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Pages in category "Athletics (track and field) venues in Los Angeles" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The women's meet was held separately at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on 28-29 June. At the men's championships, Steve Seymour set an American record in the javelin throw . [ 1 ] The women's competition featured the "big three" (as described then) of Alice Coachman , Stella Walsh , and Dorothy Dodson .
The National Association of Amateur Athletes of America (N.A.A.A.), began sponsoring the meeting in 1879, and organized the championships up to 1887. Past N.A.A.A. presidents were 1879 George W Carr was elected president, 1880 & 1881 & 1882 A. H. Curtis was elected president, 1883 & 1884 & 1885 Gilbert H Badeu elected president, and 1887 Walter ...
The USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix is an annual track and field meeting held at the Drake Stadium track in Los Angeles. Founded in 2023, the meeting was designed to attract international athletics talent to the city in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics. It is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting – the second-highest level of ...
The 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour, also known as the 2023 Continental Tour, was the fourth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League .
For the 1940 and 1941 college football seasons, the St. Mary's Rattlers played their home games at Alamo Stadium. Their first game, and the first college football game, at the stadium was a 51-0 win against Daniel Baker College on September 26, 1940. [10] The Rattlers final college football game was a 7-0 loss to Mississippi Southern. [11]
The USATF Distance Classic is an annual track and field meeting in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, hosted at the Occidental College track facility. Before 2015, it was called the USATF High Performance Distance Classic, and in 2015 and 2016 the meet was renamed to the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic as per sponsorship from Hoka One One before going back to USATF Distance Classic in 2017.
All comers track meets are usually small local track and field athletics events. The size of the meet can vary widely, from a handful to hundreds of participants. The formal elements required are a place for the race to take place, and neutral officials to start and judge the finish of a race.