FULLERTON, Calif. – The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) has announced the addition of the California State University Fullerton Men's Indoor Track and Field team, beginning with the 2022 season. While the Titan women have been members of the conference since 2014 and will compete in the MPSF Championships for the eighth time, the Titan men will compete in the championship meet in their inaugural season. The Cal State Fullerton Men's Soccer team was the only other Titan men's program to have previously been a member of the MPSF, spanning from 1992-2000.
"We are excited to give our current student athletes an additional opportunity to compete. The annual cost of the indoor track and field team is covered by the NCAA revenue for sponsoring this sport and our Senior Women's Administrator and Head Coach Marques Barosso will ensure we maintain gender equity compliance." - Jim Donovan, Athletic Director
The 2022 MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championship is scheduled to take place on February 18-19 in "The Podium" in Spokane, Washington. The Championship competition will consist of 14 teams--nine for women and five for men across nine universities from the Big West and West Coast Conferences. Joining Cal State Fullerton on the men's side are BYU, Long Beach State, Portland, and UC Riverside. Those five schools will also compete in MPSF Women's competition, in addition to Hawaii, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and the University of San Francisco. Live video stream coverage of the two-day meet will be provided by FloSports (https://flosports.link/3gKDpWD). Fans can download the FloSports App on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV 4, and Amazon Fire TV to catch all the action.
"The MPSF welcomes the Cal State Fullerton Men's Indoor Track and Field team as the newest member of our conference -- We look forward to the strong competition the Titans will add to our championship as we transition into a world-class facility." - Foti Mellis, MPSF Executive Director
The MPSF has produced nine of the last 14 Indoor Track and Field NCAA Team Champions on the women's side, and 11 all-time. The MPSF men own six NCAA Team Titles, all in the last 13 years. This past Spring, the MPSF reached a unique non-power five conference milestone of 100 total NCAA Division-I Team Championships, dating back to its initial season in 1992-93. The MPSF has since upped that total to 101.
"First I want to thank our senior administration, President Virjee, Vice President Oseguera, Athletic Director Jim Donovan and a special thanks to Dr. Meredith Basil for heading the committee to get men's indoor started," said Titan Head Coach Marques Barosso, who will begin his first season at the helm of the program and eighth year on staff. "This addition shows that our administration believes in our track and field teams and they want us to be competitive at every level. I am definitely looking forward to the championship and I can't wait for our first indoor meet."
The Titans will open up their 2022 Indoor Season on January 7th 2022 at The Blue & Orange meet held at Cal State Fullerton.
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