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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) will represent UE indoor Track & Field on Saturday at Boston University's prestigious Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.  Helder will take part in the women's 3,000-meter race, which is scheduled to take place at 1:13 central time on Saturday afternoon.

In order to participate in the 3,000-meters on Saturday, Helder had to meet an entry standard of 11:00 in the event.  She is one of 98 competitors who will take to the indoor track in the 3,000-meters, with a seed time of 9:08, which ranks her in the top 25 competitors in the field.

"Evansville Track & Field has not historically traveled the United States to find major competition, until now," said UE Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Brooks LeCompte.  "My goal with the program is to put my student-athletes in the best position possible to be successful, and when they need to travel to bigger meets to accomplish this, we will facilitate.

"Melanie is in great shape and will use this opportunity to start putting herself in the most competitive fields we can find.  The new era of UE Track & Field will begin this weekend at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener."

Saturday's meet can be seen live on FloTrack, with live results available from Lancer Timing Services (lancertiming.com).