BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech track & field team will split and travel to the Bison Outdoor Classic and the Charlotte Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. Tech’s distance runners will be race at Bucknell while the sprinters will compete at UNC Charlotte.
The Hokies sprinters begin competition at noon at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center. Darius Watkins highlights the men’s group with his 20.96 200-meter dash set earlier this season to rank sixth in program history. Courtney Blanden leads the women’s team with her 23.97-finish in the 200 meters set last weekend to rank eighth all-time.