The SUN is shining here in Bellingham WA!!
Spring is just 5 days away (The Spring Equinox, that is!).
What does that mean?
Track & Field moves OUTdoors!
(Okay, so we've had OUTdoor results come in from Down Under, South Africa, and sunny spots around the USA throughout the INdoor season! Picky, picky! LOL)
Following is a fairly complete Schedule for all the meets I believe MIGHT produce good marks , as well as major Road races & XC meets!!
It's longer than normal for me, so I want to get going on it!
First, a couple of notes!
1. Dates are as accurate as is known right now, and were taken from T&FN!!
2. State HS meets are from states I feel will produce the best marks! Not all states are listed!
3. I give the state's initials where a meet is held. Most are obvious, so I don't give initials for those!
4. "SUPER" major meets are in ALL CAPS!
5. To save room, meets having the same dates are put together, separated by 2 hyphen marks!
Use this as a guide, not as the final word!
MARCH
24-25 Florida State Relays--PAC 12/Big 10 Invite (AZ)--Raleigh Relays (NC)
25 Arkansas Spring Invite--UTEP Springtime
26 WORLD XC (Uganda)
APRIL (A few meets start in late March! The March date is listed first!)
29-1 TEXAS RELAYS
30-1 FLORIDA RELAYS
31-1 STANFORD INVITE--Challenge of Champions (AL), a HS meet!
1 Mondo Invite (CA)--Duke/Michigan/NC Tri
2 CARLSBAD 5K--Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (DC)
7-8 Colorado Invite--SUN ANGEL CLASSIC--Tiger Classic (AL), Towns Invite (OH)
ARCADIA INVITE, a HS meet!--Grenada Invite
8 Baylor Invite--MJ/JJK Invite--Stanford/Cal & Penn St/LSU/USC/Purdue "duals"
9 Paris & Rotterdam Marathons
12-15 Mt SAC (& Mt SAC Multis)
15 ACC/Big 10 Challenge (KY)--UCLA Invite
15-17 CARIFTA GAMES
17 BOSTON MARATHON
19-22 Kansas Relays
20-21 Olympic Invite (CA)
21-22 Cardinal Classic--Duke Invite--McDonnell Invite--Owens Classic
22 LSU Alumnai--UTEP Invite
22-23 WORLD RELAYS (Bahamas)
23 LONDON MARATHON
25-29 DRAKE RELAYS
27-29 PENN RELAYS
28 Jones Memorial (FL)
28-29 Longhorn Invite--Scott Invite--SEC Relays (LA)
29 ASU/Arizona dual
29-30 Oregon State High Performance
30 UCLA/USC dual
MAY
1st Week State HS meets in AL--AZ--FL--LA--MS
2 Horned Frog Invite (TX)--Arkansas Twilight--PAYTON JORDAN INVITE--Oregon Twilight--Seminole Twilight
5 DOHA DIAMOND LEAGUE
5-7 SWAC Conference
6 Oxy Invite
6-7 PAC 12 Multis
7 Prague Marathon--Bloomsday 12K
2nd Week State HS meets in AR--GA--NM--OK--SC--TX
10-11 BYU Last Chance
10-13 Mountain West Conference
11-13 SEC CONFERENCE (SC)--Loucks Games (NY), a HS meet
12-13 Big East & IC4A/ECAC Conferences
13 Cayman Invite--Riverbank 25K (MI)--SHANGHAI DIAMOND LEAGUE
16 Beijing IWC
18-20 Elite Classic (AZ)
Last part of May, from the 16th to the 31st!
State HS meets in CO--ID--IL--IA--KS--KY--MD--MO--NE--NV--NC--OR--PA--TN--WA
20 Jamaica Invite
21 Golden GP (Japan)
26-27 PREFONTAINE CLASSIC DIAMOND LEAGUE
27 Golden South (FL), a HS meet
27-28 GOTZIS MULTIS
JUNE
1-3 Great Southwest (NM), a HS meet
1st Week State HS meets in CA--IN--MA--MI--NJ--NY--OH--VA--WI
3 Rio IWC--Flanders Cup (Belgium)--Freihofer's 5K (Women only!)
5 Odlozil Memorial (Czech Republic)
7-10 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
8 ROME DIAMOND LEAGUE
10 European 10000 Cup (Belarus), a Track race!
10-11 PORTLAND TRACK FESTIVAL
11 HENGELO--Jerome Classic
13 Nurmi Games
14 Kusocinski Memorial (Poland)
15 OSLO DIAMOND LEAGUE
16-18 NEW BALANCE NATIONALS
17 Grandma's Marathon
17-18 Adidas Dream--BROOKS PR
18 STOCKHOLM DIAMOND LEAGUE
18-22 Jamaican National Championships
22-24 USATF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
23-25 European Team Championships--USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS
28 Golden Spike (Ostrava IWC)
29 TRACKTOWN SERIES (San Francisco)
JULY (A couple of meets overlap from June!)
27-2 USATF Youth Championships
30-2 Great Britain National Championships
1 PARIS DIAMOND LEAGUE
1-2 European Multis
2 TRACKTOWN SERIES (Portland)--Znamenskiy Memorial (Russia)
6 LAUSANNE DIAMOND LEAGUE--TRACKTOWN SERIES (NYC)
6-9 Canadian National Championships
9 LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE--Brussels GP
11 Goteburg GP
13-15 Russian National Championships
14 Madrid IWC
14-16 EBERSTADT HIGH JUMP--French National Championships
16 RABAT DIAMOND LEAGUE
18 Cork City (Ireland)
20-23 European Junior Championships
21 MONACO DIAMOND LEAGUE
21-23 Pan Am Junior Championships (Puerto Rico)
22 Heusden-Zolder (Belgium)
AUGUST
4-13 THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (London) !!!!!!!
18 Malmo Games
20 BIRMINGHAM DIAMOND LEAGUE--Falmouth 7.1 Mile
20-25 World University Games (Taiwan)
22 Skolimowska Memorial (Where Anita Wlodarczyk threw the HT 272-3 last year!!)
24 ZURICH WELTKLASSE DIAMOND LEAGUE
26 Crim 10 Mile (MI)
27 ISTAF IWC
29 Zagreb IWC
SEPTEMBER
1 BRUSSELS DIAMOND LEAGUE
3 Rieti
4 New Haven 20K
9 DecaNation--Great North City Games
10 Great North Half-Marathon (Great Britain)
16-17 TALENCE MULTIS
17 Philadelphia Half-Marathon
24 BERLIN MARATHON
OCTOBER
1 Twin Cities Marathon
8 CHICAGO MARATHON--Rock & Roll Half-Marathon (San Jose, CA)
9 Tufts 10K (Women only!)
15 Lisbon Half-Marathon--Amsterdam Marathon
29 Frankfort Marathon
NOVEMBER
5 NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
18 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
DECEMBER
2 NIKE CROSS NATIONALS XC
3 Fukuoka Marathon--Sacramento Marathon
9 USATF Clubs Championships--FOOT LOCKER XC
Again, these were taken (Stolen!! LOL) from the March issue of T&FN!
Please check at T&FN website, as well as a particular meet or race website for any possible changes!!
Hope this helps you follow the season!
But remember--the BEST way to follow this OUTdoor season is by reading my blog!!
LOL
Next up will be my Age Records Preview, followed by my Predictions for which WR's, AR's, CR's, and HSR's might be broken this OUTdoor season!!
(Plus whatever results might pop up!!)
See you soon!
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