April 4, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina track and field has announced that it will host the Gamecock Open Meet this Wednesday, April 6, at the Weems Baskin Track facility. The one-day, afternoon meet will feature various teams from the state of South Carolina with the hammer throw scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. and running events scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Schools from the Palmetto State currently scheduled to compete include South Carolina, Francis Marion, Limestone, Morris College, Voorhees and USC-Beaufort. Also traveling to Columbia will be runners from UVA-Wise.
Running events scheduled to be contested are the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, hurdles, steeplechase and the 4×100 and 4x400m relays. Field events will be the hammer throw, javelin, discus, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot put and high jump. A full schedule of events can be found below. For all field events, the men’s section will go first followed by the women’s section.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Time | Event |
12:30 p.m. | Hammer Throw |
2:00 p.m. | Javelin |
3:00 p.m. | Discus |
3:00 p.m. | Long Jump (Triple Jump To Follow) |
4:00 p.m. | Pole Vault |
4:00 p.m. | 3,000m Steeplechase – Women |
4:15 p.m. | 3,000m Steeplechase – Men |
4:30 p.m. | 4x100m Relay – Women |
4:40 p.m. | 4x100m Relay – Men |
4:50 p.m. | 1,500m Run – Women |
5:00 p.m. | 1,500m Run – Men |
5:00 p.m. | Shot Put |
5:10 p.m. | 400m Dash – Women |
5:20 p.m. | 400m Dash – Men |
5:30 p.m. | 100m Hurdles – Women |
5:40 p.m. | 110m Hurdles – Men |
5:50 p.m. | 100m Dash – Women |
6:00 p.m. | 100m Dash – Men |
6:10 p.m. | 800m Run – Women |
6:20 p.m. | 800m Run – Men |
6:30 p.m. | High Jump |
6:30 p.m. | 400m Hurdles – Women |
6:40 p.m. | 400m Hurdles – Men |
6:50 p.m. | 200m Dash – Women |
7:00 p.m. | 200m Dash – Men |
7:10 p.m. | 5,000m Run – Women |
7:35 p.m. | 5,000m Run – Men |
7:55 p.m. | 4x400m Relay – Women |
8:05 p.m. | 4x400m Relay – Men |