Thursday, March 16, 2017

OUTdoor Schedule--2017

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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