Hilltoppers set for single day meet at Bellarmine Open
HILLTOPPERS SET FOR SINGLE DAY MEET AT BELLARMINE OPEN
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track and Field will continue the 2025 indoor campaign at the Bellarmine Open Friday, Jan. 17. The meet will be held at the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center in Louisville, Ky. and hosted by Bellarmine.
MEET INFO
Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center
Friday, January 17, 2025
Schedule
Live Results
ABOUT THE TOPS
WKU is coming off their first weekend of competition at the Rod McCravy Invitational, a two day meet in Louisville last weekend.
Wade Balcom highlighted the first day for the Tops as he managed a third place finish in the 600 meter run, setting a PR (1:20).
Mary Dye set a PR in the 3000 meter race, finishing up in 10:39 good for 14th place.
Kameron Horton set a PR both days. Friday, Horton managed a time of 6.93 in the 60-meter dash. His finish qualified him for the semifinals on Saturday. On Saturday, Horton beat his previous best in the 60 finishing in 6.85, a new career best.
In total, 26 Hilltoppers finished within the top-20 in their respective events in the first meet of the season.
There were a total of five new personal bests over the course of the weekend.
MEET HISTORY
This season’s open meet will mark the third consecutive year that WKU has competed in the meet hosted by the Knights dating back to 2023.
Last season the Hilltoppers were led by Kameron Horton who managed a first place finish in the 60-meter hurdles. He also took fourth in the 200-meter dash.
Wade Balcom claimed sixth place in the men’s 800 meter run. Addie Frisch took 10th in the women’s race.
EVENT BREAKDOWN
Action Friday will get underway at 9 a.m. with the men’s and women’s 60-meter hurdle prelims. (All times CST)
For field events, action will get underway at 9 a.m. as well with the women’s weight throw.
The men’s shot put will round out the field events slated to get underway at 3 p.m.
The final event of the single day meet, the 4×400 relays, will commence at 3:45 with the men’s relay followed by the women’s race slated for 4:05 p.m.
A full schedule of events can be viewed here.
SCOUTING THE FIELD
The meet will feature several teams from the commonwealth including multiple other DI programs.
Host Bellarmine will be joined by crosstown school Louisville as well as EKU, and Northern Kentucky.
Southern Indiana is the lone DI school outside of Kentucky that will compete in the single day meet.
