EUGENE, Ore. – Single-day tickets for the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where two champions will be crowned at one meet, will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Friday. Historic Hayward Field is hosting the NCAA Championships for a record 14th time June 8-11.
Single-day tickets are priced at $29 for reserved, $20 for general admission and $11 for NCAA college students. Tickets will be available online at www.NCAA.com/TrackandField, by telephone at 1-800-WEBFOOT or in person at the Athletic Ticket Office located in the Moshofsky Center.
The men’s team champion will be crowned on Friday, June 10, with the women’s title decided a day later on Saturday, June 11.
Wednesday, June 8 will have finals in six men’s events: the 10,000 meters, javelin, hammer, long jump, shot put and pole vault. There will also be 10 men’s semifinals on Wednesday, as well as day one action in the decathlon.
The schedule features the women on Thursday, June 9, with the same six finals as the men, as well as 10 semifinals. The decathlon champion will also be crowned on June 9.
For the second year in a row, the last two days of the meet will showcase 14 final events each day as team champions are crowned for the men on Friday and the women on Saturday.
On Friday, June 10, the men will run finals in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500 and 5,000 meters, the 110- and 400-meter hurdles, the 3,000-meter steeplechase and both relays. Field event finals will be the high jump, discus and triple jump. Day one of the heptathlon is also June 10.
The women will contest the same 14 finals on Saturday, June 11, with the 100-meter hurdles instead of the 110 meter distance. June 11 is also the final day of the heptathlon.
This will be the Championships’ 14th overall appearance at Hayward Field (1962, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2010, 2013-16). The historic venue will move past Chicago, which has played host city on 13 occasions (1921-23, 1925-33, 1935), for the most times staging the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in NCAA history.
All-session passes and Champions Packages also remain available.
All-session reserved seats are $116, general admission is $80 and college students are $44. Champions Packages for June 10-11 are $58 for reserved, $40 for general admission and $22 for college students. Additional fees may apply on all ticket purchases.
For additional information on the NCAA Championships, visit www.NCAA.com/TrackandField.
From:
Casey Johnson
University of Oregon Athletic Communications – Assistant Director (Track and Field, Volleyball)
