The Third Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet will be held at Spingarn High School (2500 Benning Road, NE Washington, DC 20002) on Saturday, May 5th, 2012. This will be on of the most prestigious youth track and field events of the season. [Read more...]
Third Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet 2011
April 26, 2011 By
The Third Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet will be held at Spingarn High School (2500 Benning Road, NE Washington, DC 20002) on Saturday, May 21, 2011. This will be on of the most prestigious youth track [Read more...]
2nd Annual Tommie Smith Track Meet
June 2, 2010 By
This year’s Tommie Smith Track Meet, held in conjunction with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, was a complete success!
We encourage parents and coaches to share news about our Prince George’s County student-athletes’ academic achievements as well as their athletic triumphs. If your Track Team participated in the Tommie Smith Track Meet this past weekend, we’d love to hear from you!
Prince George’s County Youth Track
Best of 2009 Prince George’s County Track & Field
August 31, 2009 By
Best of 2009 Prince George’s County Track & Field
In the Spring and Summer of 2009 there were some really great track meets in the Washington DC, Metropolitan Area and in Prince George’s County in particular. Our coverage of Outdoor Track & Field began with the Dunbar High School Crimson Tide Classic on April 4, 2009. The next event that we covered was the North Point High School Track Meet on April 18, 2009. Our first Youth Track & Field event was the Marlboro Track Meet o n May 2, 2009. On May 23, 2009 we covered the First Annual Tommie Smith Track Meet. We concluded our track coverage for 2009 with National Junior Olympics Qualifying Trials on June 20, 2009 at the Prince Georges’s County Sports & Learning complex. Several of these Track & Field events were sanctioned by the USA Track & Field – Potomac Valley Association.
Junior Olympics
June 22, 2009 By
Junior Olympics Trials
This past weekend some of the best track athletes in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Northern Virginia met at the Prince George’s County Sports & Learning Complex for the Junior Olympic Trials.
1st Annual Tommie Smith Track Classic
May 25, 2009 By
First Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet
The first annual Washington DC Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet took place this past weekend. There were more than 500 athletes involved in the meet. Track teams came from across the county to compete in the meet. Several Prince George’s County track teams committed to this meet in order to face exceptional competition.
In 1968 Tommie Smith made history as an Olympic Gold Medalist and a social activist. Tommie Smith has made a commitment to dedicate his life, even at great personal risk to champion the cause of African-American-sociologically, educationally, morally, athletically, financially, and spiritually. To this day, since the “Stand for Victory,” Tommie Smith remains as committed and as dedicated to principles which are God-blessed
The Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet was sponsored by; The 100 Black Men of Greater Radio One, Washington, The Washington Post, and South West Airlines.
Prince George’s County Track and Softball Action
May 4, 2009 By
Prince George’s County Track and Softball Action
The Marlboro Track Meet on May 2, 2009 attracted some of the best youth track teams in the region. Among the teams particiapting were the host team Marlboro, Oxon Hill, the CITI track club, the Royal Runners, Track Express, Speed Tech, Fort Belvoir, Joppatowne, the 747 track Club, Pikesville and the Charles County Comets. There was also High School Softball action this Saturday when Gwynn Park high school played Westlake high school.
GOTW 04-07-08 Crimson Tide High School Track Classic
April 7, 2008 By
Dunbar: 2008 Crimson Tide Classic
The 2008 Crimson Tide Classic has signaled that Dunbar High School’s track has once again returned to prominence. When the new Dunbar School opened its doors in 1977, the Crimson Tide Classic Invitational was a hugely successful track meet. However, a deteriorating track took that luster away, and to most, the event had become a distant memory. This past weekend, not only did the track look great, it lived up to expectations.
The new Le Monde track is designed around the athlete and work in tandem with the athlete, according to its representatives. Le Monde provides a durable surface that is designed to be used at every level of competition, from grade school to national championships.
One thing that remained the same from previous years was the demand for excellence on and off the track. Dunbar High School Head Track and Field Coach Marvin Parker places a premium on academic achievement. Every athlete on the track & field team is on the honor roll, an astonishing feat, every young athlete who has competed for Coach Parker has gone to college on a full scholarship. “That’s the achievement I’m most proud of – seeing these kids go on to get a great education.”
GOTW 01-21-08 Potomac Curling Club and Univ of MD Indoor Track
January 21, 2008 By
Potomac Curling Club Junior Bonspiel
Curling is a game of strategy, of finesse, and yes of fitness. A team’s sweepers travel up to two miles in a game and, at the highest levels of the sport, expend the same energy as a sprinter in a 200 meter dash. This sport is enjoyed by people from 8-80 years of age. This past weekend the Capital Curling Center hosted a junior bonspiel (Tournament). The competition began on Saturday in a round-robin format, eliminating teams until an elite eight remained
Maryland Indoor Invitational
The Maryland Terrapins won 10 events Saturday at the Maryland Indoor Invitational track and field meet held at the Wayne Curry Sports and Learning Center.