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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track & Field will be back in action after opening its 2019-20 season in early December as the squad heads back to Lexington for the Kentucky-hosted Jim Green Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Competition will take place at UK's Nutter Fieldhouse.
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"We're going back to Kentucky this weekend and it'll be a chance for us to see where our student-athletes are at," assistant coach Tosha Ansley shared. "This will be a good opportunity to get anyone back on rhythm that may have fell off
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On Friday, 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. On Saturday, field events will commence at 10 a.m. with action on the track opening at 11 a.m.
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"Our team goals at this point is working on everyone as an individual," Ansley continued. "I'm really looking to get everyone to be the best they can be individually before we start looking at relays or anything else. We're just looking to improve with each week in the classroom, on the track and as people."
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Nineteen teams will be represented at the Jim Green Invitational, including: Alabama A&M, Bellarmine, Belmont, Butler, Campbellsville, Cincinnati, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, Kansas State, Kentucky, Kentucky State, Middle Tennessee, North Carolina A&T, Ohio State, Southern Illinois, Tennessee State, Thomas More, WKU and Xavier.
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Friday's trip to Kentucky marks the second of four meets that WKU will compete in Lexington across the indoor and outdoor seasons. The Red and White's season opener back on Dec. 6 also took place at UK.
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At the opener, WKU was represented by 28 student-athletes across 16 different events with 25 personal-bests being recorded. In total, the Red and White posted 17 top-10 finishes at the one-day outing.
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This weekend's meet marks the first of three-straight weekends the Tops will be on the road competing.
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