| Senior All-American Jennifer Leatherman finished fifth in preliminary competition Thursday afternoon. Leatherman is ranked No. 5 in the hammer and took fifth at the championships with a mark of 206??11?? (63.08 meters). She advances to the finals, which take place Saturday afternoon. |
SACRAMENTO, Calif.; June 8, 2006 ?C The 2006 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships continued Thursday morning with preliminary and semifinal action lasting throughout the day. The championships are being held in Sacramento, Calif. at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex June 7-10.
Senior and All-American Jennifer Leatherman (Yellville, Ark.) finished fifth in preliminary competition at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday afternoon. Leatherman is ranked No. 5 in the hammer and took fifth at the championships with a mark of 206??11?? (63.08 meters). She will advance to the finals, which take place Saturday afternoon. Leatherman threw a mark of 50-09 ? (15.47), finishing 16th in the shot put preliminary.
Redshirt-junior Briene Simmons (Decatur, Ga) finished 11th in the 800-meter semifinals in a time of 2:06.64. Ranked 18th in the nation, the 4x400-meter relay team placed 17th in preliminary competition (3:37.50)
Ranked No. 1 in the nation, redshirt-junior sprinter and All-American Shana Cox (Westbury, N.Y.) will compete in the 400-meter semifinals Friday evening along with senior and All-American Molly Landreth (Newburyport, Mass.) who will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finals.
The 2006 NCAA Division I Men??s and Women??s Outdoor Track and Field Championships will feature 4 1/2 hours of live television coverage this weekend. This is the first time since 1982 that the NCAA Track and Field Championships have been televised live on network television.
CBS will air 2 1/2 hours of live coverage (3:30 to 6 p.m. EST) on Saturday, June 10, the final day of the four-day collegiate championships. CSTV will broadcast two hours of competition (8 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST) on Friday, June 9. This is the first time the next-to-last day of the NCAA Championships have been televised live. The 4 1/2 hours of live coverage mark the most live coverage in the history of NCAA Division I Track and Field. This marks the second time that the women??s portion of the meet will be televised.