2013 outdoor track schedule

As promised and by popular request, here is our outdoor track schedule. Although we do have one more indoor meet to complete – next weekend’s IC4A/ECAC Championships – our outdoor schedule will come upon us fast. And when it starts, the season goes QUICKLY. OK. Here goes, the schedule with some descriptions:

Friday/Saturday, March 29-30, Fred Hardy Invitational/Richmond: We went to this meet last year and it was a wonderful experience. We will return this year with a full squad, and we will leave on Thursday afternoon. Note that this is Easter Weekend. We will be arriving back to Poughkeepsie late Saturday night/very early a.m. on Easter Sunday.

Friday, March 29, Stanford Invitational, Palo Alto, CA: Coach Chuck will be taking a select few athletes out to this meet for the first time this year. Because of a family conflict during Mt. SAC Relays weekend, we have added this elite level meet to our schedule and we are excited to be attending it.

Thursday/Friday/Saturday, April 4-6, Colonial Relays/William and Mary: It has been a long time since we went to this meet, and we are looking forward to returning. This meet has so many different relays and it should be fun to take part. With two Virginia trips to start the season, we are hopeful for some warmer weather. That’s the plan, anyway.

Friday/Sat, April 12-13, Metropolitan Championship, Ramapo: A partial squad of athletes (some distance runners on Friday afternoon, and the majority of our sprint/jump team on Saturday) will be going to this meet.

Saturday/Sunday, April 13-14, Bison Invitational, Bucknell: A partial squad will be going to this meet again, as we have in previous years. This meet provides us with great competition in a beautiful setting.

Friday, April 19, Larry Ellis Invitation/Princeton: We may send a few distance runners to the Friday evening portion of this meet.

Saturday, April 20, Stony Brook Invitational: The remainder of our squad will head back to Long Island for the first full-length invitational to be held at Stony Brook University. We look forward to seeing family and friends there.

Thursday/Saturday, April 25-27, Penn Relay Carnival: Our annual trip to the storied meet.

Sunday, April 28, Yale Springtime Invitational: Our annual trip to the pre-championship tuneup meet.

Friday, May 3, Matthew Vassar Open: One of our favorite nights of the year, as close to a “home” meet as we get in track.

Saturday/Sunday, May 4-5, MAAC Championships: At Rider, as usual. Stay tuned for a slightly different order of events that includes more races on Saturday afternoon.

Postseason Championships:

The following meets are for qualifiers only, if we are fortunate to get qualifiers to any or all of these championships.

Friday/Saturday, May 10-11: IC4A/ECAC Championships, Princeton

May 23-25: NCAA East Regional, North Carolina A&T

June 5-8: NCAA Championships, U of Oregon

June 19-23: USATF Junior/Senior Championships