Track and Field Announces 2016-17 Schedule

On Tuesday, head coach Dale Cowper announced the track and field team's 2016-17 indoor and outdoor schedules, highlighted by two home meets in Cardinal Park.

"With the conclusion of the cross country season last weekend I'm excited to announce our schedule for the upcoming indoor and outdoor seasons," said Cowper. "We were able to put together a quality schedule that will allow every student in our program to grow competitively while missing minimal class time throughout the spring semester. Our squads are looking forward to getting the season started at Vanderbilt in a little under two weeks."

Louisville begins the indoor portion of its schedule at the Vanderbilt Open on Dec. 3. Last season the Cardinals opened up the season with six wins at Vanderbilt. Cardinals will get another tune up before the Christmas break at the Hoosier Invite on Dec. 9.
After taking time off for winter break, the Cards will return to action with the UK Invite on Jan. 13-14 in Lexington, Ky. Last year at the UK Invite, Edwin Kibichiy and Bre'Yana Wash led the team with wins in the men's mile run and the women's long jump, respectively.

Following the UK Invite, the Cards will travel to South Bend, Ind., for the Notre Dame Invitational on Jan 21. Last year Louisville posted seven first-place finishes and 24 top-3 showings. Overall, both the men and women finished second in team competition.
They will then travel to Bloomington, Ind., for the Indiana Relays on Jan. 27-28. Last season the Cardinals wrapped up the final day at the Indiana Relays with two new school records and eight Top-3 finishes. Josh Hall won his first event of the year in the 400m run while Edwin Kibichiy set a new school record in the mile run and Jade Hawkins tied the pole vault school record.

In the first weekend of February, the Cards will travel to the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Ind. Louisville will wrap up the regular indoor season at the Music City Challenge in Nashville Feb. 10-11.

After a weekend off, the Cardinals will then travel back to South Bend, Ind., to compete in the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 23-25. The NCAA Indoor Championships will be in College Station, Texas on March 10-11.

Louisville kicks off their outdoor season with a trip to Atlanta for the Yellow Jacket Invitational on March 18. The next weekend, the Cardinals will split up and travel to Knoxville, Tenn. for the UT Rust Buster and Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays.
Louisville will then head to Austin, Texas for the Texas Relays March 30-April 1. The next weekend the Cardinals will compete in the Alabama Invitational on April 7-8.

The following weekend, the Cardinals will host their first outdoor meet of the season with the Louisville Invitational in Cardinal Park on Apr. 14-15. Last year the Cardinals wrapped up competition at the Louisville Invitational with 10 wins, 26 top three finishes and a new school record at Cardinal Park. The women's team won the team competition while the Louisville men finished third.
Louisville continues their home schedule as they host the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational two weeks later at Cardinal Park on April 28-29. Louisville won 12 events last season. Louisville finished with 11 wins at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational last season.

After staying home for two straight competitions, the Cardinals will head to the Peyton Jordan Invitational on April 30 in Stanford, Calif. Louisville wraps up the regular outdoor season before the postseason with the UK Relays on May 6. The Cardinals begin outdoor postseason competition with the ACC Outdoor Championships in Atlanta, Ga. on May 12-14.

Louisville's student-athletes who qualify for postseason competition will participate in the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Rounds in Lexington, Ky. The event runs from May 25-27 and will be held on the campus of the University of Kentucky. The pinnacle of the outdoor season, the NCAA Division Outdoor Championships, will be held in Eugene, Ore., at Hayward Field from June 7-10. The four-day event will be hosted by the University of Oregon.

The Cardinals return three All-Americans to this year's squad - Kibichiy, Henderson, and Nyemah.

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