Wednesday, June 7
Austin, TX
5:30 pm MT
Air Force Academy
at
NCAA Championships
Photo by: Ginnie Coleman
Three Falcons Head to Austin for NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/5/2023 5:05:00 PM | Track and Field
The collegiate track and field season comes to a close this week, when junior Eli Bennett, senior Sam Gilman and senior Cameron Harris travel to Austin, Texas, to represent the Academy at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
MEET INFORMATION
The four-day NCAA Outdoor Championships, which will be held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, will run from June 7-10. The men will compete on Wednesday, June 7, and Friday, June 9, while the women will compete during the other two days. ESPN will broadcast the entire meet on its various platforms, while live stats will be available via Flash Results.
WHO TO WATCH
Cameron Harris will open competition in the semifinal round of the 110-meter hurdles at 7:32 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, June 7, while Eli Bennett and Sam Gilman will compete in the final of the 5000-meter run at 9:55 p.m. (CT) on Friday, June 9. Harris, who will run in Heat 3 of the semifinal round, will look to advance to Friday's final at 8:42 p.m. (CT).
HOW TO WATCH
The running events of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be broadcast live on ESPN2 each day, while each field event will have its own feed via ESPN+ streams. Wednesday's broadcast will begin at 6:30 p.m. (CT), while Friday's television coverage is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. (CT).
HOW THEY GOT THERE
Air Force's trio qualified to the final site of the NCAA Championships after claiming advancing bids at the West Preliminary on May 24-27. Cameron Harris advanced on time during the prelim final of the 110-meter hurdles, while Sam Gilman and Eli Bennett used strong finishing laps to claim Auto Qs into the final of the 5000-meter run.
FAST FACTS
Sam Gilman, who claimed First-Team All-America honors in the 5000-meter run last year, will be competing in his sixth-straight NCAA Championship meet (21-22 cross country, 22-23 indoor track, 22-23 outdoor track). After becoming the sixth Falcon in 12 years to qualify for all three national meets in the same academic year during the 2021-22 school year, Gilman is the first to do so in multiple years.
HISTORY 101
A total of 29 Falcons have combined for 41 All-America awards at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, while the women have accounted for 24 additional accolades (11 individuals, three relays) at the NCAA Division II level (1981-96). Jim Murphy (5000-meter run: 1964), Dana Pounds (javelin throw: 2005, 2006) and Mahala Norris (3000-meter steeplechase: 2021) are the Falcons' three DI national champions, while Pounds, Nick Frawley and Sara Neubauer lead the program's DI Record Book with three Outdoor All-America awards each.
MEET INFORMATION
The four-day NCAA Outdoor Championships, which will be held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, will run from June 7-10. The men will compete on Wednesday, June 7, and Friday, June 9, while the women will compete during the other two days. ESPN will broadcast the entire meet on its various platforms, while live stats will be available via Flash Results.
WHO TO WATCH
Cameron Harris will open competition in the semifinal round of the 110-meter hurdles at 7:32 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, June 7, while Eli Bennett and Sam Gilman will compete in the final of the 5000-meter run at 9:55 p.m. (CT) on Friday, June 9. Harris, who will run in Heat 3 of the semifinal round, will look to advance to Friday's final at 8:42 p.m. (CT).
HOW TO WATCH
The running events of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be broadcast live on ESPN2 each day, while each field event will have its own feed via ESPN+ streams. Wednesday's broadcast will begin at 6:30 p.m. (CT), while Friday's television coverage is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. (CT).
HOW THEY GOT THERE
Air Force's trio qualified to the final site of the NCAA Championships after claiming advancing bids at the West Preliminary on May 24-27. Cameron Harris advanced on time during the prelim final of the 110-meter hurdles, while Sam Gilman and Eli Bennett used strong finishing laps to claim Auto Qs into the final of the 5000-meter run.
FAST FACTS
Sam Gilman, who claimed First-Team All-America honors in the 5000-meter run last year, will be competing in his sixth-straight NCAA Championship meet (21-22 cross country, 22-23 indoor track, 22-23 outdoor track). After becoming the sixth Falcon in 12 years to qualify for all three national meets in the same academic year during the 2021-22 school year, Gilman is the first to do so in multiple years.
HISTORY 101
A total of 29 Falcons have combined for 41 All-America awards at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, while the women have accounted for 24 additional accolades (11 individuals, three relays) at the NCAA Division II level (1981-96). Jim Murphy (5000-meter run: 1964), Dana Pounds (javelin throw: 2005, 2006) and Mahala Norris (3000-meter steeplechase: 2021) are the Falcons' three DI national champions, while Pounds, Nick Frawley and Sara Neubauer lead the program's DI Record Book with three Outdoor All-America awards each.
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