A week after opening its season with a strong performance at the Penn State Relays, the men's track and field team will look to continue to push its athletes against a variety of competition at the Penn State Open.

Teams that will be making the trip to Penn State's Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track for the all-day meet tomorrow include Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Syracuse, Rutgers, West Virginia, Robert Morris, Bloomsburg and St. Augustine. The meet starts at 11 a.m.

St. Augustine, a Division II program from North Carolina, will provide the fiercest competition for the Lions. The Falcons were the Div. II Indoor National Champions in 2006.

"It's really exciting to have St. Augustine come up," head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "Their coach was one of the coaches on the Olympic staff when I was coaching in Athens. They're an outstanding program, very strong in the 400 meters and the 4x400 [meters]."

Aside from the tougher competition that the Lions will face this weekend, another difference will be in the meet structure.

"Last meet was primarily focused on relays. This weekend we have the traditional relays," Alford-Sullivan said.

"We go to a normal schedule this weekend with the open events."

Even with the contrast between last weekend's Penn State Relays and Saturday's Penn State Open, the team will look to build off any early season performance.

"We are just getting started on the season. We have a nice little meet developing, and we are working our way into a competitive season," Alford-Sullivan said. "We're looking to see some continuation and development in our events."

Some key athletes on the team that will lead the way for Penn State are last weekend's standout performers.

Alford-Sullivan said that sprinter Ron Jules would be one to watch in the 60-meter hurdles, while the team also has a good core of middle distance runners in events from 500 meters to the mile. Throwers Dan Miller and Steve Myers should also lead the way for Penn State in the shot put.

"We have some great stuff to open with and see where we go from this weekend to the next," Alford-Sullivan said.