Missouri
NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships
A Rain Logged Day Starts Competition At NCAA Championships
6/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
June 9, 2004
Revised Schedule, Live Results, and Missouri Events
AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Missouri track and field team endured a long day filled with torrential rain downpours at the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Sophomore Jessica Stockard ends day one with 3,266 points and in sixth place overall.
Before the rain deluged the heptathlon competition, Stockard ran for a personal-best time of 14.14 in the 100-meter dash for 923 points setting her into 17th place after the first event.
Then the rains came. Around 4:30 p.m., meet officials decided to begin the high jump, the second event of the heptathlon while a moderate rain fell. Once lightning came into the area, competition was once again suspended. At 8:00 p.m., the NCAA Track & Field Committee decided to complete competition of the first day of the women's heptathlon and the preliminary rounds of the women's javelin. The remaining events were either cancelled or suspended. Luckily, most of day one consisted of preliminary rounds which now have consolidated into finals. The track events that had three rounds now have dissolved down to two. Most of Missouri's events are not affected by the changes. Over two-and-a-half inches of rain fell over a six hour period which flooded the infield for a time and left a quarter-inch of standing water on the track.
Stockard continued at 9:45 p.m., with the high jump. Clearing two bars earlier in the day, Stockard cleared four more to hit 5-5 (1.65m), jumping her two spots to 15th in the overall standings. The shot put began at 11:30 p.m. Stockard threw for 37-7? (11.47m) and once again improved two spots to 13th overall. The final event of the day, the 200-meter dash ran at 12:43 a.m., Thursday morning. Stockard ran in a time of 24.70, jumping seven spots to sixth overall.
A revised schedule, live results, and complete results from the day can be found on mutigers.com and texassports.com.
Timeline of Events for the NCAA Championships on June 9 & 10, 2004
12:15pm - Light Rain begins at Mike Myers Stadium
12:30pm - First event of women's heptathlon, the 100-meter hurdles, runs all seven heats scheduled ... women's javelin prelims begin
12:45pm - 100-meter hurdles concludes
1:00pm - Women's Pole Vault begins
1:05pm - During warm-up period of women's heptathlon high jump, a large bolt of lightning strikes in close proximity to stadium, starting a delay
3:45pm - Warm-ups again start for heptathlon high jump
4:15pm - Heptathlon High Jump begins (delay 3:30)
4:30pm - First running of events of day, women's 4x100-relay preliminaries, begin
4:40pm - Near-by lightning again suspends competition
6:30pm - Rain continues to fall at rate of 3 inches per hour
7:30pm - NCAA Track & Field Committee announces revised schedule with women's heptathlon and women's javelin to conclude starting at 9:45pm ... all other track events suspended with finalized schedule to be announced by Midnight
8:20pm - Heavy rain continues
9:15pm - Rain stops allowing warm-ups to begin once again
9:45pm - Heptathlon High Jump resumes (delay 5:05 ... total 8:35)
11:35pm - Third event of heptathlon, shot put, begins
12:35am - Fourth event of heptathlon, 200-meter dash, begins
12:43am - Stockard runs her heat of the 200-meter dash
