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Univ of New Mexico
High Schools Invitational
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THE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW MEXICO First to the Finish High School Invitational
Entry Deadline February 10th Super Albuquerque
Invitational Host New Mexico
and the visiting athletes from Arizona, BYU, California, Colorado
State, Florida State, LSU, Portland State, Texas A&M, USC,
and UTEP combined to record 44 provisional and seven automatic
qualifying marks for the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championship meet. Twenty-seven
of the 32 events today had at least one athlete surpass the NCAA The inaugural Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational indoor track & field meet hosted by The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque certainly did not disappoint as it provided solid times and marks. The final results saw 44 NCAA provisional and 7 automatic marks met. The highlights included USC's Virginia Powell speed to a winning time of 8.08 in the women's 60 meter hurdles. LSU's Xavier Carter started his season out with a bang while taking the men's 200 meter title in 20.74. Texas A&M's Fabrice Lapierre claimed the long jump at 26-01.75 and Florida State's Rafeeq Curry came away with the triple jump with his mark of 54-05.50. Nearly identical to the track used by the University of Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center, Albuquerque's new indoor facility received rave reviews from athletes, coaches and fans. Like the Arkansas facility, which has been the site of every NCAA Indoor Championship meet since 2000, Albuquerque and University of New Mexico officials believe the city now has an indoor track that will be a destination for some of the nation¹s premier events. It's great to see other cities and schools pour in money for facilities and meets to promote our sport. The sky is the limit for Albuquerque and University of New Mexico.
2006 Indoor Meet Information Page TRACK AND FIELD 2006 Indoor Meet Information
Remaining
2006 Season Schedule University of New Mexico
Invitational Albuquerque Invitational Green Chile All Comers First to the Finish High School Invitational Mountain West Conference Meet Coaches, We really want to make these meets as high quality and efficient as possible. Our goal is to host and provide a highly competitive and exciting atmosphere for the student athletes and spectators alike. We also want to strive to accommodate desirable team travel needs following the conclusion of the meet. Please keep this in mind while entering your athletes. If you have any questions at all, please email us at [email protected] or call us at the office at 505-925-5735. Matt Henry Facility All indoor meets are held at the Albuquerque Convention Center located in downtown Albuquerque. The track is a state-of-the-art 200-meter 60-degree banked Mondo surfaced track with six 36” lanes on the oval. The straight is a panel system Mondo surface with eight 42” lanes, which is also the surface for the high jump. The pole vault, long jump and triple jump are on raised runways with Mondo surfacing. The throwing ring is a wood surface. Track History Good timing, a proactive city council and an irresistible sale all contributed to the return of indoor track and field to the Albuquerque after nearly a 20-year absence. During the spring of 2004 Albuquerque city leaders learned of a $1 million unused and undamaged indoor track sitting in storage in Canada that could be purchased for a mere $500,000. The state-of-the-art Mondo track had originally been ordered, then later declined, for use in the Los Angeles Staples Center arena. The track finally found a home inside the Convention Center in downtown Albuquerque and made its debut on Jan. 15, 2005 for the inaugural Albuquerque All-Comers meet. Nearly identical to the track used by the University of Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center, Albuquerque¹s new indoor facility received rave reviews from athletes, coaches and fans. Like the Arkansas facility, which has been the site of every NCAA Indoor Championship meet since 2000, Albuquerque and University of New Mexico officials believe the city now has an indoor track that will be a destination for some of the nation¹s premier events. The Albuquerque All-Comers meet marked the University of New Mexico¹s first indoor competition at home since hosting the 1987 Western Athletic Conference Championships in Tingley Coliseum at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Current UNM assistant coach Scott Steffan, who competed at the '87 WAC Championships as freshman decathlete, said the new indoor track will provide a tremendous boost to the head coach Matt Henry's rejuvenated Lobo track and field program. The U.S. Air Force Academy has hosted every Mountain West Conference Indoor Championship meet since the league formed in 1999, but UNM coaches are hoping for a change of venue as early as next year. "We've now joined Air Force as the only two programs in the Mountain West that have NCAA regulation sized indoor track facilities," said Steffan. "We're going to host one meet this year, but, with the city's help, we would like to once again make Albuquerque one of the country's top destinations for indoor track competition. We've already put in a bid to host the 2006 conference meet and we think this could be a future site for the NCAA Championships as well, which is great for our recruits to know." In the mid-60s Albuquerque was one of the nation's elite indoor track and field locations. The 1966 AAU Indoor Nationals (now known as the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships) drew a two-day total of nearly 20,000 fans to Tingley Coliseum and was featured on the March 14 cover of Sports Illustrated. Albuquerque officials were able to lure the meet away from its regular home at Madison Square Garden in New York City that year. As written on this page: http://golobos.collegesports.com/facilities/nm-convention-center.html For more information on the track and field meets coming in 2006, click here (http://golobos.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/nm-c-track-body.html)
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