WASHINGTON – This winter, the American University track team will race at meets ranging from the DMV to Boston, with most of the meets being held in Virginia. The team will compete at seven meets in the regular season before the Patriot League Indoor Championships in Annapolis, Md. and ECAC/IC4A Championships in Boston, Mass. in early March.

The Eagles will begin their regular season later than last year, opening at the NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 17) in Staten Island and the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18) in Blacksburg, Va. The squad will return to Virginia for the Patriot Games (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) at George Mason and the Liberty Open (Feb. 7-8) at Liberty University.

A few weeks before the championship season, the squad will split, with some heading north to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational and some going south to Clemson for the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 14-15). The group will take one more trip to George Mason for the Father Diamond Invitational (Feb. 21) before turning their focus to the postseason.

After a bye week from competing, The Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships will be hosted by Navy in Annapolis, Md., on Saturday Mar. 1-Sunday Mar. 2.

The Eagles will close out their indoor season at the ECAC/IC4A Championships hosted by Boston University on Friday Mar. 7-Sunday Mar. 9. For those who qualify, it'll be the second time they compete at BU's Track & Tennis Center this season as the team prepares for the outdoor season.

The distance squad is coming off a cross country season full of firsts. The cross country team welcomed 14 freshmen, of whom nine competed in the postseason. In the second meet of the season, junior Kaden Kluth earned his first collegiate cross country win at the Lafayette Invitational (9/6) while the men took the team win for the first time in their college careers. The squad came away from the ECU Pirate Invitational (10/4) with 18 personal bests in the 8k and 6k. The Eagles closed out the season with more personal best times in the championship season, with several women PRing in the 6k at the Patriot League Championships (11/2) and all seven men at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15) earning PRs in the 10k. Graduate student June Mwaniki finished out her college career leading the team in five of seven meets, closing out with a season best in the 6k.

The track team welcomes five freshmen competing on the sprints side this season. For the women, the Eagles are bringing in Zoe Clark, Tamara Dorval, Lara Gin, and Darcy Scheiner. The men's side welcomes Brandon Williams.

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