Xavier Opens Outdoor Track and Field Season at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational

Saturday, April 3

Cincinnati, Ohio

10 a.m.

Xavier University

Oliver Nikoloff Invitational

Xavier Opens Outdoor Track and Field Season at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational

04.02.21 | Track and Field

Meet Schedule (PDF)Heat Sheets (PDF)Live Results

The meet is being hosted at Coy Field and Gettler Stadium on the campus of Cincinnati

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field opens the 2021 outdoor season on Saturday, April 3 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. The meet is being held at Coy Field and Gettler Stadium on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.

OLIVER NIKOLOFF INVITATIONAL

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/3rFahT6
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/31JvNvk
Live Results: bit.ly/3dx626S

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Eastern Kentucky, Dayton, Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio), Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati and 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.

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.

NOTABLES

• Xavier has competed in two events this 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).