RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University track and field teams will send athletes to the Stanford Invitational and the Raleigh Relays this weekend.
 
WHAT TO KNOW

- Seniors Jaime Romo and David David Bascuñana and junior Samuel Abascal are in California to compete at the Stanford Invitational. All three will race late Friday night / early Saturday morning at Cobb Track and Angell Field, live on Flotrack. 

- Abascal will lead off in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 9:23 p.m. ET. Abascal owns a personal-best time of 8:49.1 in the 3K steeple. He just missed the NCAA Championships in the event last season, finishing 13^th at the NCAA East Prelims with the aforementioned 8:49.1 He is also coming off a strong indoor season in which he ran 4:11.1 in the mile and 8:15.8 in the 3,000 meters. 

- Romo will make his outdoor debut in the 5,000 meters at 11:13 p.m. ET. Romo clocked a personal-best 5K time of 14:02.9 during the indoor season, and he won gold in the event at the OVC Indoor Championships in February. 

- Bascunana will race even later than Romo. He will compete in the 10,000 meters at 12:45 a.m. ET. Bascunana ran 14:31.3 in the 5,000 meters during the indoor season, and he took bronze in the event at the OVC Indoor Championships. 

- Sixteen Colonels will compete at the Raleigh Relays on Friday and Saturday at Paul Derr Track. The meet will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, via WatchESPN. 

- Action gets underway on Friday morning at 9 a.m. ET with the 5,000 meters and will wrap up around 11 p.m. ET with the 10,000 meters. Action resumes on Saturday around 9:30 a.m. and should wrap up around 5 p.m. with the 4x400-meter relays. 

- The Colonels opened the outdoor season last Saturday the Miami (Ohio) Blizzard Buster. Sophomore Ben Thoms (15.58 / men's 110-meter hurdles), sophomore Quantasia Perry (12.06 / women's 100 meters) and freshman Jeanne Reix Charat (17:52.8 / women's 5,000 meters) all recorded No. 2 times in the OVC at the meet. 

UP NEXT
 
The Colonels are scheduled to compete at the WKU Hilltopper Relays next weekend, April 5-6, in Bowling Green, Kentucky.