PREVIEW: 2024 AAU 14 & Under Indoor Track and Field National Championships
02/09/2024
Athletes are on their way to the Bowen Field House at Eastern Michigan University with hopes of winning an AAU National Championship
By: Troy MacNeill
2024 AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships
Dates: February 10-11, 2024
Location: Eastern Michigan University
Event Page | Schedule
YPSILANTI, Mich. (February 9, 2024) – Take your marks, we are racing towards the end of the AAU Track and Field Indoor season with only a few turns left on the track. Before the 2024 AAU Indoor Track & Field National Championships finish the season, the AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships will give us a preview of what’s to come.
For the ninth (9th) year, the 2024 AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships will take place at Eastern Michigan University’s Bowen Field House in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Runners will race to the finish line starting on February 10.
An estimated 800 athletes will travel to Bowen Field House from all over the country. Nineteen (19) states and 1 country will send athletes to compete - Michigan, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. This events allows athletes in the 14 & Under divisions a chance to earn All-American status.
The AAU 14 and Under Indoor National Championship was developed out of a grassroots indoor youth track program and has been running strong since 2003. As a result of participating in this event, the youth are exposed to the many facets of university life and often choose to explore college to further their education and build upon career opportunities. This indoor program has grown into three National Championships held in 3 separate states, Illinois, Michigan and Maryland which is now held in Virginia Beach due to outgrowing the complex in Maryland.
“Our goal in creating this program was to give athletes the opportunity to compete while developing their skills and performance by participating in a structured activity. In addition to promoting life skills, building stamina, self-confidence and character are primary of the series,” said Karen Hall, Meet Director. “Participants are encouraged to be cognitive of sportsmanship concepts to become productive individuals in the community.”
Athletes will be divided into eight age groups: 5-6 & Under, 7-8 & Under, 9-year-old boys/girls, 10-year-old boys/girls, 11-year-old boys/girls, 12-year-old boys/girls, 13-year-old boys/girls, and 14-year-old boys/girls. The action will begin on Saturday, February 10 at 10 a.m. with the 4 x 800 Meter Relay.
To see the full schedule, click here.
You can also see live results for each race – click here.
Follow us on social media to see some of the action and share your photos with us! Follow AAU Track and Field on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Tag us in your photos and use #AAUTrackandField.
The 2023 AAU Track and Field Indoor season will reach the finish line with the AAU Indoor National Championships on March 1-3, 2024 in Virginia Beach. For more information about the 2024 AAU Indoor National Championships, visit aautrackandfield.org.
2024 AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships
Dates: February 10-11, 2024
Location: Eastern Michigan University
Event Page | Schedule
YPSILANTI, Mich. (February 9, 2024) – Take your marks, we are racing towards the end of the AAU Track and Field Indoor season with only a few turns left on the track. Before the 2024 AAU Indoor Track & Field National Championships finish the season, the AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships will give us a preview of what’s to come.
For the ninth (9th) year, the 2024 AAU 14 & Under Indoor National Championships will take place at Eastern Michigan University’s Bowen Field House in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Runners will race to the finish line starting on February 10.
An estimated 800 athletes will travel to Bowen Field House from all over the country. Nineteen (19) states and 1 country will send athletes to compete - Michigan, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. This events allows athletes in the 14 & Under divisions a chance to earn All-American status.
The AAU 14 and Under Indoor National Championship was developed out of a grassroots indoor youth track program and has been running strong since 2003. As a result of participating in this event, the youth are exposed to the many facets of university life and often choose to explore college to further their education and build upon career opportunities. This indoor program has grown into three National Championships held in 3 separate states, Illinois, Michigan and Maryland which is now held in Virginia Beach due to outgrowing the complex in Maryland.
“Our goal in creating this program was to give athletes the opportunity to compete while developing their skills and performance by participating in a structured activity. In addition to promoting life skills, building stamina, self-confidence and character are primary of the series,” said Karen Hall, Meet Director. “Participants are encouraged to be cognitive of sportsmanship concepts to become productive individuals in the community.”
Athletes will be divided into eight age groups: 5-6 & Under, 7-8 & Under, 9-year-old boys/girls, 10-year-old boys/girls, 11-year-old boys/girls, 12-year-old boys/girls, 13-year-old boys/girls, and 14-year-old boys/girls. The action will begin on Saturday, February 10 at 10 a.m. with the 4 x 800 Meter Relay.
To see the full schedule, click here.
You can also see live results for each race – click here.
Follow us on social media to see some of the action and share your photos with us! Follow AAU Track and Field on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Tag us in your photos and use #AAUTrackandField.
The 2023 AAU Track and Field Indoor season will reach the finish line with the AAU Indoor National Championships on March 1-3, 2024 in Virginia Beach. For more information about the 2024 AAU Indoor National Championships, visit aautrackandfield.org.
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