The Auburn University Track and Field team will get set to host the Tiger Track Classic at the Hutsell-Rosen Track in Auburn on April 4-5.
"It's kind of nice to have a week where we can sleep in our own bed and be home to compete," said Auburn head coach Ralph Spry. "It's not like football, basketball or baseball where we have several competitions at home. We only have two a year, so it's always nice to have family and friends to come watch them compete."
This will be the second consecutive weekend where both the outdoor track and field teams will be in action.
The men's and women's track and field teams competed in two separate events last weekend. One was held in Austin, Texas at the Texas Relays, while the other was held in Atlanta, Ga. at the Yellow Jacket Invite.
Auburn's 4x100 relay team, which consists of three freshmen, finished fourth at the Texas Relays with a time of 39.27.
"Right now, our relay team is fourth in the nation," said freshman Michael Cheeks. "That 39.1 time is a really good time so that qualifies us for nationals and could even place us in nationals."
The majority of the success came at the Yellow Jacket Invite, where Auburn succeeding in winning five events.
The events won included shotput, discus, javelin and the women's 800m.
"It was a really exciting meet," said sophomore Rachel Dincoff. "I wasn't expecting to win, but I wanted to just go in there and do my best. I end up having a 4-meter personal record, so I was just ecstatic about it."
Spry would like to see the Tigers continue to improve each week and after each meet.
"The goal was to get the ball rolling and get one under our belt," Spry said. "We always like to get one under our belt, whether it be the indoor or first outdoor competition, and we can build off that."
Auburn will look to build on that success this weekend as the Tigers welcome teams to Auburn for the Classic.
The events are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. April 5 and will run through the majority of the day April 6.
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