Indoor Track and Field Set for BIG EAST Championships

Friday, February 25

Chicago, Ill.

10 a.m. ET

Xavier University

BIG EAST Championships

Indoor Track and Field Set for BIG EAST Championships

02.24.22 | Track and Field

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

The two-day meet is being held at Gately Park in Chicago on Feb. 25-26

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier indoor track and field competes at the BIG EAST Championships on Feb. 25-26 in Chicago. The two-day meet is being held at the Track & Field Center at Gately Park.

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/3hbI4jY
Meet Information: bit.ly/3t23HJb
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/3HenFoZ
Live Results: bit.ly/3ImmFAs
Live Video: bit.ly/36DPxX7

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier posted 22 top-10 finishes at the Al Campbell Invitational hosted by Akron on Feb. 19. Courtney Klatt highlighted the meet with two, top-five finishes - including a record-breaking performance in the one-mile run (4:52.06).

• Zach Stine highlighted the men's meet by placing first in a field of two runners in the 3,000-meter run (9:12.95).

BIG EAST TOP-25 PERFORMANCES

17. C.J. Thimons - 400-meter dash (50.25)
18. Liam Willman - 60-meter hurdles (8.82)
18. Parker Hopkins - 800-meter run (2:14.12)
19. Courtney Klatt - One-mile run (4:52.06)
20. Sean Beam - 400-meter dash (50.45)
22. Haley Morgan - 200-meter dash (25.72)
23. Alaina Sullivan - 200-meter dash (25.74)
24. Emily Sienna - One-mile run (4:54.24)
24. Jeremy Johnson - 400-meter dash (51.29)
25. Alaina Sullivan - 60-meter dash (8.02)
25. Emily Sienna - 3,000-meter run (9:47.34)

NOTABLES

• Xavier competed in in three meets during the indoor track and field season. The Musketeers competed at the Bellarmine Open (Jan. 21), the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (Feb. 4) and the Al Campbell Invitational (Feb. 18). All told, Xavier posted 53 top-10 finishes this season.

• Xavier enters the meet with 11 top-25 BIG EAST individual performances this season. C.J. Thimons is the highest ranked male performer, ranking 17th in the 400-meter dash (50.25). Parker Hopkins paces the women, ranking 18th in the 800-meter run (2:14.12).

NOTABLES - 2020-21

• 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.

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.

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 opens the outdoor season on March 18 at the Blizzard Buster in Oxford, Ohio.