Welcome to another track and field season! The team will officially toe the line, enter the circle, or get on the runway this weekend on Saturday, January 28th for our alumni meet. As usual, we will have freshmen having their first collegiate competition and 4x400m relay teams are already planning their outfits. This event will also showcase the newly resurfaced indoor track. The track has been a great upgrade to our facility and we are all excited to show it off this weekend.
It was great to host the meet outdoors last year and we heard several of your requests to keep the meet outdoors. We deliberated about the status of our alumni meet after moving it outdoors last season. However, we felt extremely lucky with perfect weather for an early-April day last year. That same meet has been canceled or postponed several of the previous years. The meet also proved to be a huge undertaking to accommodate the larger outdoor meet, the decathlon/heptathlon, and the alumni. As a compromise, we will be adding an alumni gathering to one of our outdoor meets with access to the press box to gather and watch the meet if the weather dictates. As always, alumni are welcome to compete in any of our home meets. Simply contact me and I will enter you in the event of your choosing.
This meet is always a highlight of the team. The current athletes are able to meet and put a face to some of the legendary names from the record books and Tim’s stories. If you haven’t done so, please consider attending and use the link below to register. It is truly great to see all of you there.
Thanks for reading and all of your support for this team.
Jeremy