Track and Field Scheduled to Start Competition for 2013 FAU's track and field team is preparing for the start of its 2013 schedule. FAU will be competing against more than 100 teams throughout this competitive season.
"This year we were able to put together a very competitive and challenging schedule," said Alex Smolka, head coach of FAU's track and field team. "It should get us ready to compete well at the indoor and outdoor conference championships."
The indoor season is set to begin on Thursday, Jan. 17 at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville. The Owls will then head back to Gainesville the following week to compete in the Jimmy Carnes Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 26.
The season will continue with three meets in February that will take the team up north to compete at the Akron Invitational in Ohio and the BU Valentine Invitational in Massachusetts. The Owls will finish up the indoor season at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, competing against the conference's 12 teams on Sunday, Feb. 24 and Monday, Feb. 25.
The 2013 outdoor season is scheduled to begin on Friday, March 15th at the UM Hurricane Invitational, a two-day event, in Coral Gables. The following weekend, the University of Miami will host its second invitational in which the Owls will be competing. The outdoor season continues in March and April with FAU competing in six track and field meets throughout the state of Florida. The team then travels to Philadelphia for the three-day Penn Relays on Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27.
The Owls will travel to Miramar for the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships on Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12. The 2013 outdoor season's last scheduled meet is the NCAA East Preliminary Round on Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The top 48 in each event compete and then the top 12 qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships two weeks later.
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