Ten entries from the Golden Gopher track and field program are scheduled to compete at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by the University of Oregon this Wednesday through Saturday in Eugene, Ore., at Hayward Field.
About the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships
The 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place over four days this Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Live results are available, and live championship coverage will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPNU. Additionally, specific events can be streamed on ESPN3 throughout the four-day event.
Minnesota History at Outdoor NCAAs
The University of Minnesota is sending 10 or more entries for the fourth straight season. The Maroon and Gold’s last outdoor individual championship came in 2018 when Obsa Ali won the 3000m steeplechase. The men have won a total of 10 NCAA individual outdoor championships while the women are still searching for their first outdoor individual title. The last time the women won an individual title indoors was in 2018 when Kaitlyn Long won the women’s weight throw event. Minnesota’s highest team finish on the men’s side is first back in 1948 and the women have finished 18th three times with the last being in 2009. The men’s highest team finish in the last 50 years is ninth, which they have done twice, with the last being in 2003.
Top Contenders for the Maroon and Gold
The Maroon and Gold bring six total entries to the NCAA Outdoor Championships that enter the meet inside the nation’s top 10 performances this season. Of those six, Angelos Mantzouranis and Charles Godfred are tied for the highest individual ranking at No. 3. Both true freshmen for the Gophers, Mantzouranis has a season best of 75.55m (247-10) in the men’s hammer throw while Charles Godfred’s 8.19m (26-10 1/2) is in the men’s long jump. Additionally Devin Augustine is No. 8 in the men’s 200m this year with a season-best time of 20.17 that he set at the Big Ten Championships. On the women’s side Shelby Frank is inside the top 10 nationally in both the discus and the hammer throw while redshirt freshman Diarra Sow enters her first outdoor championships with the No. 9 ranked triple jump mark of 13.43m (44-0 3/4).
Gophers’ NCAA Outdoor Championships Schedule:
Wednesday, June 5
Angelos Mantzouranis – Men’s Hammer Final (4 p.m. CT)
Charles Godfred – Men’s Long Jump Final (8 p.m. CT)
Devin Augustine – Men’s 200m Semifinal (8:44 p.m. CT)
Thursday, June 6
Shelby Frank – Women’s Hammer Final (5 p.m. CT)
Women’s 4x100m Semifinal (7:32 p.m. CT)
Zoie Dundon – Women’s 3K Steeplechase Semifinal (8:02 p.m. CT)
Odell Frye – Women’s 100m Semifinal (8:46 p.m. CT)
Anthonett Nabwe – Women’s Shot Put (9:40 p.m. CT)
Friday, June 7
Devin Augustine – Men’s 200m Final (9:37 p.m. CT)
Saturday, June 8
Shelby Frank – Women’s Discus Final (4:05 p.m. CT)
Women’s 4x100m Final (4:32 p.m. CT)
Diarra Sow – Women’s Triple Jump Final (4:50 p.m. CT)
Zoie Dundon – Women’s 3K Steeplechase Final (4:54 p.m. CT)
Odell Frye – Women’s 100m Final (5:22 p.m. CT)
Entries by Individual
– Shelby Frank, women’s hammer throw, women’s discus
– Angelos Mantzouranis, men’s hammer throw
– Anthonett Nabwe, women’s shot put
– Charles Godfred, men’s long jump
– 4x100m relay (Frye, Godah, Black, McNeil)
– Diarra Sow, women’s triple jump
– Devin Augustine, men’s 200m
– Odell Frye, women’s 100m
– Zoie Dundon, women’s 3000m steeplechase
(info and stock photo courtesy of Gopher Sports)
