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ATHLETICS: Grand Slam Track to appear on The CW and Peacock this season, with live coverage of all days of all four meets

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≡ GRAND SLAM TRACK ≡

The CW and Peacock will be the broadcast home of the first season of Grand Slam Track, with the NBC streaming service carrying the Friday competitions and the CW and Peacock showing the Saturday and Sunday shows of all four meets.

Each of the four meets runs for three days – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – for three hours each session:

I: Kingston, Jamaica
● 04 April: 6 p.m. Eastern on Peacock
● 05 April: 6 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock
● 06 April: 3 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock

II. Miramar, Florida
● 02 May: 5 p.m. Eastern on Peacock
● 03 May: 5 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock
● 04 May: 3 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock

III. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
● 30 May: 4 p.m. Eastern on Peacock
● 01 June: 4 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock
● 02 June: 3 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock

IV. Los Angeles, California
● 27 June: 7 p.m. Eastern on Peacock
● 28 June: 7 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock
● 29 June: 3 p.m. Eastern on CW + Peacock

A highlights show from the first meet in Kingston (only) will be shown on NBC on 10 May.

The CW, controlled by Nexstar Group, debuted in 2006 but has ramped up its sports involvement substantially in recent years. It now covers ACC football and basketball, Pac-12 football, WWE NXT, and NASCAR Xfinity Series racing, among others.

Atlanta 1996 icon Michael Johnson, the founder and Commissioner of the series said in a statement:

“We’re delighted to finally be able to announce this incredibly exciting broadcast and streaming partnership to all our fans in the United States.

“I’d like to personally thank both our great friends and partners at The CW and NBC Sports for putting together this agreement, which will help us continue to revolutionize the sport of track. We were determined to make sure that Grand Slam Track would be seen by millions of fans across the country, and we’re delighted to be delivering on that promise. We can’t wait to get started with our Slams in April; you won’t want to miss this.”

The Grand Slam Track format has 48 seasonally-contracted “Racers” competing with 48 “Challengers” in one of six event groups: short sprints (100 m/200 m), short hurdles (100m H or 110m H/100 m), long sprints (200 m/400 m), long hurdles (400m H/400 m), short distance (800 m/1,500 m), or long distance (3,000 m/5,000 m).

Placings for prize money purposes will combine finishing orders between the two races in each group. The winner of each event group will win $100,000 in prize money, down to eighth place, earning $10,000.

All 48 “Racers” have been announced; the “Challenger” competitors will be selected on a meet-by-meet basis.

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