Fields for the NCAA Division I, II, and III Outdoor Track and Field Championships are set.Set, that is, you accept the NCAA's notion that this weekend's two-venue, D1 East and West Preliminaries are the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships, rather than just the organization's regional meets consolidated and renamed.
Hundreds of D1 athletes will compete in Austin, Texas and Greensboro, North Carolina in order to advance to the national meet-proper in Eugene, Oregon in two weeks. It's simpler in D2 and D3. There, athlete will gather in a single venue to decide national champions and all-Americans this weekend.
No matter how things are organized, the student-athletes vying for NCAA national honors in the organization's three divisions have been named and arranged into heats, flights, and sections.
Here's our round-up ...
NCAA Division I ... The University of Minnesota men's and women's teams will send 21 and 24 athletes, respectively, to the NCAA West Preliminary in Austin this weekend. From the preliminary "meet," athletes can qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene in two weeks.
The men's 1500-meters at the West Prelim collects a brace of Minnesota natives. Gopher Ben Blankenship is seeded #8 in the event, Henry Sibley alum Jonathan Stublaski of Oklahoma State is seeded #12, the state's fastest prep miler of all time, Burnsville alum Rob Finnerty who competes for Wisconsin, is seeded #31, while the Gophers' Andy Richardson is the #35 seed.
Men's West Preliminary startlists can be found HERE.
Women's West Preliminary startlists can be found HERE.
The Gopher women's preview for the meet is HERE.
The Gopher men's preview should appear HERE shortly.
General information on the NCAA Division I Championships can be found HERE.
NCAA Division II ... Action at the D2 meet in Charlotte, North Carolina gets underway on Thursday and continues through Saturday.
Winona State's #9-ranked women's team appears the Minnesota program most likely to make a mark at the meet. The throws-and-sprints powered Warriors boast three athletes seeded it the top nine spots in the discus throw, including #1 and #2-seeds Mary Theisen and Shanai Guider, both freshman.
NCAA Division II men's startlists are HERE.
NCAA Division II women's startlists are HERE.
NCAA Division III ... Minnesota's top non-scholarship athletes travel to the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Berea for their national championship from Thursday through Saturday.
Bethel star Marie Borner will attempt to defend her D3 outdoor 1500m title as well as add a 800m crown to her much-burdened trophy case. Borner, who has won D3 titles in cross country and indoor track as well, is the #2 seed in the 1500m and the #1 seed at 800m,
NCAA Division III men's startlists are HERE.
NCAA Division III women's startlists are HERE.
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