Wesleyan to Host 2001 Track & Field Championships

HARTFORD, Conn. – Wesleyan University will host the 2001 NESCAC Outdoor Track Championships Saturday, April 28-Sunday, April 29. In last year's championship, the Middlebury women's team won its second conference title in three years. On the men's side, Bates won its first title, ending an eight-year run by Williams.

The championships should feature strong competition as several NESCAC teams scored in this year's NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Williams and Middlebury women each finished in the top-12 in the national indoor championship and five NESCAC schools finished among the top-30. Middlebury and Tufts each finished in the top-30 in the men's championship.

Williams has won 10 men's conference titles and eight women's titles, including four consecutive women's championships from 1994-97. Tufts captured three consecutive women's titles from 1986-88, and Bowdoin won back-to-back women's conference championships in 1992 and 1993. Colby won the men's title in 1986. Trinity captured back-to-back men's NESCAC titles in 1988 and 1989, and Tufts won the men's title in 1991.

The championship gets under way at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at the K. Tucker Andersen '63 Outdoor Track with the day's final event (10,000 meters) scheduled to take place at 5:50 p.m. Sunday's competition starts at 10 a.m. with the final event of the championship (1,600 meter relay) slated to begin at 3:40 p.m. A link to each day's results will be available on the NESCAC web site.