LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Lightning and more than four inches of rain forced the postponement of the opening day of the NCAA West Track and Field Preliminary meet Thursday at Rock Chalk Park.
The men's hammer throw and women's javelin were the only two events to get underway before weather delays halted action. Meet officials suspended all events for the meet until Friday morning.
Stanford, which has 42 individuals and two relay teams, will have to condense what was supposed to be three days of competition into two, Friday and Saturday.
The women's 10,000 meters will begin Friday’s action, at 6 a.m. PT (8 a.m. CT). The men's 10,000 will follow at 6:40 a.m. Events originally scheduled for Thursday will be contested beginning with the women's 100 meter quarterfinal at 7:20 a.m. PT.
All running events will be run in a single round for the remainder of the meet. The heat winners of the 100, 200, 400 and 800, as well as the 100/110 hurdles and 400 hurdles, plus the next six fastest times will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 8-11. The top two in each heat of the 1,500 meter races and the next four fastest overall also will advance. All other running events advance by original procedure.
The men's pole vault, originally scheduled for Thursday, will be moved indoors to Anschutz Pavilion. The event is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. PT. The women's pole vault and the men's and women's high jumps will also be held indoors.
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Revised schedule: Click here.
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Webcast Schedule:
Friday: 6-11:50 a.m. PT
Saturday: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. PT
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Stanford’s revised schedule (all times Pacific):
Friday
6:40 a.m.: Men’s 10,000 – Garrett Sweatt, Sam Wharton.
7 a.m.: Women’s javelin -- Flight 3, Mackenzie Little.
8:10 a.m.: Women’s 400 – Heat 2, Kristyn Williams; Heat 4, Gaby Gayles.
8:30 a.m.: Women’s hammer – Flight 2, Valarie Allman.
8:30 a.m.: Men’s javelin – Flight 1, Charles Kerr; Flight 2, Andrew Rondema.
9 a.m.: Women’s 800 – Heat 1, Claudia Saunders; Heat 3, Olivia Baker; Heat 4, Anna Laman.
9:15 a.m.: Men’s 800 – Heat 1, Tai Dinger.
9:30 a.m.: Men’s pole vault – Flight 2, Dylan Duvio, Garrett Starkey.
10:20 a.m.: Men’s 400 hurdles – Heat 5, Jackson Shumway.
10:45 a.m.: Women’s 3,000 steeplechase – Heat 1, Danielle Katz.
11:25 a.m.: Men’s 3,000 steeplechase – Heat 3, Steven Fahy.
12:30 p.m.: Women’s discus – Flight 3, Valarie Allman.
12:30 p.m.: Men’s high jump – Flight 1, Dartis Willis II.
12:30 p.m.: Women’s long jump – Flight 3, Daryth Gayles.
Saturday
7 a.m.: Men’s triple jump – Flight 3, Jaak Uudmae; Flight 4, Darian Brooks.
7:30 a.m.: Women’s shot put – Flight 3, Lena Giger.
8:30 a.m.: Women’s 1,500 – Heat 1, Maddy Berkson, Molly McNamara; Heat 2, Elise Cranny, Rebecca Mehra; Heat 4, Malika Waschmann.
9 a.m.: Men’s 1,500 – Heat 1, Patrick Perrier; Heat 2, Justin Brinkley, Tom Coyle.
10 a.m.: Men’s 110 high hurdles – Heat 1, Harrison Williams.
10:30 a.m.: Women’s triple jump – Flight 2, Marisa Kwiatowski; Flight 3, Carla Forbes.
11 a.m.: Men’s shot put – Flight 2, Tristen Newman.
11:20 a.m.: Women’s 5,000 – Heat 1, Aisling Cuffe, Emma Fisher, Vanessa Fraser, Julia Maxwell.
Noon: Men’s 5,000 – Heat 1, Grant Fisher, Jack Keelan,Collin Liebold, Sean McGorty.
12:30 p.m.: Women’s 4,x400 relay – Heat 3, Stanford (Possible lineup: Gaby Gayles, Olivia Baker, Michaela Crunkleton Wilson, Kristyn Williams).
12:50 p.m.: Men’s 4x400 relay – Heat 3, Stanford (Possible lineup: Harrison Williams, Frank Kurtz, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Jackson Shumway).