The Siuslaw Vikings' track-and-field season gets underway Thursday (March 17) with the Siuslaw Icebreaker at Hans Petersen Field.

Bandon, Douglas, North Bend and Coquille will join Siuslaw in the annual season opener.

Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students.

Field events are scheduled for 4 p.m., starting with the high jump and followed by the shot put, the javelin, the pole vault, the discus, the long jump and the triple jump.

Track events begin with the 400-meter relay, followed by the 1,500, the 100, the 400, the high hurdles, the 800, the 200, the intermediate hurdles, the 3,000 and the 4x400 relay.

The meet will employ a rolling schedule, with events one after another without a posted time schedule.

Siuslaw senior Mikaela Siegel returns to defend her state hurdles title.

Veteran head coach Chris Johnson is assisted by Jack Butler, Mary Dodson, Anna Moser, Steven Moser, Max Perry, Dick Richmond and Pat Towne.

NOTES

Vikings coach Chris Johnson and Josh Rowe, CMO at Nix Inc. in Boston, recently released their 18th The Just Athletics Podcast, which focuses on running and track and field. Guest is Rob Vermillion, the former Oregon Track Club elite runner who holds an MBA from Oregon. All 18 podcasts are available for free on iTunes. ...

2016 SCHEDULE

• Thursday, March 17 — Siuslaw Icebreaker, 4 p.m.
• Saturday, April 2 — Junction City Invitational
• Saturday, April 9 — Jim Robinson Bigfoot Pepsi's Twilight Invitational, Roseburg
• Tuesday, April 12 — Far West League meet, Prefontaine Track, Coos Bay
• Friday, April 22 — Central Coast Invitational at Siuslaw, 4 p.m.
• Saturday, April 23 — 52nd Centennial Invitational, Centennial High School
• Friday, April 29 — Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays, Jesuit High School, Portland
• Saturday, April 30 — 67th annual Grants Pass Rotary, Grants Pass High School
• Friday, May 6 — Wally Ciochetti Invitational, Cottage Grove
• Friday-Saturday, May 13-14 — Far West League championships, Douglas (Winston)
• Friday-Saturday, May 20-21 — OSAA 4A State Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene