Riverside—The UC Riverside Track & Field Teams welcome nine other universities to the Inland Empire this week for the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic, March 26-28.
Joining the Highlanders for this three-day event are student-athletes from Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Cornell, Long Beach State, North Dakota State, Southern Utah, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and Oregon State.
The multi-events are slated for Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27. The Decathlon begins Thursday at 11 am PT with the 100m followed by the Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump and 400m. The Heptathlon gets underway at noon with the 100m Hurdles, followed by the High Jump, Shot Put and 200m.
Friday's activities also start at 10 am with the remaining five Decathlon events—110m Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin and 1,500m. The Heptathlon concludes at noon with the Long Jump, Javelin and 800m.
Also scheduled for Friday are the Women's and Men's Hammer Throw, which begin at 3 pm.
Saturday's field events start at 10 am with the Women's Shot Put, Men's Javelin and Women's Pole Vault. The final field event of the day is the Men's Discus at 4 pm.
The opening ceremonies and national anthem take place at 12:40 pm, with Track Events getting underway with the Women's Steeple at 1 pm. The meet concludes at 6 pm with the Men's 4x400m Relay.
