AUSTIN, Texas — After nearly 10 months of competition in the 2022-23 athletic year, the season will close with the 2023 Outdoor Track & Field NCAA Championships in Austin starting on Wednesday. In total, 11 Irish athletes will make the trip south to compete on the country’s greatest collegiate stage.
Part of the group — four men and five women — punched their respective tickets by placing the top 12 at NCAA Regionals a few weeks ago. An additional two heptathlon women — Alaina Brady and Jadin O’Brien — qualified for the event with their scores from the regular season. O’Brien was the national champion in the pentathlon at NCAA Indoor Championships in March and helped lead Notre Dame to a No. 7 finish (tie). She will look to earn another medal in Austin.
On the men’s side, graduate student John Keenan boasts the highest seed for the Irish; he enters the meet at No. 9 in the Javelin (71.94M). Keenan set the school record in May.
A complete list of Irish athletes and events (in order) is below. Television and streaming information can be found here and live results can be found here.
Wednesday, June 7
- Javelin (Final) — John Keenan
- 3,000M Steeplechase (Semifinal) — Tom Seitzer
- Shot Put (Final) — Michael Shoaf
Thursday, June 8
- 3,000M Steeplechase (Semifinal) — Olivia Markezich & Katie Thronson
- 10,000M (Final) — Erin Strzelecki
Friday, June 9
- 100M Hurdles (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- High Jump (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- Shot Put (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- 3,000M Steeplechase (Final) — TBA
- 200M (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- 5,000M (Final) — Carter Solomon
Saturday, June 10
- Long Jump (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- Javelin (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- High Jump (Final) — Madison Schmidt
- 3,000M Steeplechase (Final) — TBA
- 800M (Heptathlon) — Alaina Brady & Jadin O’Brien
- 5,000M (Final) — Siona Chisholm