
McCabe to Compete at National Championship
March 09, 2023 01:16 PM | Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sophomore Ceili McCabe of the West Virginia University track and field team travels to Albequerque, New Mexico, to compete in the 3,000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at 7 p.m. ET on March 11, at the Albuquerque Convention Center hosted by the University of New Mexico.
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Streaming for the National Championship on Saturday will begin with the early session at 1:30 p.m., and the late session follows at 9 p.m. Live results and streaming can be found at wvusports.com.
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Last season at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, then-freshman Ceili McCabe earned eighth in the 3,000-meter finals with a time of 9:05.09 to earn All-American honors.
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The Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, native enters the competition having recorded the fastest 3,000-meter time in the Big 12 this season, when she set the WVU program record with a time of 8:50.44 at the Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener on Dec. 3, 2022. Her performance also is good enough for fourth best in the nation. Of note, McCabe's mile time of 4:31.57 that she recorded at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge is the best time in the Big 12 this season and the seventh best time in the nation.
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Action on Saturday begins with high jump, triple jump and shot put in the field. Competition on the track wraps up with the finals of the mile, 60-meter sprint, 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, 60-meter hurdles, 200-meter sprint, 3,000-meter run and 4x400 relay.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUXCTF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Streaming for the National Championship on Saturday will begin with the early session at 1:30 p.m., and the late session follows at 9 p.m. Live results and streaming can be found at wvusports.com.
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Last season at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, then-freshman Ceili McCabe earned eighth in the 3,000-meter finals with a time of 9:05.09 to earn All-American honors.
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The Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, native enters the competition having recorded the fastest 3,000-meter time in the Big 12 this season, when she set the WVU program record with a time of 8:50.44 at the Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener on Dec. 3, 2022. Her performance also is good enough for fourth best in the nation. Of note, McCabe's mile time of 4:31.57 that she recorded at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge is the best time in the Big 12 this season and the seventh best time in the nation.
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Action on Saturday begins with high jump, triple jump and shot put in the field. Competition on the track wraps up with the finals of the mile, 60-meter sprint, 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, 60-meter hurdles, 200-meter sprint, 3,000-meter run and 4x400 relay.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUXCTF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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