BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track and Field will divide up to compete in both the Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance, Calif., and the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. Between the two meets, WKU will send 20 student-athletes to compete this weekend.
Mt. SAC Relays
Action for the WKU squad will begin at approximately 11:45 a.m. CT with the 110-meter hurdles. The 4x100-meter relay and 400-meter dash are expected to follow at approximately 12:45 p.m. Day one will conclude for the Hilltoppers with the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay at 3:30 p.m.
The two relays are also expected to run once more on Saturday afternoon.
"The men will be heading out, for the most part, to the Mt. SAC Relays which is the biggest relay meet in California" said head coach Erik Jenkins. "It's one of the big five, meaning Florida Relays, Texas Relays, Mt. SAC Relays, Penn Relays and Kansas Relays. For us to have the opportunity to compete at that meet again is big for us as a program. We want to go out and do well against high-level competition."
Georgia Tech Invitational
WKU will participate in a few distance events on Friday morning, competing in the 1500 and 5000-meter runs at 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. CT, respectively.
On Saturday, three Lady Topper pole vaulters will compete in the field event beginning at 10 a.m. WKU will also compete in the 400-meter hurdles at 12:15 p.m. followed by the triple jump and 400 and 200-meter dashes. Live stats for the meet can be found here.
"The majority of the women's squad will head down to Georgia Tech which will provide very good competition" said Jenkins. "That will be most of our sprinters, jumpers, and a few distance runners."
Both the Hilltopper and Lady Topper track squads are coming off a strong performance at the Governors' Invitational hosted by Austin Peay. Overall, WKU Track and Field brought back eight first-place medals from the event. Hilltopper junior Austin Hayes was awarded the C-USA Male Track Athlete of the Week after earning two individual first-place finishes while also running on both relay teams that finished first.
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