BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Eastern Kentucky University track and field teams will split between three meets this weekend: The Washington Husky Classic, Music City Challenge and Chipotle Marshall Invitational.
 
WHAT TO KNOW

Washington Husky Classic: Meet Schedule I Heat Sheets I Live Results I Live Video (Flotrack)
Music City Challenge: Meet Schedule I Heat Sheets I Live Results
Chipotle Marshall Invitational: Meet Schedule I Live Results

- Due to weather concerns, the Washington Husky Classic will now take place solely on Friday in Seattle. Junior Nickson Rotich will race the 800 meters at 3:15 p.m. ET, followed by freshman James Sugira in the 5,000 meters around 6:30 p.m. ET.

- Sugira is the reigning OVC Male Track Athlete of the Week after running a converted time of 7:52.7 in the 3,000 meters at the Camel City Elite last Saturday in Winston Salem, North Carolina. That time currently ranks him No. 9 in the country. Rotich currently ranks 47^th in the country in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.5, which he ran back on January 11 at Kentucky's Jim Green Invitational. 

- Six Colonels will compete at Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge in Nashville over the weekend. Senior Jaime Romo and freshman Enock Kipchumba will race the 5K on Friday night around 9:50 p.m. ET. Freshman Antoine Senard will compete in the mile on Saturday around 3:35 p.m. ET. Senior David Bascuñana, junior Samuel Abascal and freshman Remi Schyns will go in the 3,000 meters on Saturday at 5:40 p.m. 

- Romo currently owns the top mile time (4:08.70) and the No. 2 3,000 meters time (8:19.4) in the OVC. Bascuãna has top 5,000 meters time (14:31.3) and No. 2 mile time (4:08.77) in the conference. 

- The remainder of the Colonels will compete at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational. Action gets underway in Huntington on Friday night around 6:00 p.m. ET. The meet resumes at noon on Saturday and should wrap up with the 4x400 meter relays around 3:30 p.m. ET. 

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This weekend is the final tuneup before the OVC Indoor Championships, which will be held February 20-21 in Birmingham, Alabama.