The NCAA Outdoor Championships will take on a new format this season as the regional format has been discontinued and the national meet will take place over two weekends and several rounds. The announcement of the fields took place today with Stanford well represented. The Cardinal women will have 17 women compete in 20 individual events along with one relay, while the men will have 15 athletes compete in 16 individual events as well as two relays.
The Stanford participants will head to Austin, Texas, on May 27-29, for the opening sections of the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Depending on the event, the Cardinal will run heats or compete in preliminary rounds to advance to the final rounds of the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 9-12.
Arantxa King is scheduled to take part in three events, the women's 4x100 will look to be the first relay to advance to the NCAA's in a number of years. The Stanford team will likely include Matthew, Levingston and two from the group of Hendricks, King and Brittni Dixon-Smith. The relay will be three heats with 12 teams total advancing to compete in Eugene.
King is also taking part in the Long Jump and Triple Jump.
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