Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Saturday, April 30

Birmingham, AL

Mercer University

SOCON Championship

Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships

4/29/2022 7:15:00 PM | Track & Field

Meet hosted by Samford

By: Nicole Dennis

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer Bears will compete in Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Samford University.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS INFO
Date: April 30^th-May 1^st
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Live Results
ESPN + (Day Two)

Saturday's schedule gets under way with the men's 10,000-meter run at 8 a.m. CT, followed by the women's 10,000m. The decathlon gets started at 9:30 a.m., followed by the heptathlon and field events at 10. A full day of events concludes with the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's pole vault at 5:40 p.m. In all, 12 champions will be crowned on the first day of competition, four on the track and eight in field events.

Sunday's schedule opens with the first of the final five decathlon events at 9 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming at 9:15. Field events begin with the men's high jump and women's shot-put finals at 11 a.m. and the men's 4x100-meter relay gets the track events started at 1 p.m. The day concludes with the men's and women's 4x400-meter relays at 4:25 and 4:40, respectively, followed by the awards ceremony. Thirty events will crown champions on the final day of the meet.

The second day of events (2pm and after) will be streamed on ESPN+.

Live results, daily recaps, photos and video highlights can be found at SoConSports.com.

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