TRACK & FIELD: Lutes Host First Home Meet Since 2003 Season

THIS WEEK: Pacific Lutheran hosts the first-ever PLU Invitational on Saturday, March 17. Field events get underway at 9 a.m. and track events start at 10 a.m.

FINALLY, A HOME MEET: It’s been a long wait – the 2003 Northwest Conference championship meet to be exact – but Pacific Lutheran once again will host a track meet on its own facility. The PLU Invitational is scheduled for this Saturday morning and afternoon. The first event, the women’s hammer throw, gets underway at 9 a.m. The track events start at 10 a.m. with a combined men and women’s 10,000-meter run. The PLU Invitational is expected to last until approximately 4 p.m. A total of 228 athletes have been entered in the meet. They represent 10 different schools, and there are a small number of unattached athletes also competing. Among the schools joining Pacific Lutheran are Central Washington, Western Washington, Alaska Anchorage, Cascade College, Evergreen State and Saint Martin’s. A couple of competitors from USC and Washington are also entered.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE PLU INVITATIONAL: The Pacific Lutheran Invitational takes the place of the annual Salzman Invitational, which attracted some of the top track and field teams from Northwest. While the Salzman was always a scored meet, the PLU Invitational will not be scored.

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