June 12, 2010
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ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - Fans can watch UCF's Jackie Coward (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Sonnisha Williams (Jacksonville, Fla.) compete for national championships Saturday as competition concludes at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Fla. CBS will be broadcasting the event live from 1-3 p.m. EST.
Coward, who advanced to the 100-meter hurdles finals and secured her place as UCF's first outdoor All-American on Thursday, will compete in the finals at 2:09 p.m. EST. She qualified fourth among the finalists after posting a time of 13.04 in Thursday's prelims and will be in lane three.
She also assured herself of gaining All-American status as one of the top-eight finishers in the event. Already one of the program's four indoor NCAA All-Americans, Coward becomes the program's first outdoor All-American in her first trip to nationals.
Williams will be in the 24-athlete long jump field beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST. Each athlete will get three initial jumps while the top-nine will advance to a three-jump final.
Both events will also be streamed live on NCAA.com. The long jump can be accessed by clicking here while Coward will be shown in the main feed.
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