Outdoor Meet 9: Kennesaw State at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Date: Thursday, June 8^th and Saturday, June 10th
Location: Hayward Field | Eugene, Oregon
Links: Live Results | Gray and Powell Media Notes | Schedule of Events | Live Video Thursday 400m Hurdle Semifinals | Live Video Friday Heptathlon 100m hurdles and high jump |Live Video Friday Heptathlon shot put | Live Video Saturday Heptathlon Long Jump | Live Video Heptathlon Javelin | Live Video Saturday hep. 800m and 400m hurdle finals shown on tape delay  |  Championship Central  | Start Lists
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Jordan Gray and Jocselyn Powell have punched their tickets to represent Kennesaw State at the finals of the 2017 NCAA Track and Field Championships at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon June 8-10.

Owls Schedule of Events
Jordan Gray
Friday, June, 9
3:30 p.m. ET 100m Hurdles (heptathlon)
4:30 p.m. ET High Jump (heptathlon)
6:30 p.m. ET Shot Put (heptathlon)
10:13 p.m. ET 200m (heptathlon)
Saturday, June 10
2:30 p.m. ET Long Jump (heptathlon)
3:45 p.m. ET Javelin (heptathlon)
8:13 p.m. ET 800m (heptathlon)

Jocselyn Powell
Thursday, June 8
9:30 p.m. ET 400m Hurdles (semifinals)
Saturday, June 10
7:57 p.m. ET 400m Hurdles (finals) 

Hayward Field:
At the heart of Eugene's successful bids for the 2021 IAAF World Championships, the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the 2010, and 2013–2021 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Hayward Field is the nation's most impressive track and field venue. And there is no place on earth like Track Town USA. The NCAA Championships have extended the historic venue's legacy of magical performances, heart-stopping moments and records. In 2010, an NCAA record 45,847 spectators packed the stands to witness the drama, joy and tears. Named for Bill Hayward, who coached the University of Oregon's men's team from 1904–1947, Hayward Field was initially constructed for football in 1919. Two years later, a six-lane cinder track was installed and track events were transferred from Kincaid Field on the opposite edge of campus. Hayward Field's iconic east grandstand was constructed in 1925. Many of the sport's most decorated athletes have experienced the thrill of shaking hands with the faithful fans of the east grandstand on a victory lap. With the construction of Autzen Stadium in 1967, Hayward Field became dedicated solely to the sport of track and field. The University updated the venerable facility in 2007 with an $8.0 million renovation that installed stadium lighting, a state-of-the-art video board, and a new infield. The track was resurfaced and the West grandstand renovated during the Summer of 2011.

RESULTS
Live Results.
TWITTER: Follow the Kennesaw State track and field team on Twitter @KSUOwlsTrackFieldXC to receive updates throughout the meet.
 
Live TV Coverage
Date                                                Time (ET)                                              Network
Thu., June 8
                                                         4:30 – 8 p.m.                                        ESPN2
                                                        1:30 – 11 p.m.                                        ESPN3
Fri., June 9
                                                        8:30 – 11 p.m.                                       ESPN
                                                         3:30 – 11:30 p.m.                                  ESPN3
Sat., June 10
                                                        6:30 – 9 p.m.                                        ESPN
                                                        2:30 – 9:30 p.m.                                    ESPN3
 
LAST TEAM OUTDOOR MEET
14 athletes from the Kennesaw State track and field program competed at the NCAA Championships East Preliminary Rounds in 10 events May 25-27. 

NEWS AND NOTES
Gray will compete for the Owls in the finals of the heptathlon on June 9-10.  To qualify for the finals in the heptathlon at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, athletes must have a heptathlon score that ranks in the top 24 nationally at the end of the season. Gray qualified for the finals after winning the heptathlon at the ASUN Championships scoring an ASUN Outdoor Championship meet and KSU school record 5641 points. Her point total was 14th-best in the NCAA this season. The sophomore won all seven events in the heptathlon at the ASUN Championships. She set the heptathlon school, and ASUN Outdoor Championships heptathlon records in the shot put 12.94m (42'2.5) and javelin throw 39.02m (128'0).The Ball Ground, Georgia native set a school heptathlon record in the long jump with a leap of 6.11m (20'0.5). She has competed in three heptathlons this season and has won two and finished second in the other. Gray is the first Owl to ever qualify for the finals of the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon.
 
Powell will compete in the 400m hurdles semifinals on Thursday, June 8th. Powell qualified for the NCAA Championships opening rounds after running a time of 58.14 seconds at Florida Relays. On May 25, Powell ran a time of 59.44 seconds in the opening round of the NCAA Championships in Lexington, Kentucky to move on to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the junior broke the school record posting a time of 58.10 seconds good for an 11th place to advance to the semifinals. She is the first KSU woman to ever to advance to semifinals of the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in program history.
 
Powell and Gray are the first two women to represent Kennesaw State at the finals of the NCAA Track and Field Championships since 2014 when the women's 4x100 relay team of Martina Cernochova, Alicia Whittle, Hannah Wood and Maileka Slayton did.
 

Keep up with Owls track and field teams by following KSU on Twitter at @KSUOwlNation and @KSUTrackFieldXC or by liking Kennesaw State Owls on Facebook.  
 

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