BOONE, N.C. - App State Director of Track & Field/Cross Country
Damion McLean announced the 2024-25 men's and women's track & field schedule on Monday. The season will feature one home indoor meet as well as three outdoor meets. The Mountaineers will also host a high school meet during the outdoor season.
"The schedule allows our athletes to be competitive each week as we prepare for the Sun Belt Championships," said McLean. "We've added places we haven't been to in a while, like Clemson and the Penn Relays, which will add another high level of competition to the schedule."
Women's Indoor Track & Field Schedule
The women's track and field team will open the indoor season with the John Weaver Invitational on Dec. 6-7 in Boone. The Mountaineers will make a pair of trips to Blacksburg, Va. for the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18) and Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 7-8). App State will also make appearances at Clemson's Orange & Purple Invitational (Jan. 24-25) and Liberty's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 14-15).
The Sun Belt Indoor Championships will be held in Birmingham, Ala. on Feb. 24-25. The NCAA Indoor Championships will take place in Virginia Beach, Va. on Mar. 14-15.
Men's & Women's Outdoor Track & Field Schedule
The men's and women's squads will open the outdoor season on March 14-15 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Mountaineers' outdoor slate will feature three home meets - the Mountaineer First Chance (March 21), App State Open (April 18-19), and Sunday Night Qualifier (May 18).
The Mountaineers will head to the Triangle for a pair of meets this season as they make appearances at N.C. State's Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C. (March 27-29) as well as the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C. (Apr. 11-12). The Black and Gold will also make an appearance at the Penn Relays, which are the oldest and largest track & field competition in the United States. The Penn Relays, also known as the Penn Relay Carnival, have been hosted annually since Apr. 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania.
The Sun Belt Championships are slated for May 8-10 and will be hosted by James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va. The Mountaineers will host a Sunday Night Qualifier in Boone on May 18 before the NCAA East Preliminary Round, which will be held in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 28-31.
The NCAA Championships will be held June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore. The USATF U20 Championships and USATF Elite Championships will both be held in Eugene later in the summer.
2024-25 Track & Field Schedule
Indoor Schedule
Dec. 6-7 - John Weaver Invitational - Boone, N.C.
Jan. 17-18 - Virginia Tech Invitational - Blacksburg, Va.
Jan. 24-25 - Orange & Purple Invitational - Clemson, S.C.
Feb. 7-8 - Doc Hale Invitational - Blacksburg, Va.
Feb. 14-15 - Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational - Lynchburg, Va.
Feb. 24-25 - Sun Belt Indoor Championships - Birmingham, Ala.
Mar. 14-15 - NCAA Indoor Championships - Virginia Beach, Va.
Outdoor Schedule
Mar. 14-15 - Myrtle Beach Invitational - Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Mar. 21 - Mountaineer First Chance - Boone, N.C.
Mar. 27-29 - Raleigh Relays - Raleigh, N.C.
Apr. 5 - App State Open (High School Meet) - Boone, N.C.
Apr. 11-12 - Duke Invitational - Durham, N.C.
Apr. 18-19 - App State Open - Boone, N.C.
Apr. 24-26 - Penn Relays - Philadelphia, Pa.
May 8-10 - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships - Harrisonburg, Va.
May 18 - Sunday Night Qualifier - Boone, N.C.
May 28-31 - NCAA East Preliminary Round - Jacksonville, Fla.
June 11-14 - NCAA Championships - Eugene, Ore.
June. 19-22 - USATF U20 Outdoor Championships - Eugene, Ore.
July 31-Aug. 3 - USATF Elite Outdoor Championships - Eugene, Ore.
