{"id":173,"date":"2009-06-09T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2009-06-09T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T14:07:00","slug":"ncaa-championships-start-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Championships Start Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=terrell wilks&#038;iid=4645609\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/4\/d\/a\/e\/PicImg_Penn_Relays_51da.JPG?resize=380%2C230\" width=\"380\" height=\"230\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Penn Relays\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><br \/>The quest for NCAA Championships starts tomorrow in Fayetteville Arkansas. And as usual there are stories aplenty when trying to figure out who will win titles. <\/p>\n<p>On the Men&#8217;s side the teams to watch should be Florida, Oregon, Texas A&#038;M, Arkansas and LSU. On the Women&#8217;s side the teams to watch should be Oregon, LSU, Texas A&#038;M, Arizona State and Tennessee. The US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association maintains an ongoing ranking of schools. The current rankings can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>There are several hot athletes heading into the meet. Galen Rupp (OR) is perhaps the hottest distance runner on the men&#8217;s side and will be key to Oregon&#8217;s championship bid. Rupp will be doubling in the 5000 and 10000 meters. On the women&#8217;s side no one is hotter than Jenny Barringer (CO) who is coming off her collegiate record setting performance at the Prefontaine meet in the 1500 meters &#8211; becoming only the third American woman to break the 4:00 barrier (3:59.90)! She was already the collegiate record holder in the steeplechase and will be contesting that event in Arkansas where she starts as a heavy favorite.<\/p>\n<p>The hottest races could well be the relays. Especially on the Men&#8217;s side as Florida, Texas A&#038;M and LSU are within .12 of each other in the 4&#215;1 and Florida, Florida Sate, Baylor and Texas Tech are within a second of each other in the 4&#215;4!<\/p>\n<p>But the individual race of the meet should be the Men&#8217;s 400 meters with Gil Roberts (Tx Tech) 44.86, Calvin Smith (FL) 44.96, and Dwight Mullings (MsSt) 44.98 among the top 10 in the world in the event and East Regional champion Michael Bingham (Wake Forest) 45.05 on a roll lately.<\/p>\n<p>Following are links to all the information you should need to follow the meet including live internet streaming. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustfccca.org\/assets\/rankings\/div1\/2009-otf\/out-wk9-Top25.pdf\">USTFCCCA Rankings<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web1.ncaa.org\/track\/eventFiles\/d1mout.txt\">Men&#8217;s Yearly List<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web1.ncaa.org\/track\/eventFiles\/d1wout05.txt\">Women&#8217;s Yearly List<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web1.ncaa.org\/track\/eventFiles\/d1mheats.txt\">Men&#8217;s Heat Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web1.ncaa.org\/track\/eventFiles\/d1wheats.txt\">Women&#8217;s Heat Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/all-access.cbssports.com\/player.html?code=ncaa&#038;media=129515\">NCAA Live Stream<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quest for NCAA Championships starts tomorrow in Fayetteville Arkansas. And as usual there are stories aplenty when trying to figure out who will win titles. On the Men&#8217;s side the teams to watch should be Florida, Oregon, Texas A&#038;M, Arkansas and LSU. On the Women&#8217;s side the teams to watch should be Oregon, LSU, Texas A&#038;M, Arizona State and Tennessee. The US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association maintains an ongoing ranking of schools. The current rankings can be found below. There are several hot athletes heading into the meet. Galen Rupp (OR) is perhaps the hottest distance runner on the men&#8217;s side and will be key to Oregon&#8217;s championship bid. Rupp will be doubling in the 5000 and 10000 meters. On the women&#8217;s side no one is hotter than Jenny Barringer (CO) who is coming off her collegiate record setting performance at the Prefontaine meet in the 1500 meters &#8211; becoming only the third American woman to break the 4:00 barrier (3:59.90)! She was already the collegiate record holder in the steeplechase and will be contesting that event in Arkansas where she starts as a heavy favorite. The hottest races could well be the relays. Especially on the Men&#8217;s side as Florida, Texas A&#038;M and LSU are within .12 of each other in the 4&#215;1 and Florida, Florida Sate, Baylor and Texas Tech are within a second of each other in the 4&#215;4! But the individual race of the meet should be the Men&#8217;s 400 meters with Gil Roberts (Tx Tech) 44.86, Calvin Smith (FL) 44.96, and Dwight Mullings (MsSt) 44.98 among the top 10 in the world in the event and East Regional champion Michael Bingham (Wake Forest) 45.05 on a roll lately. Following are links to all the information you should need to follow the meet including live internet streaming. USTFCCCA Rankings Men&#8217;s Yearly List Women&#8217;s Yearly List Men&#8217;s Heat Sheets Women&#8217;s Heat Sheets NCAA Live Stream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-2N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":448,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=448","url_meta":{"origin":173,"position":0},"title":"Conference Weekend Will Spotlight Big Three","author":"CHill","date":"February 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For the collegiate athletes the conference weekend is the beginning of their real indoor season \u2013 conference followed by national titles. 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