The women\'s triple jump, men\'s pole vault and women\'s weight throw competition will begin the invite on Friday at 5 p.m. The last event on Friday is the men\'s distance medley relay at 8:50 p.m. Beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday will be the men\'s shot put and high jump and women\'s 400 meters. The invite will conclude with the men\'s 4x400-meter relay at 5:05 p.m. on Saturday.
Men\'s and women\'s teams from the ACC include Duke, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest are slated to compete along with Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee from the SEC. Teams from the commonwealth of Virginia will be represented by Hampton, James Madison, Liberty, Lynchburg, Norfolk State, Radford, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Military Institute and William & Mary. Charlotte, East Carolina, High Point, Howard, Marshall and Vanderbilt round out the list of participating teams.
Of the 27 schools, seven of them, including Tech, boast nationally ranked teams. East Carolina\'s men\'s team is No. 17 in this week\'s Trackwire 25 for Men poll. The Hokies tied with Big XII\'s Kansas State and Nebraska for the 22nd spot on the poll.
In the Women\'s Trackwire 25 poll this week, Miami ranks No. 4 while South Carolina claims No. 7. North Carolina\'s women\'s team is tied for 12th and Duke grabs the No. 16 ranking. No. 21 Georgia rounds out the list of ranked teams competing at the Virginia Tech Challenge this weekend.
The Hokies have 52 athletes competing in the meet, 22 women and 30 from Tech\'s No. 22 men\'s team, to compete in the challenge. Included in the 32 athletes are throwers, jumpers, sprinters and distance runners.