Eagle Track & Field Travels to Sun Belt Indoor Championships

Monday, February 18

Birmingham, AL

Georgia Southern University

Sun Belt Indoor Championships

Ellunde Montgomery (L), Merabu Nagwandala (C) and Tatiyana Rayford (R) enter the Sun Belt Championships as Top-10 seeds in their respective events

Eagle Track & Field Travels to Sun Belt Indoor Championships

2/17/2019 12:54:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Georgia Southern competes for the Sun Belt Championship in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – Georgia Southern Track & Field reaches the sharp end f the indoor season this week at the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships. The annual event is being held again at the Birmingham Crossplex for the sixth-straight year.

Championship Central
Monday ESPN+ (5:10 p.m. ET)
Tuesday ESPN+ (1:30 p.m. ET))
Live Results

Monday's field events begin at 1 p.m. (ET) with running evens starting along with ESPN+ coverage at 5:10 p.m. (ET). Tuesday's schedule starts at 10 a.m. (ET) with ESPN+ coverage airing at 1:30 p.m. (ET).

"We are very excited for this week's Sun Belt Championships," said Head Coach Kelly Carter. "The team has been working towards these two days for the last three months, and I am excited to see that work pay off. We're very excited to have this event available to a nationwide audience and hope all of Eagle Nation will watch our Eagles soar."

Freshman Merabu Nagwandala enters as the No. 7 seed in the 5K and is the No. 10 seed for the Mile Run. Finals of both events will be held on Tuesday. Tatiyana Rayford enters the postseason with the No. 8 time in the 60m Hurdles. Prelims start on Monday evening with the finals set for Tuesday. Ellunde Montgomery holds the seventh seed in the 800m prelims which open the running events on Monday afternoon.

Following the Sun Belt Championships, Georgia Southern will cast its attention on the 2019 outdoor season. The GATA Classic kicks things off on Saturday, March 16th in Statesboro.