Live Coverage from the Penn Relays Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. ET & Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Live Drake Relays Action Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN
Coverage Available with New Direct-to-Consumer offering, NBC Sports Gold’s “Track & Field Pass”
Content Presented As Part of Recently-Announced Olympic Channel Partnership among NBCUniversal, the IOC, and the USOC
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 27, 2017 – NBCSN presents live coverage of “USA vs. the World” at the Penn Relays tomorrow, Friday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. ET and Saturday, April 29, at 12:30 p.m. ET, plus live coverage of the Drake Relays Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. Coverage will be streamed live on NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass,” as well as on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. The Penn Relays and Drake Relays are part of the USA Track & Field Championship Series.
Coverage from the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Penn., includes the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay, and 4x400m relay. Headlining Team USA in the women’s field are a trio who won gold in Rio: 2016 Olympic 4x100m gold medalists English Gardner and Morolake Akinosun; and two-time 4x400m Olympic gold medalist Natasha Hastings. They face competition from the Jamaican team, led by 2016 Olympic 100m and 200m gold medalist Elaine Thompson and teammate Kerron Stewart, who owns two Olympic silver medals and one bronze.
Two-time U.S. Olympian Wallace Spearmon leads the men’s team, along with American Brycen Spratling, who is part of the team that set the world record in the distance medley relay, and 2011 world gold medalist in the 4x400m Mike Berry.
The Drake Relays includes a 2016 Olympic rematch in the women’s 100m hurdles, featuring 2016 Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Kristi Castlin. Ali and Castlin will face current world-record holder Keni Harrison, who is back to defend her Drake Relays title in the event, as well as 2016 Olympians (and sisters) Tiffany Ofili Porter and Cindy Ofili of Great Britain, and fellow Americans Dawn Harper-Nelson (2008 Olympic gold medalist and 2012 Olympic silver medalist), Queen Harrison (2008 Olympian), and Jasmin Stowers. Additional events include:
- 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy competing in the men’s 1500m. Murphy anchored Team USA to gold in the 4x800m at World Relays last weekend, and set a course record on Tuesday, April 25 in winning the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships in Des Moines, Iowa;
- Current world-record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Aries Merritt facing 2016 Olympic champion Omar McLeod of Jamaica in the men’s 110m hurdles;
- 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks in the pole vault;
- Two-time Olympic long jump medalist Brittney Reese facing last year’s Drake Relays champion Lorraine Ugen of Great Britain.
Paul Swangard hosts coverage of the Penn Relays, joined by analyst Craig Masback and reporter Carolyn Manno at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Penn.
Tim Hutchings handles the call for the Drake Relays from Des Moines, Iowa, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, and reporter Todd Harris.
Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of the Olympic Channel, Home of Team USA.
Below is the full schedule for NBC Sports Group’s track and field coverage this weekend:
| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Fri., April 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Penn Relays | NBCSN |
| Sat., April 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Penn Relays | NBCSN |
| Sat., April 29 | 3 p.m. | Drake Relays | NBCSN |
NBC SPORTS GOLD: NBC Sports Gold -- NBC Sports Digital’s direct-to-consumer live streaming product -- offers access to the events with its “Track and Field Pass.”
In addition to live video streaming, viewers will have access to full stage video replays and highlights. NBC Sports Gold is available on Apple iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast and online at NBCSportsGold.com.
NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass” gives fans access to more than 25 major marathon, track and field events from April through December 2017. The direct-to-consumer pass, powered by Playmaker Media, offers fans unprecedented coverage -- much of which cannot be seen on any linear television platform in the United States -- live and on-demand, online, on mobile, tablets and connected TV devices.
NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass,” available for $69.99, also includes coverage of the top USATF outdoor events, including the Nike Prefontaine Classic, and the USATF Outdoor Championships. Also included are the world’s most anticipated international track and field events, including all 14 Diamond League stops as well as unprecedented coverage of every event from all 10 days of the 2017 IAAF World Track & Field Championships from London. The “Track and Field Pass” can be purchased by visiting NBCSportsGold.com.
NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass” continues NBC Sports’ commitment, along with the IOC and the USOC, to increased access to Olympic-sports programming. As previously announced, during the second half of 2017, a new U.S. television network — “Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA” — will launch, offering sports fans year-round Olympic-sport programming from around the world, with an emphasis on favorite American athletes and teams. Additional details about the launch of the new linear cable channel will be provided at a later date.
NBC SPORTS APP: The NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Comcast’s X1, Roku, Win10, and Xbox.
Both the NBC Sports app and NBC Sports Gold are powered by Playmaker Media, NBC Sports Digital’s technology service which provides end-to-end support for companies in need of best-in-class live streaming and VOD solutions.
–NBC SPORTS GROUP–
