EUGENE, Ore. – A pair of Southeastern Louisiana All-Americans will look to add to their accomplishments at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships this week at Hayward Field.
Sophomore pole vaulter
Devin King, a first-team All-American after tying for third in the indoor national championships earlier this year, is scheduled to compete Wednesday at approximately 7 p.m. Central Time. Senior
Jermisha Frazier an honorable mention All-America selection in the hammer throw after placing 17
th during the 2015 outdoor championships, will throw Thursday at approximately 4 p.m.
The meet runs through Saturday on the ESPN networks. ESPNU or ESPN2, depending on a Women's College World Series Game 3, will televise the meet Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. CDT with either ESPN or ESPN2 taking over from 7:30-10 p.m. ESPN3 will also provide coverage from 2:30-10:30 p.m. The meet will air from 6:30-7 p.m. on ESPNU on Thursday with ESPN coverage from 7-9:30 p.m. ESPN3 will again provide coverage from 12:30-10:30 p.m.
ESPN will handle the coverage from 7-10 p.m. on Friday and again from 5:30-8 p.m. on Saturday. ESPN will provide the coverage from 2:30-10 p.m. on Friday and 1:30-8 p.m. on Sunday.
Live stats, provided by the NCAA, will also be available at
www.LionSports.net.
Frazier, who qualified for the nationals with an 11
th-place finish at the East Preliminaries last month, comes in with a season-best throw of 207 feet, 4 inches set at the Alabama Relays. That is also a school record, a mark she is looking to top this week.
"Jermisha has been there before and has actually competed in Eugene before," Southeastern head coach
Sean Brady said. "She's been in the ring. As a senior in her last collegiate competition, she is going to throw really big. I think the gameplan she and (assistant coach Amin) Nikfar have is to not to be cautious, not to go and work her way through the competition. She is going to try to go and be as good as she can. She is going to try to set her personal best at the meet and if she does that, she will certainly be an All-American. She's ready to go."
King has been the vaulter to catch after recording the nation's top vault – 18-08.25 – at the Texas Relays in early April. He finished ninth at the NCAA Preliminaries and is looking to follow senior weight thrower
Alex Young, who won the Lions' first Division I national championship during the indoor season.
"He has been the guy all season everybody is chasing," Brady said. "He's not unfamiliar with big competitions. As long as he shows up and is his normal Devin, things should be great. You never know at nationals – you can throw out seed times and heights and everything. When it comes down to competition, numbers really don't matter. It's who is the best person on the day. In order to win it, you have to be at your best and have a little luck. If the stars line up and Devin is at his best, I think he walks away very happy and we have a possibility of having another national champion."