Track & Field Opens 2025 Season Jan. 17 at LSU

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the 2025 indoor and outdoor schedules for the track & field program Tuesday.

UTRGV begins its indoor season Jan. 17 at the LSU Purple Tiger in Baton Rouge, La. The next two meets will be hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock, starting with the Stan Scott Invite & Multi on Jan. 30-Feb. 1 followed by the Jarvis Scott Invitational Feb. 14-15.

The Vaqueros will compete at their first Southland Conference Indoor Championships March 2-3 at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala. The NCAA Indoor Championships are slated for March 14-15 in Virginia Beach, Va.

UTRGV’s outdoor season begins March 21-22 at the Charles Austin Classic in San Marcos. The Vaqueros return to San Marcos for the Bobcat Invitational being held March 27-29 before making another trip to Lubbock for the Masked Rider scheduled for April 4-5.

UTRGV returns to a pair of familiar meets to close out the month of April, competing first at the Cactus Cup in Kingsville on April 12 before heading to the J. Fred Duckett Twilight hosted by Rice on April 26. The final non-conference meet will be Texas A&M’s Alumni Muster on May 3 in Bryan-College Station.

The Vaqueros will return to Rice’s Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field for the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships set for May 15-17. Qualifying student-athletes will compete in the NCAA West First Round May 28-31 back in College Station. The NCAA Outdoor Championships are slated for June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore.

“We are eager to kick off our 2025 season. Our competition schedule gets stronger every year, and our team is a direct reflection of that. We have very significant goals as a program, and we have the unique advantage of competing against the best in the country to help us attain those goals,” head track & field/cross country coach Shareese Hicks said. “Not only are we ready to take part in prestigious meets, but we are contenders within those competitions. Our team is filled with high character, talented, motivated student-athletes who deserve to be put in positions that can lead to success. This schedule shows that we have accomplished that.”