Wednesday, March 5, 2014

3 For the Road

This weekend starting March 7th and concluding March 9th, three athletes form the OTC-CV will be competing at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

In the women's long jump Tori Bowie is ranked number two in the world with a new PB of 6.95 meters. This is her first national team and she competes in the preliminary round on Saturday afternoon at 12:15 pm local time 3:15 am San Diego time, the final is on Sunday at 3:05 pm, 7:05 a.m. San Diego time.

In the men's long jump both Tyron Stewart and Jeff Henderson compete for team USA. This is Tyron's first international team and Jeff's second team as he made the world indoor team that went to Doha in 2010. Tyron is ranked 3rd in the world with his PB and winning jump of 8.22 meters achieved at the USATF championships. Jeff is ranked 9th coming into the meet with his seasonal best of 8.06 meters. The men's long jumpers compete in the preliminary round on Friday March 7th at 7:20 pm local time which is 10:20 am San Diego time. The finals are at 7:50 pm Saturday March 8th which is 11:50 San Diego time.

Results can be found at: http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-2014-4952/timetable/byday#day2


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