GAINESVILLE, Fla. (April 14) – The Percy Beard Track is set to host the 2023 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, with Day One action starting at 1:00 p.m. ET. The two-day event, featuring college and Olympic athletes, will be live-streamed on SECN+ via ESPN Player, while Half-Mile Timing will provide live results.
Day One’s field events will begin with the men’s Hammer Throw at 1:00 p.m. ET, followed by women’s Long Jump Invite, men’s High Jump, and the men’s Pole Vault at 2:00 p.m. ET. Live streaming coverage for the day will start at 5:00 p.m. ET.
On the track, the women’s 200-meter race for college athletes will start at 5:00 p.m. ET, followed by Olympic Development races, featuring Olympic Games double-double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Read more: Elaine Thompson-Herah headlines 200m field at Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
American sprinter Noah Lyles will start his quest to win the sprint double in the men’s 200m Olympic Development section at 6:00 p.m. The women’s and men’s 5,000m races will conclude the first day’s schedule at 8:15 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. ET, respectively.
Here is the schedule for Day One of the 2023 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational:
- What: 2023 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
- Date: Friday, April 14, 2023
- Where / Location: Percy Beard Track in Gainesville, Florida
- Live Streaming: Friday- Starting at 5:00 p.m. (SECN+)
- Live Results: Half-Mile Timing
Field Events Schedule:
- 1:00 pm – Men’s Hammer
- 2:00 pm – Women’s Long Jump Invite
- 2:00 pm – Men’s High Jump
- 2:00 pm – Men’s Pole Vault
- 3:00 pm – Men’s Long Jump Invite
- 3:15 pm – Women’s Hammer
- 4:45 pm – Men’s Javelin
- 5:00 pm – Women’s Long Jump
- 6:10 pm – Women’s Javelin
- 6:15 pm – Men’s Shot Put Invite
- 6:30 pm – Men’s High Jump Invite
- 7:00 pm – Men’s Long Jump
- 7:35 pm – Women’s Shot Put Invite
Running Events Schedule:
- (Senior day presentation)
- 5:00 pm – Women’s 200m
- 5:30 pm – Women’s 200m (Olympic Development)
- 5:35 pm – Men’s 200m
- 6:00 pm – Men’s 200m (Olympic Development)
- 6:15 pm – Women’s 400m Hurdles
- 6:35 pm – Men’s 400m Hurdles
- 6:55 pm – Women’s Steeplechase
- 7:10 pm – Men’s Steeplechase
- 7:25 pm – Women’s 1500m
- 7:55 pm – Men’s 1500m
- 8:15 pm – Women’s 5,000m
- 8:40 pm – Men’s 5,000m
