BATON ROUGE – The LSU Track & Field teams are set to make their first trip of the 2015 indoor season to the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this weekend as they compete against many of the nation’s top teams at the two-day Razorback Invitational running Friday and Saturday at the University of Arkansas.
It marks the first of three trips to the Randal Tyson Track Center for the Tigers and Lady Tigers this season as it will also play host to the Tyson Invitational and NCAA Championships in the coming weeks.
The University of Arkansas will play host to its annual Tyson Invitational indoor meet over two days from Feb. 13-14, while the Tigers and Lady Tigers will wrap up their indoor season with a return trip for the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships running March 13-14 ahead of the start of the outdoor season.
Friday’s action at the Razorback Invitational gets underway for the Tigers and Lady Tigers at 5 p.m. CT in the field events followed by the first preliminary races on the track at 5:20 p.m. CT. The event continues Saturday with the first events on the track at noon CT followed by the first field events of the day at 1 p.m. and running through the 4×400-meter relays beginning at 4:15 p.m.
The SEC Network will feature one hour of live coverage each day at this year’s Razorback Invitational as fans can tune in from 5-6 p.m. CT on Friday and 12-1 p.m. CT on Saturday. Extended coverage of the event will be streamed live online on the SEC Network+ using ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app from 5-8:30 p.m. on Friday and 12-4:45 p.m. on Saturday.
Fans can also follow all of the action in Lexington by following @LSUTrackField on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lsutrackfield and liking LSU Track & Field on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/lsutrackfield.
The Tigers and Lady Tigers will compete among 17 nationally-ranked programs at the Razorback Invitational this weekend. The No. 9-ranked Tigers join the likes of No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 7 Stanford, No. 10 Texas, No. 15 Florida State, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Purdue, No. 23 Iowa State, Kansas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Tulsa on the men’s side; while the Lady Tigers will line up alongside such clubs as No. 1 Florida, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 5 Arkansas, No. 7 Texas, No. 10 Stanford, No. 11 Florida State, No. 13 Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Purdue and Tulsa on the women’s side.
LSU Track & Field will compete at Arkansas’ Razorback Invitational for the fourth time in five seasons while making its return to one of the nation’s premier regular-season meets this weekend following a brief hiatus in 2014. The Tigers and Lady Tigers most recently appeared in the competition in three-straight seasons from 2011-13 at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
After competing at the Razorback Invitational this weekend, the Tigers and Lady Tigers will head West to the Albuquerque Convention Center to compete at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic running Feb. 6-7 near the University of New Mexico. They will then make their return to the University of Arkansas in two weeks to compete at the Tyson Invitational running Feb. 13-14.