Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina track & field kicks off the 2019-20 indoor season on Saturday as the Catamounts make the short trip to Clemson for the Clemson Opener. The Clemson Opener is the first of five regular season indoor meets before the Southern Conference Indoor Championships Feb. 29-March 1 in Lexington, Va.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with the women's pole vault, women's long jump, men's high jump and men's weight throw. Running events start at 11:40 a.m. with the women's 600-meter run and are scheduled to conclude at 4:40 p.m. with the men's 4x400-meter relay. In addition to the Catamounts, SoCon rival Furman and host Clemson, participating schools include Anderson, Converse College (women only), Emmanuel, Fayetteville State, Florida A&M, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Limestone, North Greenville, South Carolina, South Carolina State, Union, USC Upstate and Winston-Salem State. Live results for the meet are available via a link on www.catamountsports.com.

“The team is excited to be opening up this weekend at the Clemson Opener,” head coach Jesse Norman stated. “This is an opportunity for us to see what all of our fall work has done for us. We've done a great job of working hard, even in light of having our track facility being offline the past month due to upgrades. I believe that we'll surprise ourselves in how we perform this weekend while also giving the coaching staff an opportunity to see what we need to work on going forward into the indoor season."

During the 2019-20 indoor season, WCU won its sixth straight men's SoCon title with the women's team finishing as the runner-up. Christina Nikolaou set a new school record in the women's 1,000-meter run along with multiple event wins and personal bests for both the men's and women's teams.

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