The George Mason men's and women's track & field teams recently announced both its indoor and outdoor schedule in anticipation of the upcoming 2013 season.

"I'm pleased with the way our schedule has set up for '12-'13,” said head coach Andrew Gerard. “We've got a good balance of meets, home and away, challenging and low key, that should prepare us for the championship season well. It features many of the same fixtures that have helped us prep in past years and a couple of new meets, so we feel we'll be well prepared by the time May and June roll around."

The Patriots open their indoor season hosting the annual Father Diamond Invitational on January 5 and will again serve as meet host on January 25-26 for the Patriot Games.

The indoor campaign also includes meets at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 1-2), Spire Invitational (Feb. 8-9), Valentines' Invitational (Feb. 8-9) and Virginia Tech Invitational (Feb. 15-16) before the Patriots return home to host the Mason Last Chance meet on February 24. Qualifying individuals will compete at the IC4A/ECAC Championships in Boston on March 1-3 and the NCAA Championships at the University of Arkansas March 8-9.

Outdoors, Mason begins at the VCU Spring Opener on March 16 before traveling to the Colonial Relays and VMI Invitational (Mar. 23), Raleigh Relays (Mar. 29-30) and the Fred Hardy Invitational (Mar. 29-30) to close out the month of March. April features competitions at the Colonial Relays and Florida Relays (Apr. 5-6) before Mason hosts its lone outdoor meet of the season, the Mason Spring Invitational, on April 13. The squad then travels to the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 19), Michael Johnson Invitational and James Madison Invitational (Apr. 20) and Penn Relays (Apr. 25-27).

Towson University serves as host of the CAA Championships this season, taking place May 3-4. Qualifying individuals will then have an opportunity to compete at the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton University May 10-12 and the NCAA East Region Championships at N.C. A&T on May 23-25. Those athletes that advance from the East Region Championships will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, hosted by the University of Oregon on June 5-8.