SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah track & field team officially released its outdoor schedule on Wednesday that features 13 regular-season meets before heading into the championships season.
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The outdoor season is scheduled to kick off on the weekend of March 22 in a familiar place at Loker Track Stadium for the Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif. Utah will then return to the Beehive State for the UVU Invitational on March 28.
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Utah's first split weekend of the outdoor season takes place the first of April with some competing at the Stanford Invitational (April 4-5) and some competing at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on the campus of UCLA (April 5).
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It'll then get to return home and compete at the Weber State Spring Classic (April 11) before hosting the annual Utah Spring Classic on Saturday, April 12, after 2024 edition of the Utah Spring Classic was canceled last season due to snow.
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The Women of Utah will then send a group to race at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 16) the following week while another group heads to the PNW for the Oregon Team Open (April 18) and Oregon Team Invitational (April 19) at the reimagined Hayward Field.
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Utah once again returns to the Des Moines, Iowa, for the 115th running of the Drake Relays (April 24-26) on the famed blue oval at Drake Stadium. Meanwhile, a squad will head to The Farm to compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational (April 25).
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A busy final week of the regular-season has a majority of the squad heading down south to compete at the Robison Invitational (April 29 – May 1) while a select group heads to the Tucson, Ariz., for the Desert Heat Classic (May 3).
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The Women of Utah will then get a couple weeks to rest and recover before hitting the championships season in full-stride starting with the Big 12 Championships (May 15-17) in Lawrence, Kan.
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Should any Utes record qualifying marks for the NCAA West Preliminaries (May 29 & 31), they'll head to College Station, Texas, on the campus of Texas A&M University to compete at Cushing Stadium. The NCAA Championships will once again return to the reimagined Hayward Field with the women set to compete on June 12 & 14.
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