Thursday, May 13
Charleston, Ill.
UT Martin
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OVC Outdoor Championship
UT MARTIN TO COMPETE AT OVC OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND
5/12/2021 11:46:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
MARTIN, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin track and field program will look to make some noise this weekend at the Ohio Valley Conference Track and Field Championships beginning on May 13-15. The championship event will be held at O'Brien Field on the campus of Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Ill.
Every day of the championship will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Links for both live video along with championship central can be found above.
After posting several record-setting performances and personal-bests throughout the season, UT Martin will look to leave its mark against league competition in search for event titles throughout the three-day competition. Below you will find key events and competitors to watch heading into the championship.
Highlighting Thursday's competition list are key event prelims along with two finals. The Skyhawks will look for their first podium finish of the championship in the men's long jump as freshman Darius Holland has performed nicely in his debut season and posted the third-best mark this season in the OVC with a school-record distance of 7.39m at the Margaret Simmons Invite. Later in the evening, Ryan Ford will compete for the 10k crown where he has posted the second-best time amongst OVC competitors – including setting a school record with a time of 29:19.55 at the Drake Relays.
Outside of the select event finals there will be six prelims on Thursday evening featuring the women's 400m hurdles, men's 400m hurdles, women's 1500m, men's 1500m, women's 200m and men's 200m. In the men's 400m hurdles, Corey Smith posted the fourth best time (55.21) in the OVC this season at the Tennessee Challenge. Taylor Roy will compete in the women's 1500m prelim while in the men's 1500m the pair of Luke McNair and Oisin O'Gailin have each posted top-10 times in the league while Daniel Smith will also compete for a finals berth.
Friday's schedule will feature two event finals of potential interest for the Skyhawks in the men's high jump and men's 3000m steeple. Both Holland and Corey Smith posted top-15 marks in the OVC this season in the high jump. The pair of Daniel Smith and Tim Dye will compete in the steeple finals after both recorded top-10 times this season.
Along with the finals at stake, there will also be eight other event prelims on Friday. The evening's schedule will feature qualifying events in the women's 100m hurdles, men's 110m hurdles, women's 400m, men's 400m, men's 100m, women's 800m and men's 800m.
The Championship will wrap up with 26 different event finals on Saturday. Along with all of the competitors moving on through prelim qualification, some events will make their debut on the final day including the 4x100m, 5k and 4x400m events.
Hot off of a record-setting performance in the Tennessee Challenge, the 4x100m team of Marquerious Hayes, Corey Smith, Jamire Thompson and Holland will compete for an OVC title. Then later in the day, Erica Fisher will be joined by Roy in the women's 5k after posting the fifth-best time in the OVC this season. On the men's side, the grouping of Ford, O'Gailin, McNair and Smith will return to action for a chance at a 5k medal. Ford posted the second-best time in the OVC this season at 14:07.44 at the Flames Invitational to set a new school record in the effort.
Every day of the championship will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Links for both live video along with championship central can be found above.
After posting several record-setting performances and personal-bests throughout the season, UT Martin will look to leave its mark against league competition in search for event titles throughout the three-day competition. Below you will find key events and competitors to watch heading into the championship.
Highlighting Thursday's competition list are key event prelims along with two finals. The Skyhawks will look for their first podium finish of the championship in the men's long jump as freshman Darius Holland has performed nicely in his debut season and posted the third-best mark this season in the OVC with a school-record distance of 7.39m at the Margaret Simmons Invite. Later in the evening, Ryan Ford will compete for the 10k crown where he has posted the second-best time amongst OVC competitors – including setting a school record with a time of 29:19.55 at the Drake Relays.
Outside of the select event finals there will be six prelims on Thursday evening featuring the women's 400m hurdles, men's 400m hurdles, women's 1500m, men's 1500m, women's 200m and men's 200m. In the men's 400m hurdles, Corey Smith posted the fourth best time (55.21) in the OVC this season at the Tennessee Challenge. Taylor Roy will compete in the women's 1500m prelim while in the men's 1500m the pair of Luke McNair and Oisin O'Gailin have each posted top-10 times in the league while Daniel Smith will also compete for a finals berth.
Friday's schedule will feature two event finals of potential interest for the Skyhawks in the men's high jump and men's 3000m steeple. Both Holland and Corey Smith posted top-15 marks in the OVC this season in the high jump. The pair of Daniel Smith and Tim Dye will compete in the steeple finals after both recorded top-10 times this season.
Along with the finals at stake, there will also be eight other event prelims on Friday. The evening's schedule will feature qualifying events in the women's 100m hurdles, men's 110m hurdles, women's 400m, men's 400m, men's 100m, women's 800m and men's 800m.
The Championship will wrap up with 26 different event finals on Saturday. Along with all of the competitors moving on through prelim qualification, some events will make their debut on the final day including the 4x100m, 5k and 4x400m events.
Hot off of a record-setting performance in the Tennessee Challenge, the 4x100m team of Marquerious Hayes, Corey Smith, Jamire Thompson and Holland will compete for an OVC title. Then later in the day, Erica Fisher will be joined by Roy in the women's 5k after posting the fifth-best time in the OVC this season. On the men's side, the grouping of Ford, O'Gailin, McNair and Smith will return to action for a chance at a 5k medal. Ford posted the second-best time in the OVC this season at 14:07.44 at the Flames Invitational to set a new school record in the effort.
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