Five Cardinals Will Compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

Wednesday, June 5

Austin, Texas

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NCAA Outdoor Championships

Louisville Cardinals in action during the Lenny Lyles / Clark Wood Invitational at Cardinal Park on April 27.

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Five Cardinals Will Compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

June 04, 2019 | Track & Field

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The men will kick off the competition on Wednesday, June 5

By: Alexis Chevalier

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Five student-athletes from the University of Louisville track and field team will travel to Austin, Texas to compete in the NCAA Championships at Mike. A Myers Stadium . Representatives from 142 different schools will participate in women's events, while 126 programs are represented on the men's side.

The championship begins Wednesday, June 5 with 21 events (10 prelims, 11 finals). The opening event, the 100-meter men's finals kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET. All three days of championships will be available to live stream on ESPN, ESPNU or ESPN3. Find the full broadcast schedule below.

Albert Kosgei will compete first for the Cardinals on Wednesday in the 3,000m steeplechase semifinals at 5:02 p.m. He carries a season best time of 8:38.90 set at the NCAA East Preliminary Round into the championships.

Martice Moore will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the semifinals of the 400m hurdles. In his two runs at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, he set the school record both times with marks of 50.73 and 49.85.

Makenli Forrest will compete in her first of two events on Thursday. She will compete in hammer throw at 4:30 p.m. Forrest's season best throw of 63.08m/206-11 came at the Louisville Invitational in April. She finished with a throw of 62.12m/203-10 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round to punch her ticket to nationals.

Gabriela Leon will compete in pole vault at 7:30 p.m. Earlier this season, she broke the school record clearing of 4.27m/14-00. She cleared 4.17m/13-8.25 in Jacksonville, Fla. advancing to her second straight nationals appearance.

Ivine Chemutai will be the sole track runner for Louisville on Thursday, running the 10,000m at 9:38 p.m. Chemutai set a new personal best at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, crossing the finish line in 33:54.84.

Forrest will throw in the discus at 5:05 p.m. on Saturday to wrap up the championship meet. She opened the outdoor season by setting a new personal best with a mark of 55.76m/182-11. She threw for 53.98m/177-1.0 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round to punch her second ticket of the championships.