RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech's men's and women's indoor track and field teams are set to compete in the 2021 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday and Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama. This weekend's meet will mark the 10^th consecutive year the C-USA Indoor Championships have been held in the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
The two-day championships will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday with the heptathlon 60-meter dash. Field events on Saturday will begin at 1 p.m. with the men's pole vault, while running events will start two hours later at 3 p.m. with the men's one-mile trial.
 
Sunday's events will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles. Field events will begin at 10 a.m., and running events will continue at noon.
 
All of this weekend's action will be streamed live and for free on CUSA.tv. For links to the live streams, live results and a schedule of events, visit the C-USA's Championship Central page.
 
No spectators will be allowed at the C-USA Indoor Championships.
 
"We are looking forward to this weekend's conference championships," head coach Gary Stanley said. "Obviously training has been affected with the inclement weather, but the weather has affected most teams.
 
"We are eager to compete."
 
The men's team placed sixth in the 2020 C-USA Indoor Championships, while the women's team placed 11^th. Former Bulldog Denzel Harper secured a first-place finish in the long jump, besting the second-place finisher by more than six inches.
 
Current Bulldog Colin Butler placed third in the long jump in 2020. Tech's Murphy Bavinga finished also third in the triple jump with a jump of 14.83m (48-08.00 feet). Lady Techsters Johannon Murray and Sydney Anderson finished sixth in pentathlon and high jump, respectively, at this past year's meet.
 
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