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The Kentucky women’s team enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 2 in the United States Track & Field and cross Country Coaches Association rankings. UK qualified 17 entries to the meet, the second most of any team.The UK men’s team qualified six entries to the meet, doubling the total from last season.Wednesday’s competition will feature men’s teams only. For the second consecutive season the NCAA is utilizing a championships schedule featuring men’s teams on Wednesday and Friday and women’s teams on Thursday and Saturday. Caveats are multi-events as the men’s decathlon will be contested Wednesday and Thursday and the women’s heptathlon will be contested on Friday and Saturday as those events are generally expected to be completed in consecutive days.The NCAA Outdoor Championships are being hosted by Oregon for the fourth-consecutive year as part of a hosting run that is scheduled to continue through 2021.The Wednesday outlookFive of Kentucky’s six men’s entries will compete on Wednesday.Sophomore Tim Duckworth and junior Cameron Short will begin their first NCAA decathlon on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. ET. Nick Anderson will run the 110-meter hurdles semifinal at 8:32 p.m.Fred Dorsey will compete in the long jump starting at 9 p.m.Jacob Thomson will start the 10k final at 10:08 p.m.The broadcast informationThe 2016 NCAA Championships will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.ESPN3 will cover the first few events of the decathlon on Wednesday before the ESPN2 broadcast window opens from 7:30 – 11 p.m. ET.Thursday the broadcast window is 7:30-8:30 p.m. on ESPNU and 8:30-11 p.m. on ESPN.Friday’s men’s finals will be broadcast from 8:30-11 p.m. on ESPN.Saturday’s women’s finals will air from 6:30-9 p.m. on ESPN.ESPN’s expanded coverage of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships — the first year of a new format — led to record viewership for the event on ESPN networks. Last year’s four-day competition (June 10-13) averaged 367,000 viewers, making it the most-watched NCAA Division I Outdoor Championship on ESPN (records date to 2009).Additionally, the men’s championship (Friday, June 12 on ESPN) and the women’s championship (Saturday, June 13 on ESPN2) averaged 579,000 and 534,000 viewers, respectively, the No. 1 and No. 2 most-watched sessions of the Outdoor Track and Field Championships ever on ESPN networks.The NCAA Championships precedentThe Kentucky women’s team’s NCAA record finish came a year ago when the Wildcats finished as national runner-up with 50 points.The Kentucky men’s team placed 44th with five points a year ago. UK’s record NCAA outdoor finish is ninth place with 25 points in 2008.The most up-to-date coverage of the UK track and field program is available via @KentuckyTrack handles on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Wednesday Schedule (Times ET)
Start Time
Wednesday Running Events
Rnd
UK Entries
7:32 PM
Men 4x100 M Relay
Semifinals
7:46 PM
Men 1500 M
Semifinals
8:02 PM
Men 3000 M Steeplechase
Semifinals
8:32 PM
Men 110 M Hurdles 8 Advance: Top 2 Each Heat plus Next 2 Best Times
Semifinals
Heat 2, Lane 7: Nick Anderson
8:46 PM
Men 100 M
Semifinals
9:00 PM
Men 400 M
Semifinals
9:14 PM
Men 800 M
Semifinals
9:30 PM
Men 400 M Hurdles
Semifinals
9:44 PM
Men 200 M
Semifinals
10:08 PM
Men 10000 M
Final
Jacob Thomson
10:48 PM
Men 4x400 M Relay
Semifinals
Start Time
Wednesday Field Events
Rnd
UK Entries
5:00 PM
Men Hammer
Finals
8:00 PM
Men Pole Vault
Finals
8:45 PM
Men Javelin
Finals
9:00 PM
Men Long Jump
Finals
Flight 1, No. 8: Fred Dorsey
9:30 PM
Men Shot Put
Finals
Day
Start Time
Decathlon
UK Notes
Wednesday
3:30 PM
100 M
Sec. 2, Lane 8: Cameron Short | Sec. 3, Lane 8: Tim Duckworth
Wednesday
4:10 PM
Long Jump
Flight 2, No. 1: Duckworth, No. 9: Short
Wednesday
5:25 PM
Shot Put
Flight 1: No. 4: Duckworth | Flight 2, No. 6: Short
Wednesday
6:40 PM
High Jump
Flight 2, No. 3: Duckworth | No. 12: Short
Wednesday
9:56 PM
400 M
Flight 1, No. 3: Short, No. 7: Duckworth
Thursday
1:30 PM
110 M Hurdles
Sec. 2, Lane 1: Short | Sec. 4: Lane 1: Duckworth
Thursday
2:20 AM
Discus
Flight 1, No. 2: Short | Flight 2, No. 10: Duckworth
Thursday
3:30 PM
Pole Vault
Flight 1, No. 2: Short | Flight 2, No. 11: Duckworth
Thursday
6:00 PM
Javelin
Flight 1, No. 6: Short | Flight 2, No. 4: Duckworth
Thursday
9:56 PM
1500 M
Short, Duckworth