USTFCCCA Meet Announcements

Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) will be hosting four home meets this year.

March 6 – Trinity Open
April 2 – Tiger Relays
April 10 – Trinity Alumni Classic
May 8 – Trinity Almost Last Chance

If you have any interest in attending these meets, please contact David Svoboda (210-999-8576 or david.svoboda@trinity.edu) for more information.

The University of Florida will be hosting the Tom Jones Memorial Twilight on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at Percy Beard Track on the Gainesville campus.

Interested schools should contact Mellanee Welty – MellaneeW@gators.uaa.ufl.edu or at (352) 375-4683 extension 5547.

Wisconsin Whitwater will be hosting four meets this indoor and outdoor season.

Indoor:
January 15 (Warhawk Opener)
March 5 (Karl Schlender Last Chance Meet)

Outdoors:
April 24 (UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative)
May 19 (Warhawk Twilight Last Chance Meet)

Those teams interested should contact Michael Johnson – JohnsonMJ03@uww.edu.

Christopher Newport University will be hosting four indoor and two outdoor invitational’s in their 2009-10 Collegiate Meet Series. The Vince Brown Track in the Freeman Center is a 200m flat Mondo Super-X track. The Pole Vault runway, both horizontal jumps runways, and High Jump apron are also Mondo. The outdoor track in Pomoco Stadium has been re-configured with 85m straights, two double-ended 200’+ horizontal jumps runways, a full D-zone for the High Jump, and multiple runway options for the Pole Vault. The track and jumps areas along with the Javelin runway are all Beynon BSS-1000 surfaces. The throws areas were rebuilt for 2009 with a brushed concrete Hammer/Discus circle and three brushed concrete Shot Put rings (two of which can be used concurrently in competition).

Indoor:
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 – CNU Holiday Open
Friday-Saturday, January 29th-30th, 2010 – CNU Captain’s Invitational & Multis
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 – Vince Brown Invitational
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 – CNU Last Chance Pentathlon (pending NCAA approval; date may change for NCAA Basketball Tournament)

Outdoor:
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 – Blue & Silver Challenge
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 – New Captain’s Classic

Collegiate Meet Series information is posted at http://staff.users.cnu.edu/twingard/cmeetindex.html.

All entries are done through DirectAthletics (www.directathletics.com).

Please contact Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach Tyler Wingard (twingard@cnu.edu) with any questions.

Emory University will be hosting two outdoor meets during the 2010 outdoor season. Located in Atlanta, Georgia these meets generally offer great early outdoor season weather and a wide variety of competition. Teams from all three levels of the NCAA and NAIA have participated. The Emory Invitational will take place on March 19th and 20th. The Emory Classic will include a multi-events competition on March 25th and 26th, while the track & field meet will be March 26th and 27th. Please contact John Curtin (404-727-4098, jcurtin@emory.edu) Head Track & Field Coach for more information or visit their web site at www.emoryathletics.com.

Capital University in Columbus, Ohio will be hosting three indoor track and field meets this coming indoor season:

Saturday, December 12th, Purple & White Invite, Noon for field events and 1:00 PM for running events
Saturday, January 16th, Rev. Mike Hout Invite, Noon for field events and 1:00 PM for running events
Saturday, February 20th, Rick Meindl Last Call, Noon for field events and 1:00 PM for running events

All meet information will be posted on http://www.capital.edu/25482. All interested teams should contact Fred Barends at (614) 236-6919 or email at fbarends@capital.edu.

Indiana University will be hosting the first annual Sam Bell Invitational on October 17, 2009. The course offers a beautiful rolling terrain on a challenging but offers a fair competition opportunity. The course is also home to the 2009 Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championship. Interested teams should contact Jay Arther, Director of Operations for Cross Country at jdarther@indiana.edu.

For more information please see the document below.

Indiana University Meet Information

West Virginia University will be hosting three indoor track and field meets this coming indoor season:

December 5th – WVU Holiday Classic
January 9th – WVU Invitational
January 23rd – WVU State Farm Games

All meet information will be posted on http://www.msnsportsnet.com. All interested teams should contact Ilora Cipolat at (304) 293-9875 or email at icipolat@mail.wvu.edu.

The 2010 edition of the Oregon Relays presented by Oregon Community Credit Union will feature some of the nation’s best professional, collegiate, and high school athletes on April 30-May 1. Although the meet will occur one week later than it has been held recently, the competition schedule format will remain similar. Friday night will feature distance races from 1500 meters through 10,000 meters and selected field events while a Saturday afternoon high-performance session will include the sprints, jumps, hurdles, and remaining field events. A meet information packet and competition schedule will be posted on GoDucks.com in Fall 2009.

Schools interested in competing should contact OregonMeets@gmail.com to receive an invitation and additional information.

Hayward Field will host the final regular season home meet, the Oregon Twilight, on Saturday, May 8. The spring season begins with the Oregon Preview on Saturday, March 20.

For more information on home meets hosted by the University of Oregon, please contact OregonMeets@gmail.com.

The University of Virginia will be hosting three home cross country meets this fall. The course is 100% grass with moderate hills and spectator friendly viewing areas. All collegiate teams are welcome.

September 19th – Lou Onesty Invitational
October 16th – Panorama Invitational
November 6th – Cavalier Invitational

The University of Iowa will be hosting two cross country meets this fall and four track and field meets next year.

Cross Country
September 4th – Iowa Invitational
September 18th – Hawkeye Invitational

Track & Field
January 1st – Iowa Open
Januray 19th – Iowa Invitational
April 17th – Hawkeye Invitational (Illinois)
May 1st – Musco Twilight (Wisconsin and Minnesota)

Space is limited. Interested teams should contact Scott Cappos at (319) 471-8292 or by email at scott-cappos@uiowa.edu.

The University of Southern Indiana would like to invite your team to participate in our two regular season home meets this fall.  The Stegemoller Classic typically features 5-7 teams. In the last 2 years, Rend Lake, Southern Indiana, Southeast Missouri, Bellarmine, Kentucky Wesleyan, and Oakland City have participated.  Many of the top NCAA II programs in the country will participate in the Pre-National Invitational on September 26th. This meet is open to non-DII institutions as well.

The Stegemoller Classic will take place on Friday, September 4th and the Southern Indiana Pre-National Invitational will take place on Saturday, September 26th.

For more information on either event contact Mike Hillyard at MHillyar@usi.edu.

McNeese State University will be hosting two cross country meets this fall. The McNeese State Cowboy 6mile Relay Season Opener will take place on September 4th, 2009 and the McNeese State Cowboy Stampede will take place on October 3rd, 2009. For more information on the meets visit http://www.mcneesesports.com/ or contact coach Brendon Gilroy.

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, DePauw University and Rose Hulman Institute of Technology will be co-hosting a cross country meet at the Lavern-Gibson Championships course in Terre Haute, Indiana. This course (which has hosted the Division I National meet) will be used for the 2009 Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships. The meet is open to Division I, II, III, and NAIA schools. The women will run 6k (11:00am) and the men 8k (11:45am). Please contact Coach Kori Stoffregen(DePauw) at kstoffregen@depauw.edu for further information.