SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo men's and women's track head coach Kent Reiber announced the 2020 schedule Thursday morning for both programs. The Lions will compete in four indoor meets this year with 13 outdoor events listed on the ledger.
 
The Lions open the spring at the Emory Crossplex Showdown in Birmingham, Ala. on January 19. It will be the first of three trips to Birmingham for the Lions with the hope of a fourth. Saint Leo will compete at the Crossplex in Birmingham January 24-25 and February 2 as well with hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships which will also take place in Birmingham March 13-14.
 
The only other indoor meet on the schedule for the Lions will take place February 7-8 in Columbia, S.C. as part of the South Carolina Invitational.
 
Outdoor season will begin Friday, February 21 as the Lions travel down the road to Tampa to take part in the UT Track Invitational. The very next week the Lions will return to the Spartans home facility for the UT Track Classic. The two trips to Tampa along with meets at USF, UCF and Embry-Riddle are scheduled to feature the entire Saint Leo track team while the remaining eight meets on the schedule will be a select few student-athletes who qualify in certain events.
 
Highlighting some of the qualification events are trips to the Raleigh Relays, the Pepsi Florida Relays, the Bison Outdoor Classic hosted by Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa and the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo.
 
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