University at Buffalo: Reporter

NCAA Division I Track and Field

NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships will bring athletes to UB from the nation's largest colleges and universities in 1998. Track and field's version of the Final Four, the NCAA competition represents 1,500 people and carries a projected economic impact of $1.1 million, according to Karen Miranda, vice president of convention sales and service for the Greater Buffalo Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The competition for the games, which will run for six days in early June, 1998, was between Buffalo and Indianapolis. Indianapolis won the 1997 championships, with the 1998 competition going to Buffalo.

Events will take place on the North Campus. "They were looking for good track and field facilities and given our experience in handling the World University Games, and the WAVA (World Veterans Athletics Championships,) they felt we could make this a really big event," Miranda told the Buffalo News.

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