Thursday, December 4
Lynchburg, Va.
9:30 AM ET
Liberty University
vs
Liberty Kickoff
Thursday and Friday's Liberty Kickoff will open the 10th season at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
Liberty Kickoff to Open 10th Season at Liberty Indoor Track Complex
12/2/2025 8:30:00 PM | Track and Field
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The 10th season of competition at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex will begin with a bang, Thursday and Friday. The Flames will welcome competitors from 35 colleges and universities to the 2025-26 indoor season-opening Liberty Kickoff.
A number of high-level programs will take part in the two-day event, including Charlotte, Duke, High Point, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and William & Mary.
Multi events will begin both days' schedule of events, including the 9:30 a.m. Group B pentathlon 60 hurdles Thursday morning and the 9 a.m. Group B heptathlon 60 hurdles on Friday.
How to Follow the Flames and Lady Flames
Admission is free of charge for both days of the Liberty Kickoff.
Live results will be available throughout the meet, courtesy of Blue Ridge Timing
Celebrating a Decade
The Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex, which opened its doors in January 2017, will kick off its 10th season of competition this week. This season, Wavelight technology will be utilized at the facility for the first time.
The Liberty Kickoff will mark the first of five college meets the Flames host this season, also including the Liberty Open (Jan. 23-24), sixth annual Brant Tolsma Elite Invitational sponsored by Beynon (Jan. 30-31), Liberty Open (Feb. 7-8), 12th annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 13-14) and CUSA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28).
The Brant Tolsma meet promises to be a headliner, featuring Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Northern Arizona, Virginia, Wake Forest, High Point, North Carolina A&T and Liberty.
Multitude of Multis
As usual at this meet, multi-event athlete entries are numerous. The Liberty Kickoff will feature 28 pentathletes and 26 heptathletes, with both events broken up into two sections.
The Flames' top entries include 2024 CUSA pentathlon champion Patasha Bryan and promising redshirt freshman Jake Nicholson making his Flames debut in the heptathlon.
High Point's Cole Wilson returns to lead the heptathlon field. He captured the 2024 Liberty Kickoff title with a facility-record score of 5,772 which earned him a trip to the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships.
All-Americans in Action
This year's Liberty women's track & field team features four All-Americans, including Paola Bueno, Meredith Engle, Katie Urbine and Allie Zealand.
Bueno and Urbine will both be in action on Thursday. Bueno will compete in the women's weight throw, set for a 4:45 p.m. start, while Urbine will pole vault starting at 5 p.m.
Coming Back from Cross Country
Set for Friday at 1:40 p.m., the women's 1,000 will feature the largest Liberty representation of the meet. Nine Lady Flames are scheduled to compete in the five-lap race, headlined by All-CUSA cross country performers Kate Loescher and Rachel Hill.
How High Will They Fly?
The men's pole vault will be a must-watch event on Friday, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Nine entrants are seeded at 17-0 or higher, led by All-American Conner McClure at 18-10.25, a height equal to the facility record.
Liberty boasts a talented trio, including Todd Benhase (vaulted a Liberty freshman-record 16-6.75 last season), freshman Chase Johnson (2025 Texas 6A state champion with a 16-9 personal best) and Campbell transfer Reagan Wise (2025 CAA champion with a 16-10 personal best).
Up Next
All-American Allie Zealand will headline a group of five Liberty distance runners set to compete in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Saturday at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center. The races will air on FloTrack.
A number of high-level programs will take part in the two-day event, including Charlotte, Duke, High Point, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and William & Mary.
Multi events will begin both days' schedule of events, including the 9:30 a.m. Group B pentathlon 60 hurdles Thursday morning and the 9 a.m. Group B heptathlon 60 hurdles on Friday.
How to Follow the Flames and Lady Flames
Admission is free of charge for both days of the Liberty Kickoff.
Live results will be available throughout the meet, courtesy of Blue Ridge Timing
Celebrating a Decade
The Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex, which opened its doors in January 2017, will kick off its 10th season of competition this week. This season, Wavelight technology will be utilized at the facility for the first time.
The Liberty Kickoff will mark the first of five college meets the Flames host this season, also including the Liberty Open (Jan. 23-24), sixth annual Brant Tolsma Elite Invitational sponsored by Beynon (Jan. 30-31), Liberty Open (Feb. 7-8), 12th annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 13-14) and CUSA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28).
The Brant Tolsma meet promises to be a headliner, featuring Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Northern Arizona, Virginia, Wake Forest, High Point, North Carolina A&T and Liberty.
Multitude of Multis
As usual at this meet, multi-event athlete entries are numerous. The Liberty Kickoff will feature 28 pentathletes and 26 heptathletes, with both events broken up into two sections.
The Flames' top entries include 2024 CUSA pentathlon champion Patasha Bryan and promising redshirt freshman Jake Nicholson making his Flames debut in the heptathlon.
High Point's Cole Wilson returns to lead the heptathlon field. He captured the 2024 Liberty Kickoff title with a facility-record score of 5,772 which earned him a trip to the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships.
All-Americans in Action
This year's Liberty women's track & field team features four All-Americans, including Paola Bueno, Meredith Engle, Katie Urbine and Allie Zealand.
Bueno and Urbine will both be in action on Thursday. Bueno will compete in the women's weight throw, set for a 4:45 p.m. start, while Urbine will pole vault starting at 5 p.m.
Coming Back from Cross Country
Set for Friday at 1:40 p.m., the women's 1,000 will feature the largest Liberty representation of the meet. Nine Lady Flames are scheduled to compete in the five-lap race, headlined by All-CUSA cross country performers Kate Loescher and Rachel Hill.
How High Will They Fly?
The men's pole vault will be a must-watch event on Friday, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Nine entrants are seeded at 17-0 or higher, led by All-American Conner McClure at 18-10.25, a height equal to the facility record.
Liberty boasts a talented trio, including Todd Benhase (vaulted a Liberty freshman-record 16-6.75 last season), freshman Chase Johnson (2025 Texas 6A state champion with a 16-9 personal best) and Campbell transfer Reagan Wise (2025 CAA champion with a 16-10 personal best).
Up Next
All-American Allie Zealand will headline a group of five Liberty distance runners set to compete in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Saturday at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center. The races will air on FloTrack.
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