Posted: February 6, 2006

Athletics: USATF News & Notes, Volume 7, Number 12

CBS to provide live final day coverage of 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships

The NCAA announced Monday that the final day of the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships will air live on CBS Sports. The broadcast will air from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on June 10.

CBS Sports has televised the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 1986, but this is the first time that the network will televise it live.

"We are pleased to present the excitement of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships live to our viewers," said Mike Aresco, senior vice president, programming, CBS Sports. "We look forward to a great event and the opportunity to highlight the outstanding achievements of the track and field student-athletes."

The 2006 Championships will be held June 7-10 at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of California State University, Sacramento. The schedule for the event has not been finalized, but the NCAA Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee are working in consultation with the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) to work it out.

Tickets for the event are available by calling Sacramento State ticket office at 916-278-4323.

Eastler makes history

For the first time since the introduction of the IAAF Top Performer of the Month tables, an American athlete has turned in the best performance in the Race Walking category.

2004 Olympian Kevin Eastler - a 28-year-old Air Force athlete - won the USA 30 km Race Walk Championship on January 15 in Chula Vista, California, in a new American record time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 53 seconds (1,135 points). Eastler's performance bettered the previous American record of 2:14:23 set in 2002 by Curt Clausen.

Harvey sets masters record

Alisa Harvey, who crushed the American masters records for the 800m (2:11.04) and 1,500m (4:41.34) at the Armory in New York on Dec. 30 in her first track meet as a 40-year-old, has done it again.

Harvey ran in the open women's 800m Saturday at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the Armory in New York, and finished fourth overall in 2:07.23, which lowered her own W40 U.S. masters record in that event. Harvey also doubled back in the mile and was close to the American record, but her time of 4:55.65 just missed.

Bergqvist sets world indoor high jump record

Reigning world outdoor champion Kajsa Bergqvist set a new world indoor record in the women's high jump Saturday at an international meeting in Arnstadt, Germany.

The 29-year-old Swede cleared 2.08 meters/6 feet, 9.75 inches to better by one centimeter the previous world record set 14 years ago by Germany's Heike Henkel.

A clear favorite to win her third world indoor title next month in Moscow, Bergqvist bounced back from a career threatening Achilles injury that kept her out of the 2004 Olympic Games to win the 2005 World Outdoor title in Helsinki, Finland.

Source: USATF.org.

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