April 26, 2004
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders will host a high performance invitational track & field meet, the Big Blue National Invitational, in Hillsdale Michigan at Hillsdale College on June 11-12th, 2004. Initial accepted entries, including athlete profiles and photos, for this unique track & field meet are now available online.

The Big Blue National Invitational, hosted by the Indiana Invaders, is an invitational-only high performance track meet featuring select events including the decathlon and heptathlon. The Friday session will feature international relay teams, including Liberia's National Team, and the Saturday session will be highlighted by "Wild Bill's Magical Metric Miles."

For anyone that has ever fantasized of running a sub-4 minute mile, or standing atop the awards stand at the Olympic Games, this is a unique opportunity to see the athletes that are training to perform at this level as they will come to the Hillsdale community for one purpose - as a final preparation for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

The athletic action will feature some of America's top track & field athletes and will take place just four weeks before the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Meet Director Greg Harger said, "This will be a high performance event that will bring the excitement and the spirit of the Olympic season to the Hillsdale community. Hillsdale has an outstanding Mondo surfaced facility that is ready for some great performances." Harger added, "This a community oriented event featuring spectatctor friendly and family friendly competition with some of America's top athletes competing."

Big Blue National Invitational Information:
http://www.nftl.net/events/2004/big_blue.asp

Intitial Start Lists:
http://www.nftl.net/events/2004/04_big_blue_status.asp

Athlete & Team Registration is now available online via NFTL:
http://www.nftl.net/events/2004/04_big_blue_entry.asp