Live Results | Coach Chumbley Preview
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Following a productive fall training slate, WKU Track & Field will head off to its first event under Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Brent Chumbley and his staff as the Hilltoppers head to Lexington for Kentucky's Jingle Bells Open on Friday. The one-day outing will take place inside UK's Nutter Field House.
"Fall has been really good for us," Coach Chumbley opened. "Obviously cross country got the year started with a really good season. The track team has done well adjusting to an entirely new staff, which I think is always more of a challenge for the student-athletes than it is for us. They've adjusted to everything well and I think we've finally hit our stride with training and expectations of the coaches that they work with."
Field events will open at 12:30 p.m. CT with the women's high jump, while the women's 60-meter prelims will get action started on the track at 3 p.m.
"At this meet, we're going to try to shake the rust off a little bit for all of the track & field athletes that haven't been competing," Chumbley shared of the opener. "It's really just going to be a fancy practice for us; we won't be running our top events. We'll be using it as an opportunity to continue to train and be careful so we head into Winter Break healthy. It's good to get out and see where we're at, especially adding in automatic timing and kids from other teams in the lanes next to ours."
In total, 17 Lady Toppers and 12 Hilltoppers will be making the trip to Lexington to represent the Red and White. WKU will have 16 representatives who are returning for another season while 13 will be making their first appearance as a Hilltopper Track & Field student-athlete.
Eleven teams will be represented at the Jingle Bells Open, including: Berea, Campbellsville, Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky State, Kentucky Wesleyan, Lindsey Wilson, Midway, Trevecca Nazarene and WKU.
Friday's trip to Kentucky marks the first of four meets that WKU will compete in Lexington across the indoor and outdoor seasons. The Tops' 2020 opener will also be hosted by the Wildcats as WKU kicks off the year at the Jim Green Invitational.
WKU's indoor season is comprised of seven meets including the Conference USA Indoor Championships.
How to follow WKU Track & Field: For complete information on WKU Track & Field, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUTrackField.
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