EUGENE, Ore. – The final two Colonels competing in 2014-15, senior
Ole Hesselbjerg and freshman
Carina Schrempf, will run at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week at Historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
WHAT TO KNOW - Hesselbjerg will open the action by competing in the semifinals of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase on Wednesday at 7:38 p.m. ET. The finals of the steeplechase are slated for Friday night at around 8:00 p.m. ET.
- Schrempf will compete in the semifinals of the women's 800 meters on Thursday at 8:44 p.m. ET. The finals of the 800 meters will be held on Saturday at 6:20 p.m. ET.
- The top-eight finishers receive first team All-America honors. The second-eight finishers receive second team All-America honors. The final-eight finishers are named honorable mention All-America.
- Hesselbjerg and Schrempf are two of only seven Ohio Valley Conference athletes to qualify for the NCAA Championships, joining Southeast Missouri jumpers Blake Smith and Chris Martin, SIUE jumper La'Derrick Ward, Tennessee State jumper Clairwin Dameus and Tennessee State hurdler Amber Hughes.
- There is a variety of ways to keep up with Hesselbjerg and Schrempf in Eugene:
Live Results Live Tweets: @EKU_XCTF ESPN Broadcast Schedule: Wednesday, June 10Beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET –
ESPN 3/WatchESPNBeginning at 7:00 p.m. ET – ESPNU
Thursday, June 11Beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET –
ESPN3/WatchESPNBeginning at 7:00 p.m. ET – ESPNU
Beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET - ESPN
Friday, June 12Beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET –
ESPN3/WatchESPNBeginning at 7:30 p.m. ET – ESPN
Saturday, June 13Beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET –
ESPN 3/WatchESPNBeginning at 5:00 p.m. ET – ESPN2
WHAT TO WATCH FOR - Hesselbjerg arrives in Eugene with a prime shot at earning first team All-America honors for the third consecutive season. The native of Charlottenlund, Denmark won his heat at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries with a time of 8:36.94 and he has run the second-fastest time in the country so far this season (a school-record 8:33.22).
- Schrempf ran a personal-best and school-record time of 2:04.76 at the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries to qualify for the NCAAs. She enters the 24-athlete field ranked No. 20. Schrempf is one of only four freshmen in the field.
UP NEXT Nothing. This is it. The Big Dance.