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App State to Host 2027 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Story Links NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt announced the future sites of the 2026 and 2027 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Monday, with South Alabama hosting in 2026 and App State hosting the 2027 championship meet at the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility. “We are […]
“We are excited to host the 2027 Sun Belt Conference Championships and look forward to welcoming everyone to America’s most beautiful setting for track & field,” said App State Director of Athletics Doug Gillin. “Our new Randy Marion Track & Field Facility will be the perfect venue to showcase the league’s high-performing athletes and teams.”
“We are thrilled to see the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships return to South Alabama in 2026 and to bring the event to App State for the first time in 2027,” said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill. “As we visit our fourth first-time host over the past five seasons—with App State joining Coastal Carolina (2023), ULM (2024) and James Madison (2025), we look forward to the first-class experiences each of these institutions will provide for our student-athletes and fans.”
The 2027 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships will mark the Mountaineers’ first time hosting the Sun Belt championship meet and will mark the first conference championship meet in Boone since 2010, when App State hosted the SoCon Outdoor Championships. The Mountaineers celebrated the opening of the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility on April 28, 2023, and have held four meets at the track since its ribbon cutting, with a fifth meet – the Sunday Night Qualifier – scheduled for May 18.
Ten Mountaineers across nine individual events have garnered gold at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships since App State joined the league in 2014. Between the men’s and women’s programs, the Black and Gold have collected 37 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field conference championship titles and look to add its first Sun Belt titles to the collection since joining the league. App State will compete at the 2025 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships on May 8-10 in Harrisonburg, Va. The meet will be available to stream on ESPN+.