Men's Schedule |
Women's Schedule
TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's and women's track & field programs began their seasons on Saturday with meets at the Reggie Lewis Center, the home of the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championship. The Engineers, who are led by head coach
Colin Tory, performed well in the multi-divisional, non team scoring competitions and continue their seasons this weekend at Utica College.
Including Saturday, RPI has nine meets before its qualifiers return to Boston for the national championship. The teams then transition to the outdoor season and compete in 11 meets.
Both the men and women had outstanding 2017-18 campaigns with the women boasting five top 3 finishes, while the men earned seven. Among Rensselaer's men's three victories was its 10th straight Liberty League Outdoor Championship. The Engineers then went on to finish a school record fifth at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, highlighted by a national championship performance in the 5000 meters by
Grant O'Connor. Also the Division III runner-up in the 10000 meters, O'Connor was named the USTFCCCA National Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year - the first in school history.
Highlights/notables of the 2018-19 schedule include:
- 21 total meets
- Ten indoor
- Eleven outdoor
- Capital District Classic at Ned Harkness Track & Field on April 29
- Liberty League Championship at Ned Harkness Track & Field on May 3-4
- UMass Boston Season Opener on December 2
- Utica December Invitational on December 8
- First of three trips to Utica
- Six-week break from December 9 to January 19
- Middlebury Winterfell on January 19
- Also at Middlebury on February 16
- Meet in world renowned New York City Armory on February 8
- Multi-divisional meet at Boston University on February 8-9
- Liberty League Championship at Ithaca College on February 22-23
- RPI men finished second in 2017-18
- RPI women finished fourth in 2017-18
- NCAA Championship at Reggie Lewis Center on March 8-9
- Outdoor season begins on March 23 with trip to Goucher College in Baltimore
- Meets in Boston area on consecutive weekends
- At Tufts Snowflake Classic on March 30
- At MIT on April 6
- Two-day Bucknell Outdoor Classic on April 13-14
- Mid-week meet at Hamilton on April 16
- Penn Relays on April 25-27
- Select individuals and relays to participate
- Capital District Classic at Ned Harkness Track & Field on April 29
- Liberty League Championship at Ned Harkness Track & Field on May 3-4
- RPI men is 10-time defending champion
- RPI women finished fourth in 2017-18
- Ithaca and Rochester now competing as league members
- Late season qualifying meets on May 13 and May 16
- At Swarthmore on May 13
- TBD on May 16
- NCAA Championship at SPIRE Institute on May 23-25
