NDSU Track & Field Announces 2016 Schedule

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State University track & field programs have announced their competition schedule for the upcoming 2016 season.

The indoor slate will feature three home meets this year, including the season-opening Dakota Classic on Dec. 4-5 in the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility. NDSU will also be home for the Bison Classic on Jan. 16 and the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 13.

New to the indoor schedule this season is the Air Force Team Challenge at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado on Feb. 5. The Bison will also travel to the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational for the first time since 2012.

Fort Wayne will host the 2016 Summit League Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 26-27. The NCAA Indoor Championships will take place in Birmingham, Ala., on Mar. 11-12.

The Bison women have won all eight Summit League indoor team titles since joining the league in 2008, and the NDSU men have won four out of eight championships.

The outdoor season opens at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., for the third straight year on Mar. 18-19.

NDSU will continue its tradition of competing in the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays on Apr. 14-16 and Drake Relays on Apr. 28-30. The Bison have two home meets scheduled during the outdoor season – the Lyle Hokanson Classic on Apr. 22-23 and the NDSU Tune-Up Meet on May 6.

The 2016 Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be hosted by South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D., on May 12-14.

The NCAA West Preliminary Rounds are at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., on May 26-28, with the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Ore., for the fourth straight season on June 8-11.

NDSU has won eight straight women’s outdoor titles and six consecutive men’s outdoor championships in The Summit League.