This weekend the University of Connecticut women’s track and field team will try and defend their BIG EAST Indoor Championship title for the second year in a row. The team took the title 2008 and 2009.
“I feel our team confidence is evident and there are no doubts about the intentions to represent as we should,” said head coach Bill Morgan. “It’s an exciting time as always, when we speak of the BIG EAST. Our program has matured into a serious contender and my expectations are for everyone to have a personal record moment – that is what it will take.”
The UConn athletic website reports:
Trisha-Ann Hawthorne will help lead the Huskies to a third straight crown as she is currently ranked at the top of the 200-meter dash in the BIG EAST Conference. Hawthorne’s season-best time of 23.92 in the event puts her just under the NCAA Division I Provisional qualifying mark, which she hopes to reach this weekend. Hawthorne is also ranked second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.40, a time that already made her an NCAA Division I Provisional qualifier.
Phylicia George, who broke the UConn record in the 60-meter hurdles earlier this season, a record that she had tied last season, enters the weekend ranked second in the BIG EAST in the event. With a time of 8.32, George is already an NCAA Division I Provisional qualifier. She is also ranked ninth in the conference in the 200-meter dash.
Three-time BIG EAST Champion Carin Knight will also look to defend her title in the high jump as she won the last two years during the indoor competition.