OVC Outdoor Track And Field Championships
Information:
Dates: Thursday, May 15th - Saturday, May 17th
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Venue: Abe Stuber Complex
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. CT (Thur.) | 9:00 a.m. CT (Fri.) | 11:00 a.m. CT (Sat.)
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Lindenwood Lions women's outdoor track and field team are set to compete at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships starting on Thursday, May 15th through Saturday, May 17th. The competition will be held at the Abe Stuber Complex on the campus of Southeast Missouri State.

Start times are set for 9:00 a.m. CT on both Thursday and Friday with the Heptathlon and Decathlon. Field events for both days are slated to start at 2:30 p.m. CT with the running events starting at 5:00 p.m. CT. Saturday's finale will kick-off at 11:00 a.m. CT with the women's shot put with the running events starting at 12:30 p.m. CT with the 4x100 relay race.

Last Meet Recap
The Lindenwood track and field team concluded its outdoor regular season two weeks ago at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., hosted on the campus of Vanderbilt. The Lions earned 11 top-eight finishes at the two-day event, had five top 10 Lindenwood all-time marks and had one school record.

The lone Lion to record a first-place finish was Kendall Klewer who earned the top spot in the javelin throw at 43.45 meters, which was the best mark out of 20 student-athletes.

Sa'Nijah Houston continued her impressive season, setting a new school record in the 400 meter with a time of 53.71. That mark beat her previous best of 53.79 and it currently leads the Ohio Valley Conference. She also earned fifth-place in the 200 with a time of 23.99.

Two other Lions earned top-three finishes as Kimberly Lugg took third in discuss with a throw of 46.11m and Drew Billups earned third in hammer at 43.10m. Lugg also grabbed fourth in the shot put, recording one at 12.81m

The team of Kristen Hendricks, Houston, Jyrah Powell, and Chanell Honeywell all set a PR and entered the LU top 10 list with a time of 46.81 in the 4X100.

OVC Top Ten Rankings
Houston currently leads the OVC in the 400 meter with a time of 53.71 which she captured just two weeks ago. She also has the second fastest time in the OVC in the 200 meter (23.92). Chanel Honeywell currently ranks fifth in the OVC in the 100 (11.91) and third in the 200 (24.18).

In the 10,000 meter race, Kadence Berry ranks ninth in the conference with a time of 40:32.59. Kinsey Dueker (3rd - 4556 points) and Mireya Simpson (9th - 3920 points) both have top ten finishes in the Heptathlon. Dueker also ranks 10th in the high jump with a mark of 1.61m.

Ashantae Brown currently has the eighth best time in the OVC in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.70. Aliyah Robertson and Lugg both have top ten throws in the shot put with Robertson tossing a throw of 12.24m (6th) and Lugg throwing a 12.81m (9th). Lugg also ranks fifth in the discuss with a distance of 47.18m.

Three Lindenwood Lions have top throws in the javelin led by Klewer who has the second best throw of the javelin with a distance of 43.45m. Dueker has her third top ten finish this season with a distance of 36.98m while Joselyn Roe has the ninth best in the OVC with a distance of 36.03m.

Following along at lindenwoodlions.com this weekend to keep up to date with the OVC Championships and your Lindenwood Lions.