NCAA's best are entered, including Nikki Hiltz, Amy-Eloise Neale, and Danae Rivers. |
| SAT | 5:32 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Women's 3000 | This will be Jenny Simpson's first race of 2018 and she will have good competition with Emma Coburn and Dani Jones. Coburn set a PB in this event last weekend. |
| SAT | 5:45 PM | Husky Classic | Men's Mile | Evan Jager and Lopez Lomong are the top pros. For the collegians, youth (Reed Brown and Sam Worley) take on experience Blake Haney. |
| SAT | 5:47 PM | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Men's 3000 | This is the second stage of the Edward Cheserek Boston weekend double. Beating Dejen Gebremeskel and Hagos Gebrhiwet will be tough, particularly after a fast mile the night before. |
| SAT | 6:10 PM | Husky Classic | Men's 400 | This is an interesting matchup pitting 800m star Nijel Amos against 400m specialits Mike Berry and Marcus Chambers. |
| SAT | 6:20 PM | Husky Classic | Women's 800 | Hannah Fields of the Brooks Beasts and Hanna Green of the Oregon Track Club elite are the favorites. Green ran 2:02.58 last week. |
| SAT | 6:40 PM | Husky Classic | Men's 800 | Clayton Murphy will make his second appearance in Seattle this year after two races in New York. Harun Abda and Ryan Martin will provide Murphy's competition. |
| SAT | 6:45 PM | Husky Classic | Women's 3000 | This is a sneak peek at some of the names you'll see at the NCAA championships with Stanford's Elise Cranny and Vanessa Fraser, New Mexico's Weini Kelati and Ednah Kurgat, and Boise State's Allie Ostrander. |
| SAT | 6:50 PM | Husky Classic | Men's 3000 | Big-name DI runners Jeff Thies, Colby Gilbert, Ben Saarel, and Cooper Teare are scheduled to compete. |
| SUN | 1:15 PM | UW Indoor Open | Men's Mile | Michael Slagowski, who broke four minutes in the mile as an Idaho high schooler, is slated to run in the mile for Eastern Oregon. |