Musco Twilight track meet

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LEAD: The Iowa track program hosted a rare home meet today. While Iowa hosts the Big Ten Championships in three weeks, most of Iowa's competitions are out of state. Daily Iowan TV's Ben Schuff takes a look at why that is.

Ben Schuff (Stand-up): After three straight weekends of running on the road at Arizona State, LSU, and Auburn, the Iowa men's and women's track and field teams returned to Iowa City this weekend for its only home meet of the year, under the lights.

Ben Schuff (VO): The Iowa Hawkeyes hosted the 12th annual Musco Twilight track meet today and men's head track coach Larry Wieczorek said his goal for the meet was to make his track athletes...

Larry Wieczorek (SOT): "...stars for the night under the Musco lights. And for the fans to have a lot of fun."

Ben Schuff (VO): This is the only home track meet of the year for Iowa, and the reason is simple: weather. In order for the Hawkeyes to face the best competition possible, they must travel to warmer climates...or face the cold, blustry conditions that they were greeted with today. But still, many of the Hawkeyes said they were excited about the opportunity to run and perform under the lights.

Nick Brayton (SOT): "It's awesome. Typically we don't get to go under the lights like this. It's usually during the morning or middle of the day."

Ben Schuff (VO): Although it won't be in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes will have another home meet of sorts next weekend, when they compete in the Drake Relays in Des Moines. Ben Schuff, Daily Iowan TV.