UNM 2024-25 Indoor Track & Field Schedule Unveiled
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico Track & Field’s full 2024-25 indoor schedule is out now to the public, with four home meets and 2025 Mountain West Indoor Championships hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The Lobos have nine regular-season meets on the docket for the upcoming indoor season, with all four home meets in Albuquerque set to be exclusively live streamed via FloTrack. UNM will also host 2025 Mountain West Indoor Championships in Albuquerque — the 10th season in a row in which MW Championships are hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the 15th time overall.
Albuquerque has become known for hosting elite indoor track competition on its world-class surface at the Convention Center — at the conclusion of last season, 23 times or marks that ranked among the Top 10 in the nation their respective events on the NCAA D-I Indoor Qualifying List were produced in Albuquerque.
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| 2024-25 UNM INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE | ||
| DATE(S) | MEET | LOCATION (HOST) |
| Dec. 7 | Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener | Boston, Mass. (Boston U) |
| Jan. 18 | Corky Classic | Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) |
| Jan. 24-25 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational | Albuquerque Convention Center |
| Jan. 31-Feb. 1 | New Mexico Team Open | Albuquerque Convention Center |
| Jan. 31-Feb. 1 | UW Invitational | Seattle, Wash. (Washington) |
| Feb. 7-8 | New Mexico Collegiate Classic | Albuquerque Convention Center |
| Feb. 14-15 | Don Kirby Elite Invitational | Albuquerque Convention Center |
| Feb. 14-15 | Husky Classic | Seattle, Wash. (Washington) |
| Feb. 22 | Alex Wilson Invitational | Notre Dame, Ind. (Notre Dame) |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 1 | Mountain West Indoor Championships | Albuquerque Convention Center |
| Mar. 14-15 | NCAA Indoor National Championships | Virginia Beach, Va. |
A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
Fresh off the conclusion of the cross country season, the Lobos are right back to business at the BU Colyear-Danville Opener on Dec. 7 in Boston – a meet known for regularly producing some of the best indoor distance times in the nation – before the season pauses for winter break.
After the spring semester kicks off, UNM gets going again at the TTU Corky Classic (Jan. 18) in Lubbock before the Lobos host the Dr. MLK Jr. Invitational the following weekend (Jan. 24-25) for their first home meet. For the weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 1, the squad splits up between the UNM Team Open at home and the UW Invitational in Seattle, Wash.
Next up are the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 7-8) – a 16-team invitational meet — and the Don Kirby Elite Invitational the following weekend (Feb. 14-15), with another group of UNM athletes returning to Seattle for the Husky Classic on the same dates.
After a quick trip to Notre Dame for the Alex Wilson Invitational – known for its elite Distance Medley Relay competition – on Feb. 22, the Lobos return home for Mountain West Indoor Championships. 2025 will be the 10th season in a row in which MW Championships are hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center, and the 15th time overall. In UNM Head Coach Darren Gauson’s first year at the helm in 2024, the Lobos finished fourth on the women’s side and fifth on the men’s side in the team scores, with Habtom Samuel earning MW Outstanding Performer of the Meet and Indoor Athlete of the Year honors after dominating the 3,000m and 5,000m races.
UNM athletes with marks that rank among the Top 16 declared individuals and relay squads that rank among the Top 12 in NCAA D-I at the conclusion of the season will qualify for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted at Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. Last season, Habtom Samuel (3,000m, 5,000m) and Evans Kiplagat (5,000m) both qualified for NCAA Championships as true freshmen, with Samuel taking home two First Team All-American honors and Kiplagat finishing as a Second Team All-American.
A WORLD-CLASS SURFACE
The indoor track at the Albuquerque Convention Center has emerged as one of the preeminent indoor track & field facilities in the nation over the last decade. In concert with the Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Albuquerque Convention Center, New Mexico has capitalized on its unique venue and prime training location with the indoor track at the ACC. The facility has hosted 14 Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships, nine USATF Indoor National Championships, and five NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships — the first in NCAA history hosted at altitude. The ABCC has also hosted the NJCAA Indoor National Championships (2015) and NCAA Division II Championships (2012).
At the conclusion of last season, 23 times or marks that ranked among the Top 10 in the nation their respective events on the NCAA D-I Indoor Qualifying List were produced at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The most recent surface at the ABCC was unveiled in March 2021 and cost $3 million in total, with renovations that helped solidify the city’s ability to attract and keep hosting national meets that bring the best competition to Albuquerque. Since 2005, 102 indoor track meets have been hosted at the ABCC — 16 being national championship events at either the collegiate or national level — and indoor track has generated over $30 million in revenue for the city of Albuquerque in that span.
The track — a state-of-the-art WSTY Mondo, the same surface used at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo — is a 200-meter, 60-degree banked track with 60-meter straightaways running the entire length of the facility. It also includes men’s and women’s jumping runways and pits, as well as areas for shot put, pole vault and high jump events. The surface of the track is striped with cherry red and turquoise to reflect UNM’s colors and the state color of New Mexico.