Musketeers Travel to PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic

Friday, February 4

Louisville, Ky.

12 p.m.

Xavier University

PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic

Musketeers Travel to PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic

02.03.22 | Track and Field

Live Scoring

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

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier indoor track and field continues its season on Friday, Feb. 4 at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic. The meet is slated to begin at 12 p.m. ET from the Norton Health Care Sports and Learning Center in Louisville, Ky.

PNC BANK BELLARMINE CLASSIC

Heat Sheets: TBD
Meet Information: bit.ly/3GtOi90
Live Results: bit.ly/3gizlMy

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Bellarmine, Belmont, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois-Springfield, Indianapolis, IUPUI, Jacksonville State, Lipscomb, Morehead State, Murray State, Northern Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Tennessee St., UT-Martin, Union (Ky.), Western Kentucky, Xavier

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.

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier posted 14 top-10 finishes at the Bellarmine Open presented by Urban Shipper on Jan. 21 in the team's season-opening meet. The meet was hosted at Norton Health Care Sports and Learning Center in Louisville, Ky.

• The meet was highlighted by two first-place finishes for the Musketeers. Parker Hopkins collected the lone individual title, winning the 800-meter run in a time of 2:15.96. It was the first individual win of her track and field career at Xavier.

• The men's 4x400 relay team of Jeremy Johnson, Gus Nations, Liam Willman and Michael Henning also placed first, recording a time of 3:27.39 in the event.

BIG EAST TOP-20 PERFORMANCES

13. Parker Hopkins - 800-meter run (2:15.96)
16. C.J. Thimons - 400-meter dash (51.26)
17. Courtney Klatt - One-mile run (4:58.26)
20. Emily Sienna - One-mile run (4:59.56)
20. Liam Willman - 60-meter hurdles (9.30)

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 Al Campbell Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Feb. 18.