Musketeers Travel to Nashville for Black and Gold Invitational

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field travels to the Black and Gold Invitational hosted by Vanderbilt on April 16-17. The two-day meet is being held at the Vanderbilt Track.

BLACK AND GOLD INVITATIONAL

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/3x1MrET
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/3to0O4m
Live Results: bit.ly/3agSxYt

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Austin Peay, Southeast Missouri, Ball State, Belmont, Butler, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, Southern Illinois, Vanderbilt, Murray State, Xavier

2021 SPRING SCHEDULE

April 2-3 - Oliver Nikoloff Invitational - Cincinnati, Ohio
April 16-17 - Black and Gold Invite - Nashville, Tenn.
April 23-24 - Lenny Lyles Open - Louisville, Ky.
April 30 - May 1 - Kentucky Open - Lexington, Ky.
May 14-15 - BIG EAST Championships - Storrs, Conn.

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier track and field posted 12 top-10 finishes at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational on April 3.

• Courtney Klatt placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run (4:34.88) to highlight the women's team performances, while Brady Harless finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:19.93).

NEW HEAD COACH - SAM BURROUGHS

• Sam Burroughs was named the new head coach for cross country/track and field on Jan. 4, 2021. He joins the Musketeers after previously working as associate head coach at Cincinnati from 2013-20.

• Burroughs brings 20 years of collegiate experience to Xavier. He has coached 96 individual conference champions and 45 individual NCAA qualifiers, while leading 18 teams to conference championship titles.

THOMPSON ADDED TO STAFF

• Coach Burroughs announced the hiring of Tevin-Lloyd Thompson as assistant track and field coach on Feb. 11, 2021. Thompson most recently coached at the high school level. He was the sprints coach at North College Hill HS during the 2020 season.

• The Harbour View, Jamaica, native competed at Cincinnati from 2014-17. He competed in the 4x100 meter relay and the 60-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter dashes.

INDOOR TF - XC

• Xavier competed in two events prior to the start of the outdoor track and field season, the Al Campbell Invitational (indoor track and field) on Feb. 19 and the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on March 5.

• Xavier posted six top-five finishes at the at the Al Campbell Invitational, paced by Courtney Klatt who won the 3,000-meter run (10:01.03).

• The Xavier women placed eighth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships, while the men placed ninth. Courtney Klatt led the women, placing 34th in a time of 21:53.40. Brady Harless paced the men with a 44th-place finish (24:59.90).

UP NEXT

• Xavier travels to the Lenny Lyles Open in Louisville, Ky., on April 23-24.

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