Indoor Track and Field Opens 2022 Season at Bellarmine Open

Friday, January 21

Louisville, Ky.

11 a.m.

Xavier University

Bellarmine Open

Indoor Track and Field Opens 2022 Season at Bellarmine Open

01.20.22 | Track and Field

Live Results Heat Sheets (PDF)

The meet is being held at the Norton Health Care Sports and Learning Center

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field opens indoor season on Friday, Jan. 21 at the Bellarmine Open presented by Urban Shipper. The meet is slated to begin at 11 a.m. ET from the Norton Health Care Sports and Learning Center in Louisville, Ky.

BELLARMINE OPEN

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/3rzXp2K
Meet Information: bit.ly/3IkHEmY
Live Results: bit.ly/3KxTXym

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Bellarmine, Campbellsville (KY), Centre, Cumberland (TN), Evansville, Morehead State, Illinois-Springfield, Northern Kentucky, IUPUI, Southern Indiana, Union (KY), UT Martin, Xavier and Murray State

FAN INFORMATION
Spectators are allowed. Masks are mandatory.

TICKETS AND PARKING
Adults - $10
Ages 3-17 - $7
Ages 3 and under - Free
Parking is $5 per vehicle

2021 SPRING SCHEDULE

INDOOR SCHEDULE
Jan. 11 - Bellarmine Open - Louisville, Ky.
Feb. 4 - PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic - Louisville, Ky.
Feb. 18 - Al Campbell Invitational - Akron, Ohio
Feb. 25-26 - BIG EAST Championships - Chicago, Ill.

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE
March 18 - Blizzard Buster - Oxford, Ohio
March 24-26 - Raleigh Relays - Raleigh, N.C.
April 8-9 - Jim Vargo Invitational - Louisville, Ky.
April 14-15 - Mt. SAC Relays - Walnut, Calif.
April 22-23 - Jesse Owens Invitational - Columbus, Ohio
April 28-29 - Penn Relays - Philadelphia, Pa.
April 29 - Clark Wood Invitational - Louisville, Ky.
May 13-14 - BIG EAST Championships - Storrs, Conn.

NOTABLES

• Xavier competed in six meets during the COVID-19 shortened 2020-21 season.

• The Musketeers had seven student-athletes post career-best finishes at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 14-15. The conference did not hold an indoor championship meet.

• The highlight of the BIG EAST Championships was the 4x800 relay team (Hannah Russell, Parker Hopkins, Abby Fioresi and Robyn Blackwell) breaking the school record in the event, posting a time of 9:04.59.

COACH BURROUGHS

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

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

LAUREN ETHERIDGE

• Lauren Etheridge was named assistant coach for the cross country and track and field programs in August of 2021. She was previously the head cross country coach at USC Aiken from 2019-21.

• In the spring of 2021, she guided the women's cross country team to an eighth-place finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championships – the team's highest finish since 2011. She restarted the program in 2019 after a one-year hiatus (the women did not have a team in 2018).

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic on Feb. 4 in Louisville, Ky.