Oregon Hosts Pepsi Team Invitational on Saturday

Reserved tickets are $9, while general admission seats are $6 for adults and $4 for children (17 years and younger).

Two-time indoor All-American A.J. Acosta is expected to try and help Ducks fend off challenges in Saturday's Pepsi Invitational. Photo courtesy: goducks.com/Rio Capper

EUGENE, Ore. - The University of Oregon track & field program will host the annual Pepsi Team Invitational beginning at 12:30 p.m. (PDT) Saturday at Hayward Field.

The four-team meet will feature men's and women's track programs from the University of Washington, Minnesota and Penn State, with the team-scoring exhibition to feature the outdoor season debut of some of the Ducks' top distance hopefuls.

Sophomores A.J. Acosta and Nicole Blood will open their outdoor seasons after both competed in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, with Acosta scoring third in the men's mile run.

Separate team scores will be tallied in the men's and women's competition, with each school able to accumulate points for two finishes in individual events and one relay quartet per race.

The international scoring system works out for 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points in the individual events and 9-7-6-5 in the relays.

Reserved tickets are $9, while general admission seats are $6 for adults and $4 for children (17 years and younger). However spectators can receive a $1 discount on tickets accompanied with an empty Pepsi-product container (one container per ticket purchased). Tickets can be purchased at the Bowerman Building ticket window Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m., with gates opening at 11:30 a.m.

TENTATIVE PEPSI INVITATIONAL MEET SCHEDULE

Time - Event

12:30 p.m. Women's Javelin

12:32 p.m. Men's Hammer

12:50 p.m. Women's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

12:52 p.m. Women's Shot Put

12:55 p.m. Women's Pole Vault

1:00 p.m. Women's Long Jump

1:05 p.m. Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

1:10 p.m. Men's High Jump

1:20 p.m. Women's 4 x 100 Meter Relay

1:27 p.m. Men's 4 x 100 Meter Relay

1:35 p.m. Women's 1,500 Meters

1:45 p.m. Men's 1,500 Meters

1:50 p.m. Men's Javelin

1:55 p.m. Women's 100 Meter Hurdles

1:57 p.m. Women's Hammer

2:00 p.m. Men's Pole Vault

2:05 p.m. Men's 110 Meter Hurdles

2:10 p.m. Men's Shot Put

2:15 p.m. Women's 400 Meters

2:17 p.m. Men's Long Jump

2:20 p.m. Women's Triple Jump

2:22 p.m. Men's 400 Meters

2:30 p.m. Women's 100 Meters

2:37 p.m. Men's 100 Meters

2:45 p.m. Women's 800 Meters

2:52 p.m. Men's 800 Meters

3:02 p.m. Women's 400 Meter Hurdles

3:07 p.m. Women's High Jump

3:12 p.m. Men's 400 Meter Hurdles

3:17 p.m. Men's Discus

3:20 p.m. Women's Discus

3:22 p.m. Women's 200 Meters

3:25 p.m. Men's Triple Jump

3:27 p.m. Men's 200 Meters

3:32 p.m. Women's 5,000 Meters

3:52 p.m. Men's 5,000 Meters

4:12 p.m. Women's 4 x 400 Meter Relay

4:20 p.m. Men's 4 x 400 Meter Relay

Source: goducks.com

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