23 Big West athletes will head to Des Moines, Iowa for the 2008 edition of the NCAA Track & Field Championships this weekend. The Championships are being held June 11-14 at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in the capital city of Iowa.
The twenty-three athletes are part of a field of 544 student-athletes that qualified for the national meet in one of the four regional championship meets.
The Outdoor Championships will also be televised as CBS Sports Network will air two days of the national meet. Friday night, CBSCSN will broadcast live from Drake Stadium between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (PDT) before CBS Sports hits the air on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. (PDT) for a two-hour show.
For a complete list of Big West competitors, see below:
MEN
100 Meter Dash
Brent Gray, LBSU (10.39)
Bradley Ike, CSUN (10.35)
200 Meter Dash
Brent Gray, LBSU (20.58)
Steeplechase
Mike Powers, UCSB (8:48.18)
5000 Meter Run
Chris Ashley, UCSB (14:01.59)
110 Hurdles
Thomas Ross, CSUN (13.65)
4x100 Relay
Long Beach State (39.66)
High Jump
Jonathan Golden, CSF (2.13m)
Long Jump
Reindell Cole, CSUN (8.17m)
Triple Jump
Dashalle Andrews, CSUN (15.98m)
Garrett Myers, CSF (15.75m)
Discus
Derek Cooper, CSUN (56.83m)
Decathlon
Justin Johnson, CSUN
Chris Richardson, LBSU
WOMEN
200 Meter Dash
Sherrina Lofton, CSUN (23.50)
400 Meter Dash
Shelese Ruffin, CSUN (53.80)
1500 Meter Run
Brenda Martinez, UCR (4:17.09)
5000 Meter Run
Danielle Domenichelli, UCSB (16:28.15)
High Jump
Sharon Day, CP (1.95m)
Desirae Gonder, CSUN (1.84m)
Discus
Katelyn Ciarelli, LBSU (52.26m)
Javelin
Stephanie Ralls, CSUN (49.04)