New Balance Collegiate Invitational 2010

photo courtesy of Reccentral.net (lots of NJ alum photos from this meet)

Neely Spence (Shippensburg) won the 5000m Championship in 16:13.01.

Columbia freshman Kyle Merber (Half Hollow Hills West) talks about college and his PR in the 3,000 at 8:09.01

New Rochelle grad and North Carolina sophomore Elizabeth Mott speaks after the trial heats of the womens 400

Marcellus senior Michael Quercia talks to Christopher Hunt after winning the junior boys 600 in 1:19.37, US #8 all-time.

Texas A&M, NCAA national  champions last spring for men and women, returns to the Armory for the 2010 New Balance Collegiate Invitational Feb. 5-6. The Aggies, coached by Pat Henry, were women’s team champions at last year’s NB meet as well. Baylor won the men’s.

Photos courtesy of PhotoRun.net

Coaches are reminded that entries will close at Noon EST Tuesday,  January 26.    MAKE SURE YOU FINISH BEFORE THAT TIME.

The University of Cincinnati indoor track and field team competes in its final tune up prior to the BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships when it travels to New York City for the New Balance Invitational Feb. 5-6 at the Armory Track. The Bearcats will get a feel for the venue as it will return to the Armory track Feb. 20-21 when it returns for the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.

Stevens' twins roll to US#1-2 in the 3200 yesterday.  Lots of US#1's in New York, big performances @ Boo Williams in VA, Lipari/Hatz in Reebok BIG miles!  (Photo by Frank Locascio)

On Friday, events begin at 10 a.m. CST. On Saturday, events begin at 8:15 a.m. CST.

On Friday, events begin at 10 a.m. CST. On Saturday, events begin at 8:15 a.m. CST.

Photo by Timothy O'Dowd, IrishRunner.com

BATON ROUGE - A championship atmosphere awaits the LSU track and field teams this weekend as they make their annual trip to the New Balance Track & Field Center in New York to compete in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

The Xavier men's and women's track and field team is headed to the Big Apple to take part in the nationally recognized New Balance Collegiate Invitational held at the Armory Track & Field Center on February 5-6. XU will be competing with over 100 universities and colleges including reigning NCAA national champions No. 1 Texas A&M.

For the first time this season, the University of Houston track and field team will split up to compete in two separate meets. Invited Cougars will travel to New York, for the New Balance Invitational on Feb. 5-6, while the remainder of the team will stay in Houston for the UH All-Comers Meet on Feb. 6 at the Yeoman Fieldhouse.

After much success at The Armory, the women's track and field squad will return for the New Balance Collegiate Invitational on Friday and Saturday and look to add more conference qualifiers in the final weekend before the BIG EAST Championships.

At the New York Armory tonight, several of Virginia's best middle distance runners will be racing at the New Balance Games Collegiate Games junior 1000 meter races featuring many of the fastest this season nationally in the event. MileSplit US affiliate ArmoryTrack.com is providing a live webcast of tonight's races at: https://ny.milesplit.com/pages/Webcast2010

Midlothian senior Kathleen Lautzenheiser made her presence known in junior girls 1000 meter race at the New Balance Collegiate Games on Friday in New York City making a strong move for the lead and ended up with a VA #6 all-time performance in her fourth place showing.

The U-M quartet of Rebecca Addison, Jillian Smith, Danielle Tauro and Shana Vinson placed seventh in the distance medley relay on day one of the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

While Anthony Kostelac was a no show for Friday's anticipated 1000 meter showdown with some of top middle distance preps on the East Coast at the New Balance Collegiate Games (potentially due to the snowstorm which has hit the Mid Atlantic this weekend), three other Virginians participated and posted fine times in the race.

Live Webcast of New Balance InviteLive Scoring for VT ElitePodcast with Michelle NewmanThe University of North Carolina track and field team got off to a fast start Friday at the New Balance Invitational at the Armory Track & Field center. A total of 11 sprinters and hurdlers were in competition Friday, as the track and field team split up this weekend as fellow teammates traveled to Blacksburg, Va. to compete in the Virginia Tech Invite.

Five victories and six runner-up performances highlighted the first day of the New Balance Collegiate Invitational held at the Armory in New York City.

Freshman Hayden Baillio led a 1-2 finish in the shot put as Texas opened competition at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City on Friday. Baillio won his fourth straight shot put event, while sophomore Jacob Thormaehlen set a big personal best to finish second.

Photos by Mary DiBiase Blaich and Kim Spir