NCAA DI Finals: Where Did They Come From?

The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships are a global event.

Athletes from 51 countries will compete from Wednesday, June 7 through Saturday, June 10 at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Out of the 842 athletes entered in individual events, 638 hail from the United States of America. Forty-seven states will be represented (Texas has the most entrants with 70. California is a close 2nd with 67.) as will Washington D.C.

Jamaica is the bread winner on the international level as 31 athletes hail from there, including 14 from Kingston alone. Twenty-four athletes from Great Britain will compete, as will 19 from Kenya, 17 from Canada, 15 from Australia and 8 from the Bahamas.

Speaking of Kingston, Jamaica, it’s the most hailed from hometown. Coming in 2nd was Houston with 12 entrants, followed by Orlando and Phoenix with 9. Eldoret Kenya has 8, as does Atlanta, while London, England and Indianapolis, Indiana have 6 and 5, respectively.

If you talk U.S. media markets, though, Los Angeles reigns supreme with 39 athletes. Houston and New York City are tied with the 2nd most (30), while Dallas-Fort Worth (25), Atlanta (24), Philadelphia (22) and Chicago (22) all have more than 20.

Here is a complete list listed by HOMETOWN MEDIA MARKET (.pdf).

You can watch all of the proceedings live across the ESPN family of networks. Both the men’s and women’s finals on Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10 will be aired live on ESPN in prime time.