WISCONSIN TRACK & FIELD 2016 NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 INDOOR SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 - SATURDAY, JUNE 11 . HAYWARD FIELD . EUGENE, OREGON DATE EVENT Jan. 16 NOTRE DAME Talent: ..... Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson, Jill Montgomery Wednesday TV: ESPNU (4:30-5:30)/ ESPN2 (5:30-8 pm) Jan. 23 Minnesota Facility: ............................8-lane, 400-meter Beynon track Thursday TV:..................ESPNU (4:30-5)/ESPN (5-8 pm) Jan. 29-30 Jack Jennett Invitational Twitter: ...................................@BadgerTrackXC / #Badgers Friday TV: ............................................ ESPN (5:30-8 pm) Feb. 5-6 Armory Collegiate Invite Live Stream: ........................... WatchESPN (Field Events) Saturday TV: ....................................... ESPN (3:30-6 pm) Feb. 12-13 Iowa State Classic Feb. 19 RED & WHITE OPEN KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Feb. 26-27 Big Ten Indoor Championships Wisconsin will send nine athletes to the 2016 NCAA March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, to com- pete in 10 events, June 8-11. Home events in BOLD CAPS held at Camp Randall Memorial Sports On the men’s side, Austin Mudd will race in the 800 Center (The Shell). meters, Morgan McDonald will compete in the 5000 meters, Josh McDonald will make his NCAA debut 2016 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE in the discus while Brandon Mortensen and Zach Ziemek will take part in the decathlon. DATE EVENT For the women, Taylor Amann will compete in the March 24-26 Aztec Invitational pole vault, Kelsey Card will throw both the shot put April 8-9 Spec Towns Invitational and discus, Haley Showalter will throw the hammer and Georgia Ellenwood will compete in the heptath- April 22 Stanford Twilight lon for a third-straight year. April 23 Arkansas Invitational For the second-straight year, the 2016 NCAA Outdoor April 22-23 Triton Invitational Championships features a revamped schedule. The April 28-30 Drake Relays meet begins on Wednesday with the first day of men’s competition, while Thursday features the semifinals May 1 Payton Jordan Invitaitonal of the women’s events. The finals of the men’s events Kelsey Card is the only woman to May 1 UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative take place Friday with the women’s finals following on hold top-20 world rankings in both May 6 WISCONSIN TWILIGHT Saturday. the shot put and discus. May 13-15 Big Ten Outdoor Championships The decathlon, which features Brandon Mortensen and Zach Ziemek, will start on Wednesday and concluded on Thursday, while Georgia May 26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Round Ellenwood will start the heptathlon on Friday and finish it on Saturday. June 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships June 24-25 USA Junior Championships NAMES TO KNOW Kelsey Card: Card is having a season for the record books, as she’s broken her Big July 1-10 USA Olympic Trials Ten Conference records in the shot put and discus multiple times this season. The Home events in BOLD CAPS held at the Dan McClimon Memorial Plainview, Illinois, native most recently won both the shot put and discus at the Big Ten Track and Soccer Complex. Championships, as well as earning third in the hammer throw. Card leads the NCAA in the discus with a season-best throw of 204-2, which ranks 20th in the world this season. In addition, her season-best shot put mark of 60-10 3/4 ranks 16th in the world and TWITTER: #BADGERS eighth in NCAA history. Card last year finished runner-up in both the shot put and dis- . Official Account ..........................................@BadgerTrackXC cus at the NCAA outdoor championships. Georgia Ellenwood: Ellenwood, who placed 10th for Canada in the pentathlon at the ONLINE: UWBADGERS.COM IAAF World Indoor Championships in March, has had a spectacular outdoor season for UWBadgers.com offers the most complete and comprehen- UW. The Langley, British Columbia native made her outdoor debut for Wisconsin at the sive coverage of the Badgers on gameday. Bulldog Heptathlon where she earned three new personal bests to take third place and tie the Wisconsin heptathlon record with 5,914 points. Morgan McDonald: The Aussie eyes his first first-team All-America honor of his career this weekend as he competes in the 5000 meters on Friday. McDonald’s season-best time of 13:34.78, which is a school best by a freshman, ranks him sixth all-time on Wisconsin’s top-10 list as only UW legends Chris Solinsky, Mohammed Ahmed, Matt Tegenkamp, Maverick Darling and Elliot Krause have faster times than the Australian distance ace. Zach Ziemek: After winning the NCAA indoor heptathlon title this spring, “Double Z” looks to become only the second collegiate to sweep the men’s multi-event titles at the NCAA championships. Ziemek enters the weekend as the No. 5 seed in the decathlon with a score of 8,047 points, 59 points shy of his school record 8,106 points he scored at last year’s USA outdoor championships at Historic Hayward Field. Track & Field Contact: AJ Harrison . Office: 608-262-2255 . Cell: 608-279-8641 . