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Colonels Continue Indoor Season at Marshall's Thundering Herd Invite

1/24/2019 10:24:00 AM

Live Results I Meet Schedule

RICHMOND, Ky.
– The Eastern Kentucky University track and field team will continue the indoor season at Marshall's Thundering Herd Invitational this weekend in Huntington, West Virginia.
 
WHAT TO KNOW

- Action will get underway at Jeff Small Track on Friday with field events at 5:30 p.m. The 5,000 meters will take place on Friday night beginning at 8:30 p.m. 

- A majority of the action will take place on Saturday, starting with field events at 9:00 a.m. The 4x400 meter relays will wrap up the meet around 7 p.m. 

- Competing teams include Marshall, Ohio, Xavier, Morehead State, EKU, St. Louis, Belmont, Charlotte, Winthrop, Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Austin Peay, Jacksonville State 

- Two Colonels currently own OVC-best performances: senior Jaime Romo in the men's 3,000 meters (8:19.4) and junior Nickson Rotich in the men's 800 meters (1:50.5). Rotich's 800 meters time is currently 13th fastest in the country. 

- Other Colonels with top-five OVC marks include senior Meggan Grams (5:10.8) and freshmen Lou Trois (5:12.4) and Saskia Pingpank (5:13.2) in the women's mile and senior Yoshua Reed (8.54) in the men's 60-meter hurdles 

UP NEXT
 
EKU will split next weekend between the Rod McCravy Memorial in Lexington and the Camel City Elite in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The OVC Indoor Championships will be held in Birmingham, Alabama this year, from February 20-21.
 
 
 
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