Last Divided Weekend for WKU Track & Field

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track & Field is splitting up for the last time in one of its final weekends of the outdoor regular season. Two Lady Topper jumpers were invited to the 125th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Penn., while the rest of the squad will head north on I-65 to compete at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational hosted by Louisville.

At the Penn Relays, Lady Toppers Myesha Nott and Annastacia Forrester will be competing in the triple jump and high jump events. The pair will go the distance in the triple jump on Friday beginning at 9 a.m. CT while Forrester will also compete on Saturday in the high jump. Live results for the Relays can be found here.

"You're going to see the best in the world," said head coach Erik Jenkins of one of the 'big five' meets in the nation. "For years we've gone up there and you'll see Olympians, past, present and future. You see the best young athletes in the world and the best collegiate athletes in the Division I system."

WKU is sending 34 student-athletes to compete in 26 different events at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational. On Friday evening, the Red and White will be involved in four different events: the long jump, unseeded pole vault, 110-meter hurdles and 100-meter dash. Saturday's field events start with the women's javelin at 9:30 a.m. CT while the track events will begin at 11:15 a.m. CT. Live results for the Invite can be found here.

"There will be a lot teams from around the region," said Jenkins on the meet in the Derby City. "They're doing the same thing, going in there and trying to run well as the prepare for their conference championship."

In its last time out, WKU Track & Field ran at the Mt. SAC Relays and Georgia Tech Invitational. The Red and White earned four first-place finishes. The men's 4x100 and 4x400-meter finished first while Katie Isenbarger and Juannae Lewis won the women's high jump and 400-meter, respectively.

"You want to be doing well right now," said Jenkins of the performances. "We are two weeks out from conference, a month out from NCAA Regionals and six weeks out from the NCAA Championships. We are excited about this time of year."

After traveling to the Penn Relays and Louisville, WKU Track & Field will compete at the Kentucky Relays on May 3 and 4.

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Annastacia Forrester

Katie Isenbarger

Juannae Lewis

Myesha Nott