RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky track and field team will open their 2022-23 indoor season on Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Commonwealth College Opener at the Norton Sports and Learning Center in Louisville and the Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center in Boston. The Louisville meet will start at 10:00 a.m. and the Boston event will begin at 3:05 p.m.
 
Competing teams at the Commonwealth College Opener include Bellarmine, Lipscomb, Louisville, and Texas. The Colonels will compete in the 300m, 600m, 1,000m and mile races.
 
In the Commonwealth College Opener, Mallory Hodge, Joy Nwokike, Emily Roesser, Joy Scott, and T'ya Suber will run in the 300m race for the women while Javon Adams, Logan Sullivan, Devin Taylor, and Jake Welch will compete for the men.
 
Liam Kaune, Alicia Recio, Irene Rubio Miralles, and Gus Tichenor will race in the 600m, and Katy Chapman will run in the 1,000m.
 
Aniol Borras, Rolando Ortiz, Saskia Pingpank, and Jake Pyles will compete the mile run.
 
In the Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener, EKU will square off against teams such as Alabama, Arkansas, Duke, Iowa State, Liberty, North Carolina, Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Wake Forest, and Wisconsin. The Maroon and White will compete in the 3,000m and 5,000m races.
 
Pedro Garcia-Palencia, Keeton Thornsberry, and Anouk van Gils will race in the 3,000m. Hakim Abouzouhir, Ahmed Kadri, Grace Kilroy, Enock Kipchumba, Griffin Staude, Joan Tapias, and Jone Zabaleta Larranaga will compete in the 5,000m.
 
Following Saturday's races, the Colonels will have the rest of the holidays off before returning to action at the Rod McCravy Invite on Jan. 13-14 in Lexington.
 
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