Musketeers Travel to Raleigh Relays

Friday, March 25

Raleigh, N.C.

10 a.m.

Xavier University

Raleigh Relays

03.24.22 | Track and Field

Heat Sheets - Seeded (PDF)Heat Sheets - Unseeded (PDF)Meet Schedule (PDF)Live Results

The two-day meet is being held at Dail Track/Soccer Complex

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field continues its outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays on March 25-26. The meet is being hosted by NC State at Dail Track/Soccer Complex.

Approximately 150 teams will make the trip to Raleigh for the competition.

RALEIGH RELAYS

Heat Sheets (seeded events): bit.ly/3JGy9zv
Heat Sheets (unseeded events): bit.ly/3wCneU0
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/3iz6zIB
Live Results: bit.ly/3NlTnF2

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Friday Broadcast: ACC Network Extra (7:15pm-9:15pm)
Saturday Broadcast: ACC Network Extra (3pm-5pm)

2021 SPRING SCHEDULE

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

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE
March 18 - Blizzard Buster - Oxford, Ohio - RECAP
March 25-26 - 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 opened the outdoor season by posting 14 top-10 finishes at the Blizzard Buster on March 18. The meet was hosted by Miami (Ohio) at George L. Rider Track.

• Courtney Klatt paced the women's team with a second-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:31.59). C.J. Thimons led the men's team with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (49.78).

BIG EAST TOP FIVE PERFORMANCES

MEN
1. Jake Prestileo - 5,000-meter run (15:12.25)
2. Trevor Nolan - 5,000-meter run (15:31.31)
2. Lee Bennett - 100-meter dash (11.44)
3. Michael Henning - 100-meter dash (11.50)
5. Gus Nations - 100-meter dash (11.90)
5. Owen Ellington - 400-meter hurdles (1:07.68)

WOMEN
3. Brooke Aho - 5,000-meter run (18:24.68)
5. Haley Morgan - 100-meter dash (12.59)
5. Haley Morgan - 200-meter dash (25.74)
5. Courtney Klatt - 1,500-meter run (4:31.59)
5. Amanda MacKinnon - 400-meter hurdles (1:09.80)

2020-21 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 on April 8-9 at the Jim Vargo Invitational in Louisville, Ky.