BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Following its first weekend without a meet in nearly a month, WKU Track & Field is heading back to Huntington, W.Va., for the Marshall Invitational. The return trip to Marshall opens another stretch of three-straight meets for the Red and White that culminates with the C-USA Indoor Championships.
"For our student-athletes that competed at Marshall last time, this will be a familiar environment for them and an opportunity to get back out there and try some different events. For those that have been injured, this will be a good chance for them to get back out there and try to compete," WKU assistant track & field coach Brooks LeCompte shared. "For us, this is a couple weeks before the conference meet so we're really trying to finalize our roster for that."
Field events will kick off Friday's action at 4:30 p.m. CT, as men's high jump and pole vault (women to follow) along with women's weight throw (men to follow) and men's long jump will all compete. On the track, the 4,000-meter distance medley relays will take place at 6 p.m. followed by the 5000-meter races. Saturday's slate will open at 9 a.m. with women's high jump and men's triple jump. Action on the track will kick off at 11 a.m. with the women's 60-meter hurdles.
In total, seven schools are expected to be represented at the weekend competition. Making the trip to Huntington are Morehead State, Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, Evansville and WKU. WKU has 17 Hilltoppers and 16 Lady Toppers entered in events for the outing.
WKU's last time out was also at a Marshall-hosted event as the squad competed in the Thundering Herd Invitational from the Cline Athletic Complex on Jan. 24-25. The Tops saw three student-athletes earn event titles as Annastacia Forrester (women's long jump), Devon Montgomery (men's pole vault) and Marlowe Mosley (200m) each won events. Across the two-day meet, WKU recorded 22 top-eight finishes while also notching 16 indoor personal bests.
The Red and White will head back to Birmingham, Ala. for the Samford Open next weekend before returning for the Conference USA Indoor Championships the following week (Feb. 22-23) as well.
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