SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA outdoor track & field program officially opens its 2018 campaign as hosts to the annual UTSA Invitational on Friday-Saturday, March 16-17 at the Park West Athletics Complex.
The event
Friday's action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with the hammer and shot put. The javelin then will be contested at 5 p.m. and that will be followed by the 3,000-meter steeplechase (7 p.m.) and 5k (7:50 p.m.). The remaining field events will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday and the rest of the running disciplines will start at 2 p.m. with a rolling schedule (click HERE for a complete meet schedule).
UTSA's track & field facility boasts the only Olympic-quality running surface in South Texas. Marked with wider lanes and enhanced subsurface support, the track was constructed to host national and international meets, as well as NCAA Championship events. The stadium currently includes 1,000 seats and a spacious state-of-the-art press box. Open areas surrounding the facility have been designed to house temporary seating up to 10,000 for national and international competitions.
This weekend will mark the squad's first action in nearly a month, as it last competed from Feb. 17-18 at the Conference USA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala.
Admission to both days of the meet is FREE.
The competition
UTSA will compete against Alabama, Purdue, Texas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Tech and UTRGV.
Roadrunner competitors
UTSA will field 61 total men's entries, including a team-high six competitors in the 1,500-meter run. The women have 47 total entries with a team-high seven in the hammer throw.
Quoting UTSA director of track & field Aaron Fox
"What we try to do for this meet is make it competitive, but low key, and we've invited some good teams. Our goal as a team is to get some marks established and work on what we have been practicing. We want to compete, but not get anyone injured as it is early in the outdoor season and we just got done with the indoor season."
Results
Live results can be found HERE and final results will be available on goUTSA.com following the event.
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