TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's and women's track & field programs begin their seasons on Saturday, December 7 with meets at Smith College. The Engineers, who are led by head coach Colin Tory, then compete at Utica College before the fall semester concludes. Competition picks up again on January 18 in another meet at Utica.

In indoor, RPI will send student-athletes to 11 meets before the NCAA Championship in Winston-Salem, N.C. The teams then transition to the outdoor season with athletes competing in 12 meets. The Outdoor Championship is to be held at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

Both the men and women had outstanding 2018-19 campaigns with the women winning four meets and the men capturing seven, including its 11th straight Liberty League Championship. Rensselaer boasted ten National All-Americans with five from the women's teams - all in the high jump - and five from the men's. 

Highlights/notables of the 2019-20 schedule include:

• 23 total meets
  • Eleven indoor
  • Twelve outdoor
    • vs. Bates, MIT and Tufts at Ned Harkness Track & Field on April 4
    • Capital District Classic at Ned Harkness Track & Field on April 25
• Smith Winter Classic on December 7
• Utica December Invitational on December 14
  • First of four trips to Utica College
    • January 18
    • February 1
    • February 8
• Five-week break from December 15 to January 17
  • Utica Invitational on January 18
• Select athletes at Harvard Crimson Elite on January 31
• Back-to-back trips to Utica
  • February 1
  • February 8
• Multi-divisional meet at Boston University on February 14-15
• Multi-divisional meet at Colgate University on February 15
• Liberty League Championship at RIT on February 28-29
  • RPI men finished second in 2018-19
  • RPI women finished third in 2018-19
• Tufts Indoor Qualifier on March 7
• NCAA Championship at JDL Fast Track on March 13-14
  • Winston-Salem, N.C.

 

• Outdoor season begins on March 21 at Wagner Invitational
  • Multi-divisional meet
• Tufts Snowflake Classic on March 28
• Home meet with Bates, MIT and Tufts on April 4
  • Ned Harkness Track & Field
• Two-day Bucknell Outdoor Classic on April 10-11
  • Multi-divisional meet
• Back-to-back meets in Massachusetts
  • Westfield State on April 11
  • Williams Invitational on April 18
• Penn Relays on April 23-25
  • Select individuals and relays to participate
• Capital District Classic on April 25
  • Ned Harkness Track & Field
• Liberty League Championship at St. Lawrence on May 1-2
  • RPI men have won 11 straight championships
  • RPI women finished third in 2018-19
• UAlbany Spring Classic on May 8
• Two late season qualifying meets 
  • At Swarthmore on May 11
  • At Williams on May 13
• NCAA Championship at St. John Fisher College on May 21-23
  • Rochester, N.Y.