Gophers Open Season at Home on Saturday

The Golden Gopher Track and Field teams will open their 2008 campaigns this weekend with the Northwest Open on Saturday. Action gets underway at noon.

The Gopher sports information staff recently released comprehensive previews of the Minnesota squads heading into a season where the Gopher women, currently ranked #15 in the NCAA, hope to defend their big Ten Indoor title -- at home on March 1-2 -- and the Gopher men hope to build on last year's runner-up conference finish.

"We have a good chance, but it’s going to be a tight race,” women's coach Matt Bingle said of his squad's Big Ten chances. “We need to have those kids that were middle of the pack to move up into the top five and then hopefully have our freshmen provide some additional depth in scoring.”

You can find the full women's preview HERE.

“This is going to be an interesting year,” men's coach Phil Lundin said. “One has to be realistic about the youthful nature of the squad; we are talking about a team with just six seniors. That youth is not an excuse though, because we expect to be right there with the best teams in the Big Ten."

The men's preview is HERE.

Heat sheet for the Northwest Open are up on Raceberryjam ...

WOMEN
MEN

Update:

WOMEN'S RESULTS
MEN'S RESULTS