The Coronado Cougar Classic, scheduled for Friday afternoon/evening April 29 at Garry Berry Stadium adjacent to Wasson High School, will play host this year to an invitational field of 1600 meter boys and girls.

Coaches with teams not already entered in the meet may submit entries for the 1600 fields at an entry fee of $10 per athlete. There is no additional cost for teams already entered in the meet. Team scoring in the 1600 will be calculated by merging times from the 1600 heats. The invitational 1600s will be contested among the top 18 entries for both boys and girls received. Seed marks will be taken only from this year's marks.

Schools already entered in the meet will still be limited to two 1600 entries per school, regardless of whether they entries in the invitational 1600s.

The normally scheduled 1600s will be run at 2:20 (girls) and 2:30 (boys). The elite 1600s will be contested at 5:40 (girls) and 5:55 (boys). A complete meet schedule is shown below and on the meet page.

If you are interested in making an entry, please contact the meet director (see information in meet page link below). Expect to see several of the top distance runners from the Colorado Springs area in the fields with, undoubtedly, a few from surrounding regions as well.

While no guarantees can be made about the weather, Garry Berry Stadium sits at a little over 6000 feet elevation and offers reasonable protection from the wind in most directions.

Coronado Cougar Classic meet page

Cougar Classic Invitational Track Meet

April 29, 2011

Schedule of Events

12:00pm     Weigh-in   Shot & Discus

1:00            Boys Triple Jump, Boys Shot Put, Boys Pole Vault

Girls Triple Jump, Girls Discus, Boys High Jump,  (scratch/add at event)

4:00            Boys Long Jump, Boys Discus, Girls High Jump

                   Girls Long Jump, Girls Shot Put, Girls Pole Vault, (scratch/add at event)

RUNNING EVENTS

1:00             Girls 100 Preliminaries

1:20             Boys 100 Preliminaries

1:40             Boys 110 Hurdle Preliminaries

2:00             Girls 100 Hurdle Preliminaries

2:20            Girls 1600 m (those not in the elite race)

2:30            Boys 1600 m (those not in the elite race)

2:40             Girls 200 Preliminaries

3:00             Boys 200 Preliminaries

3:20             Girls 3200 Relay

3:40             Boys 3200 Relay

4:00             Girls 800 Sprint Medley

4:15             Dinner Break

5:00             Finals Girls 100 Hurdles

5:05             Finals Boys 110 Hurdles

5:10             Finals Girls 100

5:15             Finals Boys 100

5:20             Finals Girls 4x200 Relay

5:30             Finals Boys 4x200 Relay

5:40            Finals Girls Elite 1600 Run (top 18 times from this year)

5:55            Finals Boys Elite 1600 Run (top 18 times from this year)

6:05             Finals Girls 4x100 Relay

6:10             Finals Boys 4x100 Relay

6:20             Finals Girls 400

6:35             Finals Boys 400

6:50             Finals Girls 300 Hurdles

7:05             Finals Boys 300 Hurdles

7:20             Finals Girls 800

7:30             Finals Boys 800

7:40             Finals Girls 200

7:45             Finals Boys 200

7:50             Finals Girls 3200

8:05             Finals Boys 3200

8:20             Finals Girls 4x400

8:30             Finals Boys 4x400