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Friday, February 11, 2011

Superfan Daily: What's On The Weekend

The Flotrack guys kick it off. More below after the jump.


Indoor Track
Professionals
The International PSD Bank Meeting, an EAA Permit meet, will be held on Friday in the German city of Düsseldorf. 
Meet website
Schedule / Start lists / Runnerspace page

The Samsung Pole Vault Stars, an EAA Permit meet, will be held on Saturday in the Ukranian city of Donets'k.  Most of the world's best will be there, including a showdown between Yelena Isinbeyeva and Fabiana Murer.
IAAF preview / EAA preview

The Belgacom Flanders Indoor, an IAAF Indoor Permit meet, will be held on Sunday in the Belgian city.  The Borlee twins will be pursuing the 600 meter world record.
Meet website
Schedule / Start lists / Runnerspace page
IAAF preview

The BW-Bank Meeting Karlsruhe, an IAAF Indoor Permit meet, will be held on Sunday in the German city.  The highlighted event is the men's 60 meter hurdles, where Liu Xiang meets David Oliver.
Meet website
Schedule / Runnerspace page
IAAF preview

During the New York Road Runners Saturday Night at the Armory college meet this weekend, at 8:00 PM the NYRR will hold a special "Deuce Challenge" in which Bernard Lagat and Lukas Verzbicas will chase long-standing national records.  A webcast is likely but no specific information has been posted.
Meet website / Runnerspace page

The Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships will be held in Sheffield on Saturday and Sunday.  Spots on the European Indoor Championships team are on the line.
Meet website
Schedule and start lists / UK Athletics preview / Athletics Weekly preview

Colleges
There is no team competition among major players this week, leaving it all to individual competition.

The Tyson Invitational takes place on Friday and Saturday at the Randall Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville AR. 
The best time to catch the webcast is at 10:00 PM (EST) Friday, as both men's and women's 60 meter dashes will have #1 versus #2 matchups: Lakya Brookins (SC) against Stormy Kendrick (Clem), Mookie Salaam (Okla) against defending NCAA champ Jeff Demps (Fla).  Saturday will have two great #1 v. #2 field event battles: Will Claye (Fla) against Christian Taylor (Fla) in the triple jump, and Kynard-Robertson II in the high jump.
Meet schedule / Start lists / Live results
Live blogRunnerspace page
LIVE webcast begins at 1:00 PM Friday and 2:00 PM Saturday at RazorVision (subscription req'd)

The Texas A&M Conference Challenge presented by Polytan will be held on Saturday at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station TX.
The best time to catch the webcast is at 4:45 PM (EST), when the men's 400 meters lines up Tavaris Tate, Demetrius Pinder, Anderson Mutegi and Tabarie Henry.
Meet schedule / Start lists / Live results /
 Flotrack coverage / Runnerspace page
LIVE webcast begins at 1:00 PM (EST) at Aggies All-Access

The Flotrack Husky Classic will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Dempsy Indoor in Seattle WA.
The best time to catch the webcast is on Saturday at 5:30 PM (EST) for the invitational mile races, which will have athletes like Jordan Hasay, Geena Gall, Chris Solinsky, AJ Acosta, Mac Fleet at Ryan Foster; and at 7:10 PM for the invitational 3000m races, which will have Amy Begley, Bridget Franek, German Fernandez, Sam Chelanga, and Garrett Heath.
Meet schedule / Start lists
Flotrack coverage / Runnerspace page
LIVE webcast begins at 5:15 PM (EST) Saturday at Flotrack

All the rest

Cross Country
The Chiba International, an IAAF Cross Country Permit meet, will be held on Sunday in the Japanese city of Chiba.
IAAF preview

Outdoor Track
The Camperdown Classic will be run on Saturday at the Usain Bolt Track in the Mona district of Kingston.

The Lunev Memorial, a throws-only meet, will be held on Friday in the Russian city of Adler.

Road Running
The Rock N' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon and Half Marathon will be run on Sunday in New Orleans.
Race website

Track on TV and the Web
Tyson Invitational live webcast, 1:00 PM Friday at Razorvision (subscription req'd)
Texas A&M Conference Challenge live webcast, 1:00 PM Saturday at Aggies All-Access
Tyson Invitational live webcast, 2:00 PM Saturday at Razorvision (subscription req'd)
Flotrack Husky Classic live webcast, 5:15 PM Saturday at Flotrack
Endurance, 3:10 AM and 9:25 AM Sunday on Showtime Family Zone
Prefontaine, 5:10 AM Monday on SHO 2

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