EUGENE, Ore. (6/7/16) – Four student-athletes from the Arkansas State track and field program will represent the Red Wolves this week at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

For the second year under the new championship format, the meet will be split into men's and women's competition days. The men will compete on Wednesday (June 8) and Friday (June 10) while the women will compete on Thursday (June 9) and Saturday (June 11).

The meet will be broadcast live on the ESPN family of networks. Wednesday's action will air on ESPNU or ESPN2 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. (CT) and ESPN or ESPN2 from 7:30 – 10:00 p.m. (CT). Check your local listings as the network determination is dependent on the Women's College World Series potential Game 3. Thursday's competition can be seen on ESPNU from 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. CT before switching to ESPN from 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday will be broadcast on ESPN from 7:30 – 10:00 p.m. (CT) on Friday and 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. (CT) on Saturday. Expanded coverage is also available on ESPN3 from 2:30 – 10:30 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, 12:30 – 10:30 p.m. (CT) Thursday, 2:30 – 10 p.m. (CT) Friday and 1:30 – 8:00 p.m. (CT) Saturday.

Sophomore sprinter Jaylen Bacon will be the first to compete for A-State as he takes the track for the 100-meter dash semifinal at 7:46 p.m. (CT). Bacon finished seventh in the NCAA West Region with a time of 10.27 seconds and will race in lane seven in the first of three heats. Wednesday's race will be the first appearance at a NCAA Championship for Bacon. The top two finishers from each heat, plus the next two fastest times advance to the 100-meter dash final slated for Friday at 8:22 p.m. (CT).

Junior Roelf Pienaar makes his sixth appearance at the NCAA Championships and third-straight appearance in the long jump competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Pienaar finished second at the NCAA West Region with a leap of 7.80m (25-07.25) and will jump third in the second of two flights. The competition gets underway at 8:00 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday with the top-nine finishers after three attempts advancing to the finals 20 minutes following the preliminaries. Pienaar is a five-time entrant to the long jump championships, with a pair of third place finishes. He finished third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last year with a leap of 8.01m (26-03.50). He also posted a third place finish at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, leaping 7.80m (25-07.25).

Sophomore Kristina Knott competes in the women's 100-meter dash semifinal at 7:46 p.m. (CT) on Thursday. Knott finished 11th at the NCAA West Region with a time of 11.52 seconds. Knott made her debut at the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter dash indoors this season, finishing 15th. Knott will run in lane one of the second of three heats Thursday. The top two finishers from each heat, plus the next two fastest times advance to the 100-meter dash final slated for Saturday at 6:22 p.m. (CT).

Junior Erin Farmer rounds out the four competitors for A-State as she is slated for an 8:30 p.m. (CT) start in the women's shot put. Farmer finished fourth at the NCAA West Region with a throw of 17.03m (55-10.50) and heads to the NCAA Championships for the first time. She will throw 11th out of flight two and look to finish in the top-nine after three throws to advance to the finals 20 minutes later.

Live results will be available and notables will be tweeted on @AStateGameday with daily recaps on AStateRedWolves.com.

The schedule, by day, is below for the A-State student-athletes:

Wednesday, June 8

7:46 PM (CT) – Jaylen Bacon | 100-Meter Dash | Heat 1 of 3

8:00 PM (CT) – Roelf Pienaar | Long Jump | Flight 2 of 2

Thursday, June 9

7:46 PM (CT) – Kristina Knott | 100-Meter Dash | Heat 2 of 3

8:30 PM (CT) – Erin Farmer | Shot Put | Flight 2 of 2

Friday, June 10

8:22 PM (CT) – Jaylen Bacon | 100-Meter Dash | If Advance