PISCATAWAY, N.J. (January 3, 2013) – The Rutgers women’s indoor track and field team will host Fordham and Temple on Jan. 4-5 at the Rutgers Invitational being held at the Indoor Bubble on Busch Campus.

The tri-meet will feature field events on Fri., Jan. 4 and track events on Sat., Jan. 5.  Events on both days will begin at 11 a.m.  It will be the second of 11 invites for the RU men’s track & field squad before beginning the championship season on Sat., Feb. 16 at the BIG EAST Championships.

In their first invitational of the 2012-13 indoor season, a pair of Scarlet Knights reached the finals of the 60 meter hurdles with BIG EAST qualifying times at the New Year's Invitational at Princeton. Freshman Kaprice James (Roselle, N.J.) made her RU debut by registering a second place finish of 8.98 (BE Qualifier) with sophomore Meagan Robinson (Burlington, N.J.) in third logging a time of 9.02 (BE Qualifier).

Friday,  January  4,  2013  -  Field  Events

11:00am - 35/20  LB. WT.   (Men  followed  by  Women)

1:00pm - Long  Jump  (Women  followed  by  Men) 

1:00pm - Pole  Vault   (Women  followed  by  Men)

1:00pm  - Shot  Put    (Men  followed  by  Women) 

3:00pm - High  Jump  (Women  followed  by  Men)

*Triple  Jump  immediately  to  follow  Men’s  Long  Jump  Final (Women  then  Men)

Saturday,  January  5,  2013  -  Running  Events (Rolling  Time  Schedule)

11:00am 

60m HH    Trials  (W)

60m  Dash Trials (M)

Mile   (W)

Mile   (M)

60m  Hurdles  Finals  (M)

60m  Hurdles  Finals  (W)

400m  (W)

400m  (M)

500m  (W)

500m  (M)

60m  Finals  (W)

60m   Finals (M)

800m  (W)

800m  (M)

1000m  (W)

1000m (M)

200m  (W)

200m  (M)

3000m  (W)

3000m  (M)  

4 x 400m  Relay  (W)

4 x 400m  Relay  (M)

4 x 800m  Relay  (W)

4 x 800m  Relay  (M)

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