Owls Set for C-USA Indoor Track and Field Championship

Saturday, February 16

Birmingham, Ala.

Florida Atlantic

Conference USA Championship

Photo by: Michael Wade/Wade Event Photogra

2/15/2019 5:31:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University track and field team will travel to Birmingham, Alabama for the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championship. Events run Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday's events will be streamed on CUSA TV. The Championship will be streamed on CUSA TV on Sunday until 3 p.m. and then switch over to ESPN+.

THE OWLS COMING INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
The indoor season has seen records fall and personal bests set. Natalliah Whyte has broken FAU's 60-meter dash record, not once, but twice. Whyte comes into this weekend's championship with the top recorded time in that event this season among C-USA runners. Whyte will be joined in the 60-meter by Jamesha Moorer who raced to the fourth fastest time in school history earlies this season.

Jenae Ambrose will represent the Owls in the 200-meter dash, an event she broke the school record time in this season. Jada James, Moorer and Whyte will also race in the 200-m. Searra Woods will be the lone Owl in the 400-meter dash.

Erica Lersch, Mikaela Jonsson, Megan Giovanniello and Brooke Butterfield will compete in the 800-meter run. Elizabeth Wellman, Morgan Graff and Lauren Macon will run in the 1-mile. Sophia Clark, Kelsey Meltzer, Lauren Macon, Lersch, Wellman, Butterfield and Jonsson will all run in the 3000-meter run. Meltzer and Clark will take part in the 5000-meter run.

Renee Shaw and Kennedie Reese will run in the 60-meter hurdles. Morgan Shortridge will compete in the high jump. Cara Simpson will represent FAU in the triple jump. Reese and Shortridge will compete in the pentathlon.

The Owls will have two relay teams. Ambrose, Simpson, Woods and Giovanniello will run in the 4x400 meter. Lersch, Jonsson, Woods and Wellman will compete in the distance medley.

COACH SMOLKA ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP
"We are excited and full of anticipation for the weekend's indoor conference championship. Our team members have worked very hard and have been extremely diligent taking care of all the little stuff in order to give themselves the best possible chance to excel on the days it counts the most. Ultimately, success will be determined by making sure to take of our controllables, and not focusing solely on the outcome. As long as we remember to focus on the process, the results will take care of themselves."

CHAMPIONSHIP LINKS
Live Results
Live video – Day 1
Live video – Day 2
ESPN+ link (after 3 p.m. on Sunday)
Schedule of Events
Heat Sheets

OWLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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