ESPN will be Home of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Anna Negron June 7, 2016

ESPN will once again be the home of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships from Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Spanning four days (June 8-June 11), ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 will provide exclusive coverage of 42 championships and the top NCAA track and field athletes. Television coverage will begin with the men’s semifinals at 7:30 p.m. ET and air on ESPNU or ESPN2 in the first hour, moving to ESPN2 or ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET. ESPNU will televise the women’s semifinals on Thursday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. before moving to ESPN at 8 p.m. The remainder of the Championship will air on ESPN on Friday, June 10, at 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m.

ESPN3 will also carry four separate live feeds exclusively over the four days, totaling over 40 hours of championship coverage.

Two-time Olympic medalist Dwight Stones will provide play-by-play alongside longtime track and field analyst Larry Rawson. Jill Montgomery will be the reporter.

The men’s championship will see No. 3 Oregon chase their third consecutive national title, along with No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Florida and No. 4 LSU. Individual competitors include Oregon’s Edward Cheserek, who has already won 13 NCAA titles in various distance races as a junior, and LSU’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, who is among the top five in the 100m and leads the country in the 200m.

In the women’s championship, SEC Champion and No. 1 Arkansas will be challenged by No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Texas and No. 4 LSU. Among the individual competitors are Courtney Okolo (Texas), who holds the NCAA record in the 400m, defending 400m hurdles champion Shamier Little (Texas A&M) and heptathlete Akela Jones (Kansas State).

The official NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships start lists can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/1RNEsOi

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2016 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Wed, June 8	7:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.	Men’s Semifinals	ESPNU or ESPN2*
	8:30 p.m.	Men’s Semifinals	ESPN2 or ESPN*
Thurs, June 9	7:30 p.m.- 8 p.m.	Women’s Semifinals	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Women’s Semifinals	ESPN
Fri, June 10	8:30 p.m.	Men’s Final	ESPN
Sat, June 11	6:30 p.m.	Women’s Final	ESPN

*Network dependent on a potential Game 3 in the Women’s College World Series

ESPN3 Surround Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Wed, June 8	3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	Dec 100	ESPN3
	4:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.	Dec Long – West	ESPN3
		Dec Long – East	ESPN3
	4:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Men’s Hammer	ESPN3
	5:15 p.m. – 5:55 p.m.	Dec Shot – West	ESPN3
		Dec Shot – East	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.	Dec High – East	ESPN3
	7:50 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Pole Vault	ESPN3
	8:35 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Javelin	ESPN3
	8:50 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Long – West & Finals	ESPN3
	9:20 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Shot – West	ESPN3
Thurs, June 9	1:20 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.	Dec 110 H	ESPN3
	2:10 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.	Dec Discus	ESPN3
	3:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Dec PV – East	ESPN3
	4:50 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.	Women’s Hammer	ESPN3
	5:50 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.	Dec Javelin	ESPN3
	7:50 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Women’s Pole Vault	ESPN3
	8:35 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.	Women’s Javelin	ESPN3
	8:50 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Women’s Long – West & Finals	ESPN3
	9:20 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Women’s Shot	ESPN3
Fri, June 10	3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Hep 100 H	ESPN3
	4:20 p.m. – 6 p.m.	Hep High – West	ESPN3
		Hep High – East	ESPN3
	6:20 p.m. – 7:05 p.m.	Hep Shot – West	ESPN3
		Hep Shot – East	ESPN3
	7:50 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.	Men’s High Jump	ESPN3
	7:55 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Discus	ESPN3
	8:20 p.m. – 11 p.m.	Men’s Triple Jump – West & Finals	ESPN3
Sat, June 11	2:20 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Hep Long – West	ESPN3
		Hep Long – East	ESPN3
	3:35 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.	Hep Javelin	ESPN3
	5:50 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.	Women’s High Jump	ESPN3
	5:55 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.	Women’s Discus	ESPN3
	6:20 p.m. – 8:05 p.m.	Women’s Triple Jump – West & Finals	ESPN3

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