Trojans Head to Jonesboro for A-State Invitational

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LITTLE ROCK – The indoor track and field teams of Little Rock will head to Jonesboro for the A-State Invitational & Multis taking place on Friday and Saturday at First National Bank Arena.
 
Friday will kick off with the men's heptathlon at 10:30 a.m. before field events begin at 4 p.m. Four races are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
 
On Saturday, the rest of the men's heptathlon will begin at 8:30 a.m. while field events will start at 11 a.m. A full slate of races are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 5:25 p.m.
 
This will be Little Rock's second trip to Jonesboro this season as it participated in the A-State Kickoff Klassic in early December.
 
Charles Okeze enters this week's meet as the reigning Sun Belt Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. Last weekend, Okeze won the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.43. His time was the sixth-fastest time in school history, third-fastest in the Sun Belt this season and 43rd-fastest in the nation. He then took sixth in the finals of the 60-meter dash on Saturday with a time of 6.94 — sixth-fastest in school history. Okeze became the first Trojan to earn Sun Belt Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors since Nathan Carr in 2012.
 
After this weekend, the Trojans will head back to Birmingham, Alabama, for the South Alabama Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex on Sunday, Feb. 4.