2025-26 Men's Track & Field Schedule
2025-26 Women's Track & Field Schedule

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's and women's track and field teams have announced their 2026 Outdoor Track and Field Schedule, as announced on Thursday by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The Cardinals' season jumps off in late March at the UMass Flagship First meet on Saturday, Mar. 28. The team competes next on Saturday, Apr. 4, with athletes competing at St. Lawrence and the Amherst Spring Fling. The following week, Plattsburgh State heads to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the RPI Friday Night Under the Lights & Alumni Meet on Friday and Saturday, Apr. 10-11.

The Cardinals will send qualifiers to the Bobbi Palma Spring Classic, hosted by the University of Albany, on Friday, Apr. 17. The team will also head to Middlebury the next day, Saturday, Apr. 18, for the Middlebury Invitational. The final meet before championships is at St. Lawrence on Friday, Apr. 24.

The two-day State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Cortland from Friday, May 1, to Saturday, May 2, kick off the championship season. Before heading to regionals, Plattsburgh State travels to Williams for the Farley Inter Regional last-chance qualifier meet, taking place Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. The Cardinals then make their way to the two-day All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, taking place at Ursinus. The 2025 NCAA Division III Championships are slated for Thursday-Saturday, May 21-23, at Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

The men's team is coming off a fourth-place finish at the SUNYAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships last year, the highest finish for a Plattsburgh State men's team since 2006, and the women's team a fifth-place finish. Building on the momentum from the indoor season, Director of Cross Country and Track and Field Nathan Petesch looks to guide both teams toward top finishes.