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Track Teams Open Indoor Season At Illini Classic

PEORIA, Ill. -- First-year Bradley cross country/track & field head coach Darren Gauson and his men’s and women’s track & field squads will open the 2016 indoor season Saturday afternoon at the Illini Classic in Champaign, Ill.

After completing arguably the most successful cross country seasons in school history two months ago, the Braves will kick off the indoor season at the Illini Classic for the third consecutive year. Saturday’s action at the University of Illinois Armory is slated to start at 11 a.m.

The Illini Classic will mark the Bradley track debuts for nine Bradley women and six Bradley men in addition to the returns of seniors Chase Coffey (Hanna City, Ill.