RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University track and field team will compete at its first-ever ASUN Indoor Championships February 25-26 on Liberty University's campus in Lynchburg, Virginia.
 
The meet gets underway on Friday at 9 a.m. with the heptathlon. Field events begin at 1 p.m. and the track starts popping at 3 p.m. Friday will conclude around 8 p.m. with the distance medley relays.
 
On Saturday, the heptathlon continues at 8:30 a.m., followed by field events at 10 a.m. and track finals at 12 p.m. The championships will wrap up around 3:30 p.m. with the 4x400 meter relays.
 
The meet will air live on ESPN3, with the broadcast running from 3-6:30 p.m. on Friday and noon-3:30 p.m. on Saturday. ESPN3 will broadcast the track events that take place during those time periods live, with taped coverage of multis, field events and Friday night's 5Ks and DMRs interspersed in between.
 
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Women to Watch
 
Madison Fleming – No. 3 in the ASUN in the 60-meter hurdles (8.68).
 
Emma García-Palencia – won gold in the heptathlon at the 2021 OVC Outdoor Championships … won silver in the pentathlon at the 2020 OVC Indoor Championships.
 
Grace Kilroy – No. 8 in the ASUN in the 3,000m (9:45.21).
 
Jone Zabaleta Larranaga – No. 2 in the ASUN in the 3,000m (9:26.28) … that time is the 3^rd fastest in EKU history … also No. 6 in the conference in the mile (4:54.13) … was a first team All-ASUN cross country performer in the fall.
 
Aniya Matthews – No. 2 in the ASUN in the 200 meters (24.29)
 
Quantasia Perry – No. 1 in the ASUN in the 200 meters (EKU record 24.00) … No. 2 in the conference in the 60 meters (7.52) … Perry won silver in the 200 meters at the 2021 OVC Outdoor Championships … she qualified for the 2021 NCAA East Preliminaries with a school record time of 23.59.
 
Felicia Phillips – broke the EKU indoor 400 meters record with a time of 55.33 on Feb. 12 at the Music City Challenge … that time is the fastest in the ASUN this season.
 
Alicia Recio – No. 7 in the ASUN in the 800 meters (2:11.75) … that time is the 5^th fastest in EKU history … also No. 8 in the conference in the 400 meters (57.00).
 
Christian "Joy" Scott – No. 6 in the ASUN in the 200 meters (24.88)
 
Laura Taborda – No. 3 in the ASUN in the 3,000m (9:27.07) … that time is the 5^th fastest in EKU history … EKU record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:22.08) … was an NCAA All-Southeast Region performer in cross country last fall.
 
4x400 Meter Relay Team – Quantasia Perry, Aniya Matthews, Felicia Phillips and Alicia Recio broke EKU's 32-year record in this event with a 3:46.63 at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 12 … that time is the fastest in the ASUN this season.
 
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Men to Watch
 
Isaiah Allen – No. 5 in the ASUN in the long jump (23-3.25) and No. 7 in the triple jump (46-7.5).
 
Jan Badia-Celma – No. 3 in the ASUN in the 800m (1:51.68) and No. 4 in the mile (4:06.14) … his mile time is one of the fastest ever clocked by an EKU freshman.
 
Samuel Carter – No. 2 in the ASUN in the triple jump (47-11.75) and No. 7 in the long jump (22-11.75).
 
Pedro García-Palencia – No. 8 in the ASUN in the 3,000m (8:15.44).
 
Ahmed Jaziri – No. 1 in the ASUN in both the mile (3:59.87 – converted) and 3,000m (7:47.34) … his 3,000m time is the EKU record and it ranks No. 20 in the NCAA this season … it broke the Tunisian national record and it gives Jaziri the World Championships standard in the event … Jaziri was a first team All-American in the indoor 3,000 meters last season (finished 6^th at the NCAA Indoor Championships).
 
Austin Keeling – No. 8 in the ASUN in the triple jump (45-11.25).
 
Enock Kipchumba – No. 3 in the ASUN in the 5,000m (14:30.13).
  
Jackson Siddall – No. 6 in the ASUN in the 3,000m (8:12.59) and No. 8 in the mile (4:09.04).
 
Griffin Staude – No. 7 in the ASUN in the 5,000m (14:56.24).