NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship 2011

NCAA Outdoor Championships Meet Schedule The Carolina track and field program is set to leave for Des Moines, Iowa, this week for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The national meet will be held Wednesday through Saturday, June 8-11, at Drake University.

The culmination of senior Kate Grace’s track and field career at Yale will take place on the most competitive stage possible: the NCAA Championships. By virtue of her first-place finish in the 800-meter run at the NCAA First Round on May 27, she advanced to compete in the national semi-finals in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 8. The top eight athletes in those races will move on to race for the championship on June 10.

Maddie Buttinger, Jack Howard, Jeremy Rae and Johnathan Shawel of the University of Notre Dame men's and women's track and field teams are set to represent the Irish at the 2011 Outdoor NCAA Championship meet, which begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday at the Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Purdue men's and women's track and field teams head to Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa this week for the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The men's and women's track and field teams are headed to Des Moines, IA and Drake University this Wednesday through Saturday to compete at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The collegiate season comes to a close this weekend for Indiana track and field at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Drake Stadium, which plays host to the Drake Relays each year, is the site of the three day meet. The Hoosiers are taking a group of 13 competitors to the national meet with eleven qualified entries.

Ali Arastu (400m hurdles) and Craig Forys (3,000m steeplechase) will each compete in preliminaries on Wednesday (June 8) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with finals in their respective events on Friday (June 10).

DES MOINES, Iowa - Senior Matt Hughes continued his dominance in the men's 3,000m steeplechase by taking first in his heat with the fastest overall time to lead the University of Louisville track and field teams on Wednesday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on the first day of competition.

The Michigan State track & field team opened day one of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, June 8. Sophomores Beth Rohl and Lonnie Pugh were the top individuals for MSU as they each placed into the finals of their respective events.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The University of Louisville track and field teams completed day one at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Junior Katie Matthews of the Boston University women's track & field team earned first-team All-America status with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000-meter final at the NCAA championships at Drake Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Speedsters Ngoni Makusha and Maurice Mitchell highlight the first day of the NCAA Championships with a one-two finish in the men's 100m dash.

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Ohio's Annie Beecham finished in 11th place of the women's 10000 meter run at the 2011 NCAA Track and Field Championships this evening from Des Moines, Iowa.

Senior Colin Boevers scored the Kentucky track and field team's first five points of the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a fourth-place finish in the men's discus throw at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday. Fellow senior Jenna Martin advanced in the women's 400m relays, which will take place Friday at 8:55 p.m. ET.

HOUSTON - The University of Houston track and field team opened up Day 1 of the NCAA Championships with three personal bests including a school record being improved upon. The action took place in Des Moines, Iowa.

Freshman Aiesha Goggins fell just short of advancing to the final race of the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championhips Wednesday, posting a time of 52.75 in the 400-meter dash to finish fourth in the second heat at Drake Stadium.

Boston College track and field captain Caroline King competed in the NCAA 800-meter semifinal on Wednesday evening in Drake Stadium. The Scotia, N.Y. native drew a lane six starting position in heat one and ran her way to a 2:06.38 clip.

Craig Forys won the second semifinal heat in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to qualify for Friday's finals (June 10) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Ali Arastu (24th, 400m intermediate hurdles) also competed, earning All-America honorable mention.

NCAA Live ResultsNCAA Outdoor Championships Meet ScheduleNCAA Start ListsSenior Parker Smith led the Carolina track and field team with a fourth-place finish on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Tar Heels have 12 athletes and a relay team competing throughout the four-day national meet, which is hosted by Drake University.

Horns run a season-best 39.23 to automatically qualify for the final heat.

The Purdue women's track and field team had a pair of solid performances at the first day of competition at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Senior Ciara Short broke her own school record by almost one-half second Wednesday and qualified fifth among a field of 8 finalists in the women's 400 meters at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Drake University.

As senior Egle Staisiunaite closed her career, freshman Alex Brill began his NCAA championships career in the semifinals of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase Wednesday.

Jack Howard of the University of Notre Dame men's track and field team concluded his career with the Irish as he finished 18th in 1:48.24 at the semifinals of the 800-meter run Wednesday during the NCAA Championship at the Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

In the final race of her senior season, Leslie Njoku finished with a time of 57.14 in the 400 meter hurdles. A career best for the Jersey City, N.J. native, Njoku crossed the line in 14th place, not enough to move her on to the final round of the race.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Cornell men's track and field team opened competition at the NCAA Championships at Drake University on Wednesday, with Adrien Dannemiller and Nick Huber getting the action going for the Big Red. Dannemiller placed 21st overall in the steeplechase, while Huber ended day one 15th in the decathlon with five events remaining.

University of North Florida junior distance runner Ecaterina Gheorghiu finished with a time of 10:39.70 in the semifinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Thursday night at Drake University Stadium.

Cassandra Lloyd, a junior on the Wright State track team, finished 14th in the NCAA national semifinals of the 100 meter hurdles Thursday night at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

For the second time this year, freshman Alec Faldermeyer has earned All-American honors, this time in the hammer at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, IA.