MEET SCHEDULE

The Eastern Illinois men's and women's indoor track & field teams will open their 2017-18 season with their annual pre-holiday Early Bird Meet hosted inside the Lantz Fieldhouse. The EIU Earl Bird Meet is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start time this Friday.

RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
The EIU men's and women's indoor track & field teams will look to build off of their strong performances last season as the men's and women's teams claimed the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor title. The sweep marks the first time since the 2012 championship, that both Eastern Illinois teams won the indoor conference title in the same year.

EIU returns two key members – Haleigh Knapp, and Davion McManis who finished the indoor season ranked in the top-25 in the NCAA in their respective events.

Knapp finished the 2017 season earning a top record for the third straight year. In the High Jump Knapp set the EIU school and OVC record of 5'11.25 (1.81m) in the 2017 season. Knapp has earned the top distance the last three years with her distances of 5'06.00" (2015), 5'09.75" (2016), and 5'11.25" (2017).

EIU's director of track & field, Tom Akers, was named as the Men's OVC Coach of the Year for the 2016-17 indoor track & field season.

ABOUT THE EARLY BIRD MEET
The EIU Early Bird Meet will begin with the field events at 2 p.m. The running events will begin at approximately 4 p.m.

Scheduled to compete on Friday in the EIU Early Bird Meet are Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Loyola-Chicago, Illinois State, and Indiana State.

A LOOK AHEAD
Following the EIU Early Bird, the Eastern Illinois men's and women's indoor track & field teams will return to action on Jan. 12-13 at the Illinois Classic.