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April 24th - 25th, 2026
Concordia Stadium | River Forest, Ill. 

 
General Information:
Welcome to the 2026 Cougar Invitational! We're so excited to host you for our two day meet. Day one of the event will be hosted at Benedictine University for all throwing events while day two of the event will be hosted at Concordia University Chicago for all running and jumping events.

Day One: The Village of Lisle - Benedictine University Sports Complex | Lisle, Ill.
Day Two: Concordia Stadium | River Forest, Ill. 

Entry Procedure: 
Entries will be done online only at directathletics.com

Entry Fee: $350.00 per team per gender. $700.00 for Men’s & Women’s Teams. $25 for individual/unattached entries. Payments can be made via check made out to Concordia Chicago Track & Field.

Entry Deadline: Entries due by Wednesday, April 22 - 11:59pm.

Campus Map: 
Click here to view

Spectator Information: 

Official Results: Results will be provided by TimingMD during competition and supplemented by live scoreboard during the events. Live results will be made available through TimingMD and will be posted to cucougars.com and tffrs.org following the conclusion of the meet.

Live Video Stream: Live streams will be available on the Cougar Sports Network at https://www.youtube.com/@CUCSports
 
Coaches Information:
NCAA Participant Manual: https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/crosstrack/d3/outdoortf/2024-25D3XTO_ParticipantManual.pdf
Link to NCAA.com
Meet Director: Andrew Chizzo (630) 347-6206