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Syracuse will make its second trip to the Armory in New York City this weekend as the Orange competes at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship. SU will be represented by 38 student-athletes in 14 events, which kick off on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. and continue throughout the day Sunday, concluding with an awards ceremony scheduled for 3:20 p.m.
Who's Going?
Leading the Orange men's squad is senior
Jarret Eaton, who owns the nation's top time in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.49 seconds. Eaton has already broken the school record twice this season at the Cornell Upstate Challenge and Penn State National Invitational. A two-time selection as the BIG EAST's male track athlete of the year this season, Eaton was named to the Bowerman Watch List on Feb. 1.
Also representing the Orange in the 60-meter hurdles is junior
Amadou Gueye, who owns the conference's fourth best time of 7.89 seconds.
Jaquan Holland is ranked second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.64 seconds, closely behind Pittsburgh's Brycen Spratling league-best time of 21.34 seconds.
On the women's side, senior
Flings Owusu-Agyapong holds the BIG EAST's top 60-meter dash ranking with 7.33 seconds.
Lauren Penney, who broke the school record in the 3000-meter run last weekend, is slated to compete in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter runs. She is ranked second in the conference in the one mile (4:39.04) and 3,000 meter run (9:12.76) with times that eclipsed previous career bests.
With four runners representing SU in the 5000-meter run, the Orange has three student-athletes in the top-ten of the conference, led by
Lauren Kersjes' fifth place time of 16:58.34. Also slated to compete are Penney,
Natalie Busby and senior
Heather Stephens.
A Look At The BIG EAST
The Connecticut and Notre Dame men's team have combined to win every conference championship since 2002 (Connecticut: 6; Notre Dame: 4). In last season's league championships in Akron, Ohio, the Huskies narrowly defeated the Fighting Irish by just five points, 136.75-132. On the women's side, Louisville won its first conference title in program history last season with a 1.5-point victory past Connecticut.