{"id":10158,"date":"2014-04-26T04:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/outdoor-track-returns-to-rpi\/"},"modified":"2014-04-26T04:46:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T04:46:09","slug":"outdoor-track-returns-to-rpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/outdoor-track-returns-to-rpi\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Track Returns to RPI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-2262\">\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"c23\"><strong>Outdoor Track Returns to RPI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/45692__DZCGOPTOHDHBCCA.20140426004045.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\"><strong>ALBANY, N.Y. \u2013<\/strong> While a contingent of their teammates are competing in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays, the University at Albany outdoor track athletes who remained home will return to RPI for the second time in three weeks to compete in the Capital District Classic, to get their own prep work in for next week\u2019s conference championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">\u201cThe athletes are mostly running in off events this weekend,\u201d said Director of Track &amp; Field and Cross Country <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.viglink.com%3Fkey%3D11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0%26amp%3Bu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ualbanysports.com%252FViewArticle.dbml%253F%2526amp%253BATCLID%253D850147%2526amp%253BDB_OEM_ID%253D15800\">Roberto Vives<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cMost will only be competing in one event.\u00a0 It\u2019s about sharpening now, not overloading.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">To Coach Vives\u2019 point, UAlbany will not be running any relays at RPI this weekend, allowing the athletes to focus on their individual events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">\u201cAt this point, it\u2019s more about mental preparation than physical preparation.\u00a0 The meet this weekend will hopefully serve as a confidence builder.\u00a0 The times should be coming, when we need them to next week and beyond.\u00a0 So we want everyone to perform well this weekend, but we\u2019re not necessarily looking for them to peak quite yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">The focus on off events will help the coaching staff determine which athletes are available for multiple events for next week\u2019s conference championships, and where the team may have opportunities to use its depth to score additional points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">After the meets this weekend, the team will reconvene for one final week of training before championship season begins.\u00a0 The America East Outdoor Championships kick off at Vermont on Saturday, May 3 and continue through Sunday, May 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif?resize=1%2C1\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ualbanysports.com%2F%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FDB_OEM_ID%3D15800%26amp%3BATCLID%3D209480399\">ALBANY<br \/>Headline News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/45692__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albanystudentpress.net\/outdoor-track-returns-to-rpi\/\">The Albany Student Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor Track Returns to RPI ALBANY, N.Y. \u2013 While a contingent of their teammates are competing in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays, the University at Albany outdoor track athletes who remained home will return to RPI for the second time in three weeks to compete in the Capital District Classic, to get their own prep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[983],"tags":[2314,2613,289],"class_list":["post-10158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albany-student-press","tag-outdoor","tag-returns","tag-track"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}