WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary track and field opens up the outdoor season by hosting the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational on Saturday.
 
Honoring the program's first-ever Director of Track & Field, this year's Stimson Memorial will include participants from the Tribe, Bowie State, Christopher Newport, George Mason, VCU, Virginia Union, and Regent University.

Field events are set to get underway at the Stimson Throwing Events Area at 9:30 a.m., while running events are slated for a 1 p.m. start at Zable Stadium's Cary Field. W&M fans can follow along with the action throughout the day via live results. Admission to the event is free.

About Dan Stimson
Dan Stimson came to William & Mary in the summer of 1986 as the first Director of Track & Field, overseeing the newly combined men's and women's programs, a position he held for the following 25 years.  Stimson also served as an assistant coach for three years after stepping down as Director in 2011, and another three years as a volunteer until passing away in the fall of 2017.  During his tenure as the head of the Tribe, Stimson's team won 49 Colonial Athletic Association Championships, a total that would rank third among all schools and all sports during that span and earned 90 conference awards and 64 All-American honors.  Thirty-six athletes under Stimson were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, and three of W&M's six total Rhodes Scholars had ties to the Tribe track & field team.