SPIRE Academy will be hosting two USATF Youth National Championships between Monday, June 26 and Saturday, July 1. The USATF Youth Combined Event National Championship will take place Monday and Tuesday, June 26th and 27th. Between June 28th and July 1st, the USATF Youth Outdoor Track and Field National Championships will be run at their facilities in Geneva, OH.

The Combined Event Championship will feature the multi-event including Triathlon, Heptathlon, Pentathlon, & Decathlon events. 

This championship meet will feature some of the highest-level young athletes competing in their sport in SPIRE’s 9-acre outdoor stadium. 2,000 track and field stars from various regions of the United States, ranging in age from 8 – 18, will be gathering to compete on the nine-lane, 400-meter track in events including:

• 1500m Race Walking
• 3000m Race Walk
• 100m Hurdles
• 200m Hurdles
• 400m Hurdles
• 400m Dash
• 2000M Steeplechase

• 4x100m Relay
• 4x800m Relay
• 4x400m Relay

These events will also showcase champion athletes competing in field events including:

• High Jump
• Long Jump
• Triple Jump
• Shot Put 
• Pole Vault 
• Hammer Throw 
• Javelin
• Mini Javelin
• Discus

Throws events will be held in SPIRE’s designated throws area adjacent to the track.

With its large-scale facilities, equipped to accommodate up to 10,000 spectators, and top of the line equipment, SPIRE is ready to welcome the USATF, competing athletes, and track & field fans from across the country!

About USATF

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long distance running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the number one high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.