WASHINGTON – This weekend, Georgetown university's track & field program will be competing at the 2024 BIG EAST Championship on February 23 and 24. The meet will be held at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track and Field Center in Chicago. 
The Hoyas will compete in 23 events over the two-day championship.

FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Live results will be available on GUHoyas.com.
• Friday and Saturday will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports. Click here for special University pricing.
• Friday's action on the track will begin at noon ET with the start of the heptathlon. Friday field events start at 2 p.m. ET, and races begin at 2:45 p.m. and will continue through 6:55 p.m. Saturday's action for both track and field will begin at noon ET.
• Friday's running events will be preliminary trials before the 5,000-meter event and distance medley relays, which will be finals. 

About the Men

• The men's track & field team has had a dominant season and will be looking to continue its success, while several Hoyas look to defend titles after capturing first-place finishes at the 2023 BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
• Joshua Paige will be looking to win for the third-consecutive year after taking first in the 200m at both the 2022 and 2023 BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
• In the 4x800 relay, Owen Johnson, Parker Stokes, Matthew Payamps and Matt Rizzo were crowned 2023 champions after running a blazing time of 7:26.25. 
• In last year's championship, the Hoyas grabbed two top-five finishes in the 800m with Abel Teffra finishing third and Payamps finishing in fourth.
• This season, Tinoda Matsatsa set a new NCAA record in the indoor 1,000m (2:18.10) and put up strong performances in the 800m. The freshman was named NCAA Runner of the Week and BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week for his efforts.
• A group of Hoyas, led by Teffra, set a new program record in the men's DMR last week at the Terrier DMR Challenge, earning Teffra a BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week award.

About the Women

• Several Hoyas will be defending titles earned at the 2023 Indoor BIG EAST Championships.
• Last year, Chloe Scrimgeour won the 5,000m at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, and finished eighth in the 5,000m at the NCAA Division I Championships.
• Scrimgeour has been strong recently, setting a new program record in the indoor 3,000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a time of 8:50.97 and earning herself BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week honors.
• Melissa Riggins will be competing in the 800m. She is a repeat champion, having won the mile last year. She was named the 2023 Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer and grabbed 10 points for GU with a time of 4:37.07.
• Maya Drayton was crowned the 2023 champion in the 400m with a time of 54.44, and will be looking to bring her success to the 200m this year.

2024 BIG EAST OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
All times listed in ET.
Friday, February 23:
3:30 PM: Women's Mile Prelims – (H1 of 2) Alli Cryster; (H2 of 2) Chloe Gonzalez, Anya Hirschfeld, Chloe Scrimgeour
3:45 PM: Men's Mile Prelims – (H1 of 2) Lucas Guerra; (H2 of 2) Camden Gilmore, Charlie North, Parker Stokes
4:00 PM: Women's 60 Hurdles Prelims – (H2 of 2) Grace Smiechowski
4:20 PM: Women's 400 Prelims - (H2 of 7) Kaira Brown; (H3 of 7) Maya Drayton; (H6 of 7) KC Ashiogwu
4:35 PM: Men's 400 Prelims - (H1 of 6) Hewitt; (H2 of 6) Nicholas Givan
4:50 PM: Women's 60 Prelims - (H1 of 4) Piper Rodgers; (H2 of 4) Jadah Fitzgerald, Abbie Huey; (H3 of 4) Rebecca Ochan
5:00 PM: Men's 60 Prelims - (H2 of 2) Joshua Paige, Julian Williams
5:10 PM : Women's 800 Prelims - (H1 of 3) Melissa Riggins; (H2 of 3) Sierra Dinneen; (H3 of 3) DeAnna Martin
5:25 PM: Men's 800 Prelims - (H1 of 2) Tim McInerney, Abel Teffra; (H2 of 2) Tinoda Matsatsa, Matthew Payamps
5:40 PM: Women's 200 Prelims - (H3 of 6) Maya Drayton; (H5 of 6) Rebecca Ochan; (H6 of 6) Abbie Huey, Piper Rodgers
5:55 PM: Men's 200 Prelims -  (H1 of 4) Nicholas Givan; (H3 of 4) Joshua Paige, Julian Williams
6:30 PM: Men's 5000 Final - (H2 of 2) Peter Herold
6:55 PM: Women's DMR Final - TBD
7:10 PM: Men's DMR Final - Mateo Althouse, Sean Hewitt, Owen Johnson, Ryan Mulrooney


Saturday, February 24:
11:00 AM: Women's Triple Jump – Alexis Emery
12:00 PM: Women's 3000 unseeded
12:15 PM: Men's 3000 unseeded 
12:30 PM: Women's Mile Final - TBD
12:40 PM: Men's Mile Final - TBD
12:50 PM: Women's 60 Hurdles Final - TBD
1:10 PM: Women's 400 Final - TBD
1:20 PM: Men's 400 Final - TBD
1:30 PM: Women's 60 Final - TBD
1:40 PM: Men's 60 Final - TBD
1:50 PM: Women's 800 Final - TBD
2:00 PM: Men's 800 Final
2:10 PM: Women's 200 Final
2:20 PM: Men's 200 Final
2:30 PM: Women's 3000 - (H2 of 2) Mary Hennelly, Barrett Justema, Kelsey Swenson
2:45 PM: Men's 3000 - (H2 of 2) Jackson Barna, Peter Herold
3:00 PM: Women's 4x800 - TBD
3:15 PM: Men's 4x800 - TBD
3:30 PM: Women's 4x400 - (H2 of 2) TBD
3:45 PM: Men's 4x400 - (H2 of 2) TBD