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 2016 NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS GENERAL NOTES LAST TIME OUT - NCAA WEST 1991 6th Mike Raemisch (Indoor) PRELIMINARY ROUND 1992 2nd Mike Raemisch (Outdoor) BADGERS BY DAY Despite strong storms that adjusted 2002 8th Dan Murray (Outdoor) the qualifying procedures at the 2016 2010 5th Zach Mellon (Indoor) Wednesday NCAA West Preliminary Round on May 2011 8th Zach Beth (Indoor) 12:30 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen 26-28, six Badgers athletes were able to (Decathlon 100 meters) weather the storm in Lawrence, Kansas, 19 Badgers have earned first-team All- 1:10 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen and qualify for the 2016 NCAA Outdoor America honors in the outdoor 5000 (Decathlon long jump) Championships. meters as Morgan McDonald looks to 2:25 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen become the 20th Badger to gather first- After almost all of the action was rained team All-America honors in the event. (Decathlon shot put) out on May 26, Austin Mudd was 3:40 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen the first Badger to punch his ticket to Mohammaed Ahmed was the last (Decathlon high jump) Eugene on May 27, placing fourth in 6:14 p.m. - Austin Mudd (Men’s 800 meters Badger to gather first-team accolades in the 800 meters in 1:48.17. the event in 2014. semifinals) Later on in the day, freshman Haley 6:56 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen Showalter qualified in the women’s 2016 NCAA indoor heptathlon cham- (Decathlon 400 meters) hammer throw with a ninth-place show- pion Zach Ziemek goes for his second ing after throwing the hammer 202 feet, All-America honor in the decathlon Thursday 1 inch, becoming the first UW female after finishing fifth in 2014 with 7,981 10:30 a.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen athlete to qualify in the hammer at points. (Decathlon 110 hurdles) NCAAs. 11:20 a.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen Ziemek also strives to become the sec- The third Badger to punch their ticket ond Badger to win an NCAA title in the (Decathlon discus) on May 27 was Taylor Amann, who 12:30 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen decathlon, as James Dunkleberger won tied for seventh in the pole vault with a the decathlon crown in 1997. (Decathlon pole vault) jump of 13-6 1/4. 2 p.m. - Haley Showalter The NCAA runner-up in the discus at Ziemek also eyes for UW’s first NCAA (Women’s hammer throw) shot put at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor outdoor crown since Chris Solinsky 3 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen Championships, Kelsey Card was able won the 5000 meters at the 2007 NCAA (Decathlon javelin) to punch her ticket to Eugene in both Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, 5 p.m. - Taylor Amann (Women’s pole vault) events on May 28 in very different fash- California. 6:30 p.m. - Kelsey Card (Women’s shot put) ions as Card had the best throw in the Junior Brandon Mortensen looks to 6:56 p.m. - Zach Ziemek, Brandon Mortensen shot put of 57-0 after placing 10th in become the eighth Badger to earn first- (Decathlon 1500 meters) the discus with a mark of 176-3 on her team All-America honors in the decath- final attempt of the competition. lon as seven Badgers have combined to Friday Josh McDonald, seeded 38th in collect nine first-team All-America nods 12:30 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood (Heptathlon the men’s discus at the NCAA West in the decathlon. 100 hurdles) Preliminary Round, finished 12th in On the women’s side, Georgia 1:30 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood (Heptathlon the discus with a lifetime-best throw Ellenwood looks to become the fifth high jump) of 183-2 to qualify for his first NCAA Badger to earn first-team All-America 3:30 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood (Heptathlon championship. honors in the heptathlon, joining shot put) The final Badger to advance to Eugene the likes of Dorcas Akinniyi, Kathy 5:05 p.m. - Josh McDonald (Men’s Discus) was Morgan McDonald, who earned a Borgwarth, Jessica Flax and Andrea 6:47 p.m. - Austin Mudd (Men’s 800 meters second-place finish in the second heat Geurtsen. Ellenwood has earned finals) of the men’s 5000 meters, crossing the second-team All-America honors in 7:13 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood (Heptathlon 200 line in 14:11.73. the heptathlon in each of the last two meters) seasons. 7:25 p.m. - Morgan McDonald (Men’s 5000 ALL-AMERICA NUGGETS Kelsey Card is the only thrower in Only three UW athletes have earned meters) program history to earn first-team All- first-team All-America honors in the America accolades in the discus after discus, and Josh McDonald looks to Saturday finishing runner-up in the event in become the fourth member of the elu- 11:30 a.m.