If track is more your, well, speed, than cross country, it's time: the first live event of the 2015-16 track & field season is here! The Magic City Invitational is tomorrow morning starting at 9:00 AM Central time at Birmingham's famously fast CrossPlex. It's the first of six live events from Alabama this indoor season; if you miss this one, the Holiday Invite, Icebreaker, Last Chance Qualifier, Galleria Games, and Hoover Alumni are next.
Two of Alabama's most nationally prominent athletes, Jayla Kirkland and Amaris Tyynismaa are making their season debuts. Kirkland, an 11.33 runner in the 100 outdoors, is doing the 60, while Tyynismaa--usually more of a distance runner--is entered in the 800. Kirkland competed at World Youths this past summer and is just one one-hundredth of a second shy of the A standard to qualify for the Olympic Trials. And you can watch her Olympic year debut--plus any more of your favorites--live on MileSplit.
Here's the full schedule, per Alabama MileSplit:
9:00 (rolling schedule)
60 hurdles prelims (track is not raised)
60 dash prelims
60 hurdle finals
60 dash finals
4 x 800 (raise track for remainder of the meet)
400
1600
4 x 200
800
3200
4 x 400 (Estimated time for the meet to end is 7:00 p.m.)
FIELD EVENTS (See opening heights and minimum marks in information guide)
9:30 Boys pole vault (high and low pits) Can only score from the high pit.
Girls shot put
10:30 Boys Long jump (Triple Jump to immediately follow)
Girls long jump (Triple Jump to immediately follow)
1:30 Girls pole vault (high and low pits) Can only score from the high pit.
Boys shot put
2:00 Boys high jump
Girls high jump