CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati track and field program is excited for another edition of the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Admission is free.<\/p>\n
Friday’s slate takes place exclusively at Coy Field for the javelin and hammer throw, beginning at 10:30 a.m. and finishing at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s action starts at 10 a.m. and concludes with the 4×400 relays at 5:50 p.m., all at Gettler Stadium.<\/p>\n
Senior recognitions begin at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, featuring 11 women and seven men. There will also be 100-meter races for UC students and children aged 4-12 at 11:50 a.m. and 12 p.m.<\/p>\n
Cincinnati opened its outdoor season last weekend at N.C. State’s Raleigh Relays, where Abby Sewell<\/a>, Claire Curtsinger<\/a> and Orry Willems<\/a> each set school records (the latter two breaking their own in the process). Seven others moved up or into the top-10 of the school’s record books.<\/p>\n WHO WAS OLIVER NIKOLOFF? ELSEWHERE Another star-studded group features Seth Elking<\/a> and Nickson Kogei<\/a> out west at the Stanford Invitational, competing in the 10,000-meter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati track and field program is excited for another edition of the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-232671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This weekend’s meet is named for former Bearcats coach Oliver M. Nikoloff, whom dedicated 42 years of service to UC as both a teacher and coach, including the track & field, tennis and soccer programs. Joining UC in 1917 and plying his trade through the 1959 academic year, much of the program’s record book was filled with his athletes’ names. A 1912 graduate of Oberlin College, Nikoloff was a standout athlete, excelling in both basketball and tennis. Coach Nikoloff passed away in 1964.<\/p>\n
Ade Lloyd<\/a>, Ethan Long<\/a>, Kya Epps<\/a>, Davenae Fagan<\/a>, Camden Beatty<\/a>, Romaro Knight<\/a> and Macaela Walker<\/a> are all representing the Bearcats at the Texas Relays.<\/p>\n