Wednesday, November 16, 2016

2017 INdoor Previews--The Schedule

No, XC ain't over!
And Marathons & other Road races continue!
BUT--the 2016-2017 INdoor Track and Field season is just THREE DAYS away from being (hopefully) kickstarted at JDL's annual All-Comers meet!
The past couple of years has seen good HS Mile times run by Ryen Frazier (in 2014) and Nevada Mareno (2015), and we're hoping for more of the same THIS year!
But that's just the FIRST meet--the opening shot, if you will--of what COULD be a Record-setting--if not a TREND-setting--year of T&F in the United States, and around the World!!
To get a glimpse as to WHERE and WHEN these marks might be run, thrown, or jumped, following is a Schedule of meets, as well as could be gleaned from various sources, by me!

Remember, however, that I'm a one-person operation, dependent on OTHERS for much of my information.
In last year's Schedule, I said (initially) that Boston's important New Balance meet was scheduled for February 7th!
That was in error!
It took place at a later date!
To that end, please take this Schedule as it's presented--my INITIAL attempt to give you an idea of what to look forward to this INdoor season!
(While most of it is for INdoors, I'm including some OUTdoor meets & Races, if they fall within the time period included below!)

November
19th     JDL All-Comers
20th     New Delhi Half-Marathon (Eliud Kipchoge will be going for a fast time!  Possibly sub-59!)

December
2nd     Metro Season Opener (Ocean Breeze)
4th     California International Marathon (Stephanie Bruce will run this!)
          Fukuoka Marathon
10th    Jim Mitchell Invite (Armory)
           TX A&M Reveille Invite  (A&M has several meets scheduled, most included here!)
17th    Boston U Mini-Meet (Will include all of them!)
           Bishop Loughlin Games  (Ocean Breeze)
30th    Track University Invite  (Armory)
           Holiday Festival (Ocean Breeze)
31st    Boston U Mini-Meet

January
6th-7th  TX A&M High School Classic
6th-8th  Dartmouth Relays
7th         Boston U Mini-Meet
13th       Aggie Team Invite (A&M)
             Arkansas Invite (Women's PV Central--so to speak!)
14th      UW Preview  (Seattle!!  I'm including SOME meets to be held on Oversize Tracks!!)
             TX A&M Team Invite
15th      Houston Marathon & Half-Marathon
20th      Dubai Marathon  (FAST times!  Men AND Women!!)
20th-21st  Vanderbilt Invite
                 New Balance Games  (Armory)
21st       TX A&M Invite
22nd      Greater Boston TC Invite
27th       Villanova Invite
27th-28th  David Oliver Classic
               Razorback Invite  (More great PV'ing??)
               UW Invite  (Seattle's OT!)
28th       Big Apple Challenge  (Armory)
              Boston New Balance  (The BIGGIE!!!  Part of IAAF World Tour!)
              USATF 50000 Walk Championships  (Women too??)

February
1st          Dusseldorf  (2nd stop on IAAF World Tour!!  Consider these the DL's of INdoors!!)
3rd-4th   Camel City Invite  (Should be best CCI yet!!)
               Armory Track Invite  (The Armory, of course!)
               TX A&M Charlie Thomas Invite
4th          Wildcat Invite  (Ocean Breeze)
               Karlsruhe  (IAAF World Tour continues!!)
               USATF Cross Country Championships
               UW High School Invite  (Seattle again!)
9th-11th  INdoor T&F Classic (A MAJOR NEW meet--at Ford Center, home of Dallas Cowboys practices & headquarters!!  To feature Collegiate & HS athletes--3000 of them!!)
10th        Fast Track National Invite  (Ocean Breeze)
               Torun  (IAAF World Tour!  Torun is in Poland!  Had to look it up!  LOL)
10th-11th    Husky Classic  (Seattle's OT!)
11th        Millrose Games  (SHOULD be part of IAAF World Tour!!)
12th        UW Open  (Seattle!  Let's hope fast times are NOT run on OT's!!  Save them for LEGAL tracks!!)
18th       TX A&M Last Chance
              Birmingham  (Final stop on IAAF World Tour!!
23rd-25th  NCAA Collegiate Conference meets  (SEC, Big 12 & 10, ACC, etc etc!  Always a MAJOR source of top Collegiate marks--in EVERY event!!)
25th-26th  Ivy League Championships  (The Armory)

March
3rd-4th  New York State HS Championships  (Ocean Breeze)
3rd-5th  USATF Indoor Championships  (WHO will be there??)
              European Championships  (Belgrade!  Same question as above--WHO will show?)
10th-11th  NCAA Championships!!!
10th-12th  NBIN  (THE HS meet of the year!  How many HSR's WILL be broken here??)

Also during this time, look for good meets at Penn State, small European venues, as well as other Road races, and OUTdoor meets in Australia and New Zealand, AND some early OUTdoor meets--mainly Collegiate & HS level--in the Sun States--Florida, Texas, California, etc!)

I'm responsible for any errors!
But I'll try to report any changes--or additions--as they become available!

Next posts will continue my series of INdoor Previews!


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