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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the next three weekends, WKU Track & Field will divide and conquer, heading to multiple meets each time out. This weekend, the team will split and head to the 52nd Tennessee Relays as well as the Austin Peay Invitational. Hilltoppers will compete at the Tennessee Relays on Friday and Saturday while the APSU Governors' Invitational has been rescheduled for just Friday due to pending inclement weather.
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"We've had a pretty decent week of practice. We are really starting to sharpen some things up, doing a lot of the right things," said head coach Erik Jenkins. "All of these (upcoming) meets provide great opportunities against high levels of competition and we just want to keep developing to be ready for Conference USA and for the first round of the NCAA Championships."
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At the 52nd Tennessee Relays, there are 11 Hilltoppers competing in 10 events, including the 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. Action will begin for WKU on Friday with the 110-meter hurdles at 1:45 p.m. CT. On Saturday, the 4x200-meter relay squad will start the day for the Hilltoppers at 12:15 p.m. CT. Live results of the meet can be found here while Friday and Saturday will both be streamed live on the SEC+ Network.
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Parking information, campus maps and stadium history for the 52nd Tennessee Relays can be found at the meet central website.
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WKU is sending the rest of the Track & Field squad to the APSU Governors' Invitational on Friday. Field events begin at 11 a.m. CT starting with male pole vault while track events start with the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at 2:30 p.m. CT. Track events are expected to run all the way through the men's 4x400-meter relay at 8:35 p.m. CT.
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In its last time out, WKU hosted the Hilltopper Relays where the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers combined for six first-place finishes and 17 top-three finishes. Junior jumper Annastacia Forrester broke the school record for outdoor high jump just eight days after Katie Isenbarger broke it at the Florida Relays. WKU took home first and second in the 4x100-meter relay while Kymari Gates finished first in the 400-meter dash.
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