Track and Field Announces 2009 Schedule
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | Track and Field
Three home meets, including the 2009 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, highlight the 2009 University of Florida track and field schedule, announced Wednesday by head coach Mike Holloway.
“Our schedule, as always, is set up to prepare us for the championship meets,” Holloway said. “We have our meets strategically placed to help our athletes get ready for the SEC and NCAA Championships. We are excited to host the SEC Outdoor Championships and we always look forward to hosting the Florida Relays in April.”
Florida begins the 2009 indoor season in Lexington, Ky., Jan. 16-17 at the Kentucky Invitational before returning home to play host to the second-annual Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. The Gators then travel to the SEC/Big 12 Challenge in College Station, Texas, before sending split squads to the Iowa State Classic (Ames, Iowa) and the Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) Feb. 13-14.
The SEC Indoor Championships will be hosted by the University of Kentucky for the second time in three years at its E.J. Nutter Field House Feb. 26-March 1. Florida then will send athletes to three different last-chance meets at Arkansas, Iowa State and Notre Dame before the NCAA Indoor Championships take place in College Station, Texas, March 13-14.
The outdoor season starts on March 21 when the squad travels to the UCF Black and Gold Challenge in Orlando, Fla. The next weekend, athletes travel to the Florida State Relays and the UCF Invitational, before the Gators return home to host the 65th-annual Pepsi Florida Relays at Percy Beard Track.
The team's multi-event athletes head to Azusa, Calif., to participate in the Azusa Pacific Multi's April 15-16 and then the entire team travels to SEC foe Auburn to compete in the Auburn Invitational. Florida makes its annual trip to the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia April 23-25 and closes its regular season at the Seminole Twilight Invitational in Tallahassee May 8-9.
The SEC Outdoor Championships take place in Gainesville May 14-17 before the NCAA East Regional is held May 29-30 in Greensboro, N.C. The NCAA Outdoor Championships are scheduled for June 10-13 in Fayetteville, Ark.
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2009 FLORIDA TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE
INDOOR
| Jan. 16-17 | Kentucky Invitational | Lexington, Ky. |
| Jan. 24 | Tom Jones Memorial Invitational | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Jan. 30-31 | SEC/Big 12 Challenge | College Station, Texas |
| Feb. 13-14 | Iowa State Classic | Ames, Iowa |
| Feb. 13-14 | Tyson Invitational | Fayetteville, Ark. |
| Feb. 26-March 1 | SEC Indoor Championships | Lexington, Ky. |
| March 6 | Arkansas Last Chance Meet | Fayetteville, Ark. |
| March 6-7 | Iowa State Qualifer | Ames, Iowa |
| March 6-7 | Notre Dame Last Chance Meet | South Bend, Ind. |
| March 13-14 | NCAA Indoor Championships | College Station, Texas |
OUTDOOR
| March 21 | UCF Black and Gold Challenge (W) | Orlando, Fla. |
| March 27-28 | Florida State Relays | Tallahassee, Fla. |
| March 28 | UCF Invitational | Orlando, Fla. |
| April 3-4 | Pepsi Florida Relays | Gainesville, Fla. |
| April 15-16 | Azusa Pacific Multis | Azusa, Calif. |
| April 18 | Auburn Invitational | Auburn, Ala. |
| April 23-25 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| May 8-9 | Seminole Twilight Invitational | Tallahassee, Fla. |
| May 14-17 | SEC Outdoor Championships | Gainesville, Fla. |
| May 29-30 | NCAA East Regional | Greensboro, N.C. |
| June 10-13 | NCAA Outdoor Championships | Fayetteville, Ark. |
END OF REPORT
