LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Rider University are committed to maintaining a secure competition environment to ensure the health and safety of all participating teams and student-athletes at the 2021 MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Michael P. Brady Track & Field Complex on May 8 and 9. Due to the volume of student-athletes, coaches, staff and officials in attendance, state and local COVID-19 social distancing guidelines in place and limited seating capacity at the venue, the decision has been reached that no spectators will be permitted to attend.

Extensive safety measures have been put into place to adhere to state and local COVID-19 social distancing and contract tracing guidelines. As such, and with more than 800 student-athletes expected to be in attendance to compete, more space in the facility will be utilized for distancing the teams.

The priority of the MAAC and Rider University is to ensure that we provide a safe environment for our student-athletes that affords them the greatest opportunity to compete for a MAAC Championship and advance to Regional and National Championship competition.

While it is unfortunate that our safety efforts will not permit spectators to attend this year's championships, we are proud to be offering fans the opportunity to watch most of the championship events via a combination of live and taped segments to be aired on either ESPN3 or ESPN+ (to be determined by the network) on Sunday, May 9. Complete broadcast information will be communicated on both the Rider Athletics and MAAC websites and social media handles in the coming days.
 
We appreciate your support and understanding and look forward to crowning MAAC Champions next weekend.