The outdoor track season beckons -- this week and beyond. We’ve had some topsy-turvy weather during Spring Break. It started with a late-winter snowstorm that dumped about five inches of snow around here. All of which is gone now, thanks to a few 70-degree days! And then, last night, we had severe thunderstorms rolling through, ushering in the standard-issue March weather in these parts: Cloudy, gloomy, damp and chilly. Away we go!
Our first meet of the outdoor season – our first real outdoor season in three years! – is at Monmouth University on Saturday (10km races are on Friday afternoon). Then, we have a quick turnaround for our longest trip of the year – to Colonial Relays at William and Mary. We travel down on Thursday, March 31, with the meet on April 1-2. After that! We return home (literally) for a Friday evening meet (April 8) at Vassar College, followed by some athletes traveling to Icahn Stadium for the Mets Championships (April 9). After that, it’s an Easter weekend trip to our favorite outdoor track venue – Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium at Bucknell University – for the Bison Outdoor Classic on Friday/Saturday, April 15-16. Then, the second half of the season heads into the homestretch: Rider on Saturday, April 23 (a MAAC Championships preview, since that is where MAACs will be two weeks later); Penn Relays (April 28-29) and Yale (May 1) the next week; MAACs (May 7-8 at Rider); IC4A/ECAC (May 14-15) back at William and Mary; and any other qualifiers for any other championship meets after that!
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