Track and Field Set for BIG EAST Championships

Friday, May 14

Geneva, Ohio

10 a.m.

Xavier University

BIG EAST Championships

Track and Field Set for BIG EAST Championships

05.13.21 | Track and Field

Meet Schedule (PDF)Heat Sheets (PDF)Championship Central Watch Live - Day One Watch Live - Day Two Live Scoring

The two-day meet is being held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field travels to the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 14-15. The two-day meet is being held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Running events are slated to begin at noon on both Friday and Saturday.

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/2RMGVpC
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/3hjQKWV
Live Results: bit.ly/3tRjbhf
Championship Central: bit.ly/2RS7l9j
Watch Live - Day One: bit.ly/3tE1stT
Watch Live - Day Two: bit.ly/3bpudnD

2021 SPRING SCHEDULE

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

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier had 10 top-15 finishes and combined to post 12 personal-best college marks at the Kentucky Invitational on April 30 - May 1.

• Courtney Klatt placed eighth in the 1,500-meter run (4:33.23) to pace the women's team, while Noah Douthit led the men's team with a 10th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run (8:56.43).

BIG EAST TOP-15

8. Brady Harless - 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:19.93)
9. Parker Hopkins - 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:31.09)
13. Noah Douthit - 3,000-meter run (8:45.31)
13. Jennifer Prial - 3,000-meter run (10:45.86)
13. Liam Willman - 400-meter hurdles (59.17)
14. Sarah Been - 3,000-meter run (10:47.64)
15. Amanda Cusimano - 3,000-meter run (10:50.03)
15. Hannah Russell - 800-meter run (2:11.84)

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).