Townsend To Make NCAA Championships Debut On Thursday Night

NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 5-8, 2019 | Host: University of Texas
Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium
Championship Central | Schedule | Live Results | Start List (PDF)
TV: ESPN2

PITTSBURGH – Freshman hurdler Sydni Townsend will compete in her first NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Austin, Texas, which begins on Wednesday, June 5 at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of University of Texas.

Townsend became the first Panther in two years to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships two weeks ago as she claimed third place in her heat to earn the automatic bid into the semifinal round in the women's 400m hurdles. The freshman finished strong in her second race of the weekend at the East Regionals as she crossed the line with a personal best time of 57.86 seconds, the fourth best in program history, to move on to Austin.

The Philadelphia, PA native will enter the women's 400m hurdles semifinals on Thursday night as the 23^rd seed in the event. Townsend will be competing in the first heat of the event against hurdlers from Maryland, LSU, Kentucky, Kansas State, Miami and Duke.

The top two times from each heat will automatically qualify for the finals along with the two next best times from all three heats combined.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

The NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships will broadcast across ESPN networks over the four days of competition. A schedule of coverage and broadcast times can be found HERE.
Townsend will compete in the semifinals in the 400m hurdles on Thursday night at 9:00 pm and it will be broadcasted live on ESPN2.
Live results from the four-day meet will be available by clicking HERE.
A complete schedule of events can be found HERE.

WHAT'S ON THE LINE

While each individual and relay team are competing for National Championships in Austin, All-America honors are also on the line for the student-athletes. The top eight finishers in each event receive first team honors, while finishers 9-16 are named to the second team, and 17-24th are honorable mentions.
Townsend will be looking to become the first Pitt female since Julianna Reed in 2006 to earn All-America honors. Reed notched Second Team All-American honors after taking home 13^th place in the 400m hurdles at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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