STORRS, Conn.- The UConn men's and women's track & field teams kick off their 2024-2025 season on Thursday, December 5th and Friday December 6th, as they host the UConn Husky Challenge at the Hugh Greer Field House in Storrs.
Both teams come into the '24-'25 indoor season after their third consecutive indoor/outdoor championship sweep of the BIG EAST. The men won their 22nd conference championship in program history with the outdoor victory last May, with the women taking home their 12th conference championship.
The Huskies will welcome in student-athletes from UMass, UMass Lowell, AIC, Yale, and Northeastern. The meet will span two days, Thursday and Friday. Thursday kicks off with the multi-events. The pentathlon will start at noon and heptathlon will begin at 12:30 pm.
The final three heptathlon events will start Friday, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday's field events will begin at 11:00 AM.
Field Events:
- High Jump
- Weight Throw
- Long Jump
- Pole Vault
- Shot Put
- Triple Jump
Friday's track events will close out the meet starting at 4pm.
Events:
- 60 Meter Hurdle (Prelim and Final)
- 60 Meter Dash (Prelim and Final)
- 500 Meter Dash
- 600 Meter Run
- 300 Meter Dash
- 1000 Meter Run
- 3000 Meter Run
- 4x400 Meter Relay
Quote from Director of Track & Field Beth Alford-Sullivan:
"It is exciting to open the 2024-25 track and field season with a home competition. Our indoor track is a spectacular place for a small meet and Thursday and Friday will be some great competition for our teams. We are thrilled to see the Big East championship teams open a new season and strive towards winning again!!"
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