Golden Eagle track team to compete at Sea-Ray Invitational in Knoxville
With an opportunity to compete against national-caliber athletes, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team will use this week's Sea-Ray Invitiational in Knoxville as a final tune-up before the OVC Championships.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- With a chance to compete against some of
the nation's premier athletes, the Tennessee Tech women's track
& field team will be in Knoxville this week for the Sea-Ray
Invitational at the University of Tennessee. Coach Tony Cox's team
will use the event as a chance to improve their times and distances
one final time before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, May
6-7.
The four-day event began Wednesday, but Tech's participation won't
start until the hammer throw on Thursday night. All of the other
events that will include Golden Eagle entries are scheduled for
Friday and Saturday. Events begin Friday at 12:15 p.m. and are
slated to close Friday with a final event at 8:30 p.m. On Saturday,
action gets underway at 8:45 a.m., with the final event scheduled
for 5:45 p.m.
All of the events will take place at the Tom Black Track on the
University of Tenessee campus.
Tech heads into the event following a solid third-place showing
last Saturday at the Boston-Moon Classic at Tennessee State that
featured one school record and 17 personal best marks.
With the level of competition expected at Tennessee, Cox said the
team's primary focus will be on self-improvement.
"We'll use this experience to get ourselves better," Cox said.
"We'll be facing a little higher level of competition than we've
generally seen at our previous three meets, and it will give our
athletes a chance to continue their development."
