Track and Field Set for NCAA Indoor Championships
March 10, 2011 | Women's Track and Field
March 10, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - D'Ana McCarty, Khadija Abdullah and Wesley Smith of the University of Louisville track and field teams are set to compete at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in College Station, Texas, on Friday, March 11-12, at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University.
Competition begins at 11 a.m. ET on Friday and continues on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Live results will be available on FlashResults.com.
The entire NCAA Indoor Championship meet will be streamed live online through a couple of outlets. On Friday, NCAA.com and AggieAthletics.com will air the portion of the meet from 11 a.m. ET-4:55 p.m. ET, while the remainder of the day, beginning at 4:55 p.m. ET, it will air live on ESPN3.com. On Saturday, NCAA.com and AggieAthletics.com will air a segment of the meet from 1 p.m. ET-5:55 p.m. ET, while the remainder of the day, beginning at 6 p.m. ET, it will air live on ESPN3.com. The 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships will air on a tape-delay basis on Wednesday, March 16, from 2:30-4 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Two-time defending national champion McCarty will be the first Cardinal in competition, as she is scheduled to compete on Friday at 5 p.m. ET in the women's weight throw. McCarty, coming off her third-straight BIG EAST title in the event, currently has the fourth-best throw nationally. She achieved her season-best mark of 22.40m/73-6 at the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier on March 5. McCarty's career best is 22.76m/74-8.25, which earned her the national title last year. She also will compete in the shot put, which takes place on Saturday.
Smith, who won the BIG EAST indoor long jump title, will be next up, competing in the men's long jump on Friday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The junior achieved his career-best mark in the event in the season-opener, registering a leap of 7.82m/25-8 at the Fast Start Invitational on Dec. 3. He is listed as having the 12th-best mark in the nation.
Abdullah, who also won her first indoor conference title, will be in action a day later, contesting in the shot put on Saturday at 4:45 p.m. ET. Similar to Smith, Abdullah recorded a career-best mark in the season-opener in the shot put, automatically qualifying with a toss of 16.96m/55-7.75. The mark is good enough for 10th-best nationally. She has won six of her seven competitions this season in the event, including the last four.
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