The American University men's and women's track teams will head to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., this weekend for the 2010 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships.  Several athletes are poised to contend for titles on both squads as the teams look to improve upon their performances from last season.

The men's team will look to flex its muscle in the middle distance and distance events, starting on Saturday afternoon when the trio of Colin Eustis, Josh Olsen, and Ryan Williams compete in the 5,000 meter run.  The three competitors are ranked seventh through ninth in the conference in the competition.

Also competing for the men's team on Saturday will be the men's 4x800 meter relay team of Dan King, Morgan Block, James Cannon, and Conor Sullivan.  The team will look to improve upon its fourth-place finish in the event at the 2009 indoor championships and second-place finish at the 2009 outdoor championship meet.

Competition continues on Sunday with the mile run where Jeff Brannigan leads a trio of Eagles into action.  Brannigan, who ran a season and personal-best time of 4:10.88 at the George Mason Patriot Games on January 30, is ranked third in the Patriot League.  He will be joined by Sullivan and Craig Brown who are ranked fifth and seventh in the conference, respectively.

Sullivan will return to the track for his third event of the weekend as the top overall seed in the men's 1,000 meter. He will be joined on the starting line by Chris Tonn who is seeded seventh in the event.

The men's team closes out individual competition in the 3,000 meter run where Eustis and Brannigan hold the top two times in the conference this season.  The Eagles finish up the weekend with the distance medley relay and 4x400 relay.

The women's team will also bring several highly-ranked competitors into this year's championship meet.  On Saturday, Rachel Forcino will compete in the 5,000 meter run as the top seed in the conference after running a personal-best 17:30.44 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational on February 5.  In addition, the women's team of Tina Thomas, Katherine Hekker, Erin Koch, and Tara Jakubik will compete in the 4x800 relay.

On Sunday, Koch will take to the track again in the 1,000 meter run where she is currently ranked second in the conference.  She ran 2:57.76 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational which set a new personal-best for her in the event by almost three seconds.

Later in the day, it will be Forcino's turn to take the track again, this time competing in the 3,000 meter run. She is ranked fourth in the Patriot League with a time of 10:12.97 which she ran at the George Mason Patriot Games.

Competition at the 2010 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships begins on Friday, February 19, and runs through Sunday, February 21.  This year's meet is being held at Gillis Field House on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy.  For more information on the meet, including full meet results throughout the weekend, click here.