This is our 35th year of Youth Track!
Each Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm starting June 2nd and running for 8 weeks through July 21st on the Marshfield High School track behind the Martinson School. Rain cancels the event due to track safety.
On the odd weeks, kids do a 50YD, 220YD and half mile; adults do a mile. On even weeks, kids do 100YD, 440YD and mile; adults do a 5K. The 3 and 4 year olds only do the 50 & 100 each week.
The Youth Track evening starts with the 3 year old girls running the 50 yard race, followed by the 3-year-old boys in the 50; then the 4 year-old girls, then 4 year-old boys. After that, the kids are split into groups by age into two-year increments and sex. So, the next group is the 5 & 6 year-old girls, then 5 & 6 year-old boys. We continue in this way up through high school age.
The adult event usually starts between 7 and 7:15 PM.
Entry is free, but a jar is put out if you would like to make a donation to help us defray the costs of ribbons. There will be T-shirts available for a five dollar donation (each). Every child gets at least one ribbon. Records are kept and the names of the first three in each event are published in the Marshfield Mariner newspaper.
Contact Youth Track Director: Morgan Scheiber