ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine track and field program announced their outdoor portion of their 2025-2026 schedule on Wednesday. 

*Schedule is subject to change*

The Black Bears will open up their outdoor portion of the season down in Raleigh, North Carolina as they will return to compete in the Raleigh Relays from March 25th through March 27.

On March 27th and March 28th, the Black Bears will continue up the east coast as they will be in West Long Branch, New Jersey as they will take on the Monmouth Home Opening meet hosted by Monmouth University. This meet is scheduled to start at 10 AM.

The Black Bears will host their first home meet at the brand new outdoor track and field complex on Saturday April 4th.

Maine hits the road once again competing at the Friar Invitational, hosted by Providence College on April 10th and competing at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational hosted by UMass Amherst on April 11th.

A busy following weekend of April 17th and 18th as the Black Bears will be at both MIT's Sean Collier Invitational and at Holy Cross' Jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational.

The Black Bears return to the Penn Relays for the first time since 2022. The Penn Relays will run from April 23rd through April 25th.

The America East Outdoor Championships will be taking place on Saturday May 9th and Sunday May 10th. UMass Lowell will be the host school for this year's championships.

The Black Bears will host their final home meet of the the 2026 outdoor campaign hosting a last chance meet at the New Balance Outdoor Track and Field Complex on Saturday May 16th.

More information can be found on goblackbears.com. Schedules are subject to change.

-UMaine-