LITTLE ROCK – After a handful of successful indoor meets, Little Rock returns to the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama, for the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The two-day event will be held Monday, February 18 and Tuesday, February 19 with live streaming options available through ESPN+.
Championship Central | Monday ESPN+ | Tuesday ESPN+ | Live Results
"Throughout the season, we have seen steady improvements in our athletes' performance," said head coach
J.P. Behnke. "As long as that trend continues, we will surprise some teams in this conference."
The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championships will be two full days of competition, getting underway Monday at 9 a.m. with multi and field events, leading into running even preliminaries starting at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday's events once again starts at 9 a.m. with a number of field events with the finals of the running events scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
Monday's ESPN+ coverage will begin at 4:10 p.m. and is available
HERE. Tuesday's coverage will get underway at 12:30 p.m. and will continue throughout the conclusion of the championships with the link available
HERE.
Little Rock has seen some strong efforts through the first five meets of the indoor season with some of the top performances in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans enter this weekend's meet sitting among the top-three performers in five different events:
Men's 60 Meters – 1. Keshawn Andrews (6.76)
Men's 200 Meters – 2. Charles Okeze (21.31)
Men's 400 Meters – 3. Charles Okeze (47.99)
Women's 800 Meters – 2.
Shanieke Watson (2:11.59)
Women's 5,000 Meters – 2.
Vianney Sanchez (17:54.32)
The Trojans are looking to build off last season's performances which saw the Little Rock men place eighth while the women registered a 10th-place showing. Live results of the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships will be available through
Delta Timing.
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