High Point University track and field opens indoor season with a trip to Lynchburg, Va. for the Liberty Kick-Off. HPU returns to indoor after winning the Big South Outdoor Championships in 2021 and is still the reigning indoor champions from 2020. While most of HPU's full crew will be in Lynchburg competing at the Liberty Kick-Off, three of HPU's top distance contributors will be in Boston for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
Liberty Kick-Off
When: Thursday-Friday, Dec 2-3, 2021
Where: Lynchburg, Va. | Liberty University
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Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
When: Saturday, Dec 4, 2021
Where: Boston, Mass. | Boston University
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The Field at Liberty
The Panthers will compete against Elon, James Madison, Liberty and Virginia in Lynchburg on Thursday and Friday.
Big South Indoor Track is Back
The Panthers will be featuring a full indoor slate this season as the 2021 indoor season sees the return of the Big South Indoor championships after its one-year hiatus with no championships held in 2020.
Building off a Fantastic Freshman Year
That is exactly what Sydney Horn will be looking to do as she will be back in action for the Liberty Kick-off after earning All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor national championships. Her indoor personal best is 4.41m (14' 5.5") which she set in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the Indoor NCAA National Championships in 2021. Horn will be competing against a field that includes Alina McDonald who holds the facility record at Liberty of 4.41m (14' 5.5").
High Point's Heavy Hitters
HPU sent a record 11 athletes to the NCAA East Preliminary Championships last May. Nine of those athletes return to HPU this season, seven of them will be in action in Lynchburg as Sydney and Mackenzie Horn, Nathalie Elliott, Nyile Facey, Alicia Dawson, Chris Van Niekerk, and Terris Burton II will all compete at the Liberty Kick-Off. Another Panther regional qualifier will be in action up in Boston in Hocine Bouchrak.
Brookover's Panther Debut
Dec. 4th at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston will mark the debut of Hannah Brookover. Brookover is a distance transfer from Wake Forest who spent the fall running unattached. She won the VertCross. Brookover ran 9:28.70 in the 3000m finishing 14th at the NCAA 2021 Indoor Championships.
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