Busy 2012 Slate Looms for Track and Field
Jan 4, 2012 | Track & Field
Jan. 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane track and field program will open the outdoor portion of their schedule on March 1 at Tad Gormley Stadium, run eight more regular season meets and culminated the guaranteed portion of their schedule by hosting the 2012 Conference USA Championships at the City Park venue. Head coach Eric Peterson has devised a schedule that will feature nine regular season meets in five different states to test his seasoned squad.
For the second straight season, the Green Wave will open the outdoor season by hosting the Tulane Team Challenge at Tad Gormley Stadium on the first day of March. After a two week break for the NCAA Indoor Championships, the Olive and Blue will take a trip to the West Coast to compete in the Aztec Invitational on March 15-17 at the SDSU Sports Deck. The LSU Relays (March 23-24) and the Jaguar Invitational (March 31) will close out the opening month of the season for the men's and women's programs.
A trip to James G. Pressly Stadium for the Pepsi Florida Relays will kick off the month of April for the Olive and Blue, running in Gainesville, Fla. on April 6-7. Their second trip to Mobile, Ala. will come in the form of the two-day South Alabama Invitational on April 13-14 and the LSU Alumni Gold meet on Saturday, April 21 will mark the last trip for TU to Baton Rouge, La. in 2012. The prestigious Drake Relays are up next for Tulane on April 26-28, with part of the squad heading to Drake Stadium, while others will compete at the Golden Eagle Classic, hosted by Southern Miss, on April 28.
May will only feature two competitions for the Green Wave, but they are two very important meets. The Conference USA Championships return to New Orleans for the just the second time in conference history. Tulane will welcome their conference brethren to Tad Gormley Stadium on May 11-14, just as they did during the 2000 season when the championships were contested at the same site. Two weeks later, the Olive and Blue will head back to the Sunshine State for the NCAA East Regional from April 24-28 at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium.
The NCAA National Championships will be contested in Des Moines, Iowa at Drake Stadium to open the month of June. The festivities begin on Wednesday, June 6 and run through Saturday, June 9, with Ana Ruzevic looking to make her fourth straight appearance at the championships in the javelin, this time at Drake Stadium.
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