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Start Lists Are Out For 2019 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships!
Start lists for the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships were released on Friday afternoon by the NCAA!
QUICK LINKS: Men’s Start List | Women’s Start List
From The InfoZone: National Championships Central
The biggest meet of the season is scheduled to begin Wednesday, June 5, and run through Saturday, June 8, at the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium in Austin, Texas.
We crunched the numbers to find out the toughest semifinal heats to automatic qualify out of in everything up to the 800, based on seasonal bests – not those marks turned in at the NCAA East & West Preliminary Rounds last weekend.
GONNA BE TOUGH TO EARN A BIG ‘Q’
Click here to see the toughest heats to auto qualify out of in events up to the 800
Click here to see the toughest heats to auto qualify out of in events up to the 800
You’re Going To Have To Work For It |
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| Event |
Toughest
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Athletes
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| Men’s 100 Meters |
Heat 2 of 3
|
Mario Burke |
| Women’s 100 Meters |
Heat 3 of 3
|
Teahna Daniels |
| Men’s 200 Meters |
Heat 1 of 3
|
Divine Oduduru
Nick Gray Cravon Gillespie Joseph Amoah Marcus Parker Devin Quinn Matthew Likely Rashad Boyd |
| Women’s 200 Meters |
Heats 1 & 3
|
Each heat is equally as tough due to identical average of season bests at 22.77
|
| Men’s 400 Meters |
Heat 3 of 3
|
Trevor Stewart |
| Women’s 400 Meters |
Heat 1 of 3
|
Syaira Richardson
Chloe Abbott Hannah Waller Aliyah Abrams Meleni Rodney Tatum Waggoner Serenity Douglas Sarah Moore |
| Men’s 800 Meters |
Heats 2 & 3
|
Each heat is equally tough due to identical average of season bests at 1:47.63
|
| Women’s 800 Meters |
Heat 3 of 3
|
Jazmine Fray
Lauren Ellsworth Kristie Schoffield Susan Ejore Sadi Henderson Aaliyah Miller Amber Tanner Erinn Stenman-Fahey |
| Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles |
All Heats
|
Each heat is equally tough due to identical average of season bests at 13.59
|
| Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles |
Heat 3 of 3
|
Payton Chadwick
Cortney Jones Tonea Marshall Madeleine Akobundu Alexis Duncan Destinee Rocker Milan Young Morgan Lewis |
| Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles |
Heat 3 of 3
|
Quincy Hall
Norman Grimes Infinite Tucker Paramveer Chohan James Smith Jonathan Harvey Quivell Jordan Travean Caldwell |
| Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles |
Heat 2 of 3
|
Reanda Richards
Anna Cockrell Jurnee Woodward Brenna Porter Karolina Pahlitzsch Shannon Meisberger Lakeisha Warner Rachel Schow |
From looking at the data, Heat 3 of the Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles is arguably the toughest heat out of which to earn an automatic bid to the final, regardless of gender.
When you average the season bests out of each of those eight athletes, it comes out to 49.63, nearly one full second ahead of the others. Plus, a closer look reveals that you’ll see three men who once had a claim to being the collegiate leader in the event: Norman Grimes, Quincy Hall (current) and Infinite Tucker.
If you want to know who might have the toughest path to their respective sprint finals, look no further than Joseph Amoah and Devin Quinn. Amoah and Quinn are both entered in the 100 and 200 and must come out of the toughest heats in order to earn an automatic qualifying spot.
We’ll have A LOT more on the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the coming week.