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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU will head south this weekend to Nashville, Tenn., to open its season at Vanderbilt's Black and Gold Invitational once more. There are more than 20 teams participating in the Invitational, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 at the Vanderbilt Track and Field Complex.Â
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Over 30 Hilltoppers are set to compete in 31 track and field events over the course of the two days. On Friday, field events will begin at 4 p.m. CT and running events will start at 5 p.m. and continue through 7:30 p.m. Action will pick back up Saturday morning with field events beginning at 10 a.m. while running events will occur between noon and 4:50 p.m.
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After running a 3:04.24 at the Boston University Last Chance Invite, a school record, WKU Track and Field men's 4x400 meter relay qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala., earning one of the meets 12 slots. The squad finished with second-team All-American honors Saturday night from the Birmingham CrossPlex.Â
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Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships was the last team meet for the Red and White, where four Hilltoppers recorded All-Conference performances. The men's squad finished ninth while the women's team finished 10th.
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"I think they saw some of their potential from some of the results indoor, especially late. I tell the team that we are not going to be a team that tears things up early, so we need to be patient and continue to work," said head coach Erik Jenkins. "We hope that carries forward into the outdoor season."
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Last outdoor season, WKU finished with a total of three event titles and 20 top-10 finishes in the 2018 Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational. Six Hilltoppers walked away with first place finishes. Seniors, Austin Hayes, Kymari Gates, and Oliver Alexandre ran the 200-meter in this meet last year, with all three Hilltoppers finishing in the top five.
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Admissions is $5 per day. Parking is available in Medical Lot #73 directly across from the track off of Natchez Trace. Live results for the match can be found here.
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