Viewer's guide to the NCAA Division I and IAAF World Indoor Championships...

Here's a viewers guide to watching both the NCAA and IAAF world indoor championships from Nampa, Idaho and Istanbul, Turkey, along with a listing of athletes with Washington ties competing in both meets

NCAA MEET SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

5:15 pm Women's mile prelims--Becca Friday (Oregon); Men's long jump--Stephan Scott-Ellis (Washington State)

6:00 pm Men's 400 prelims--Michael Berry (Oregon)

6:30 pm Men's pole vault--JJ Julifs (Washington)

7:15 pm Women's long jump--Andrea Geubelle (Kansas)

8:05 pm Men's 5000--Jake Riley (Stanford)

8:25 pm Women's 5000--Megan Goethals (Washington); Bronwyn Crossman (Oregon)

9:05 pm Men's Distance Medley Relay--Washington

9:25 pm Women's Distance Medley Relay--Washington, Becca Friday (Oregon)

SATURDAY

5:00 pm Women's pole vault--Keisa Monterola (above/photo courtesy Eastern Washington University)

5:30 pm Men's triple jump--Stephan Scott-Ellis

6:25 pm Women's mile finals--Becca Friday

6:30 pm Women's triple jump--Andrea Geubelle

6:55 pm Men's 400 finals--Michael Berry

8:10 pm Women's 3000--Katie Flood (Washington); Megan Goethals

ESPN3.com will stream the meet live on Friday from 4:30-8:45 p.m. PT and Saturday 10 from 5-8:15 p.m. PT. NCAA.com and broncosports.com will stream what ESPN3 is not covering on Friday (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. PT) and Saturday (9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. PT). A tape delay of the championship will air Sunday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. PT on ESPNU.

IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS


Here is the list of athletes with Washington ties who are competing in this weekend's IAAF world indoor track & field championships in Istanbul, Turkey, along with their competition schedule.

Note that former Washington State standout Ebba Jungmark from Sweden is competing at the world championships.

Here is the link to USA Track & Field's media guide to the world championships.

FRIDAY

11:30p Thursday/9:30 am Friday Women's High Jump Qualifying--Ebba Jungmark (Sweden)

9:15 am/7:15 pm Men's 3000 semifinals--Bernard Lagat

SATURDAY

7:00 am/5:00 pm Men's Pole Vault--Brad Walker, Scott Roth

8:15 am/6:15 pm Women's High Jump Finals--Ebba Jungmark

SUNDAY

5:10 am/3:10 pm Men's 3000m Finals--Bernard Lagat

UniversalSports.com will offer live online pay-per-view package of all three days of the meet for $14.95, as well as a daily highlights show on Universal Sports (check your cable provider for channel listing; Seattle area Comcast no longer offers Universal Sports).

NCAA DIVISION II Notes

Seattle Pacific University will send four athletes--pentathletes Ali Worthen and Katy Gross, pole vaulter Terra Schumacher, and 800 meter runner McKayla Fricker to Mankato, Minnesota for the NCAA Division Ii indoor championships Friday and Saturday.

Gross was a late addition to the field on Wednesday when a late scratch opened the door for her.

This is Gross' first trip to indoor nationals, but is her second nationals overall. She competed in the heptathlon at last year's NCAA outdoor championships in Turlock, Calif., placing 13th.

Western Washington will send pole vaulter Karis Anderson and high jumper Brittany Grandy to indoor nationals, while Central Washington sends pole vaulter Kati Davis.

Schumacher, Anderson, Davis and Fricker compete Friday, while Worthen, Gross and Grandy compete Saturday. Fricker will run on Saturday if she can get past Friday's preliminary heats.

Streaming video of the meet will be available via ncaa.com