PREVIEW: AAU Indoor Track and Field National Championships

03/05/2021


The AAU Track and Field will wrap up its 2021 Indoor season on March 12-14 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Athletes from five years old to 18 years will get their final shot of the year for the Indoor AAU champion title.

AAU INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: March 12-14, 2021
Location: Virginia Beach Sports Center, Virginia Beach, VA

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VIRIGINA BEACH, Vir. - The AAU Track and Field will wrap up its 2021 Indoor season on March 12-14 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Athletes from five years old to 18 years will get their final shot of the year for the Indoor AAU champion title. Participants will be representing 43 states from across the nation. The largest group, 407, hailing from the home state of Virginia. The second most is 186 from Maryland.
 
This event has been around since 2015, and for 2021, more than 1,700 athletes have registered for a chance at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Over the three-day event competitors will test their grit both on the track and on the field, where the top eight (8) of each event will walk away with an award.
 
Packet Pick-Up will begin Friday, March 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 13 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 14 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. A packet will be provided for each team consisting of team roster and events entered. A team representative will be responsible for picking up the packets. All teams are urged to pick up packets on Friday as the lines on Saturday can be long.
 
The tentative schedule of running events are as follows with a rolling schedule once the first event occurs.
 
Friday – March 12, 2021 This is a rolling schedule starting at 1:00 PM
1500 Meter Race walk - TF- All Age Groups Combined - 9 Year Old – 12 Year Old
3000 Meter Race-walk – TF - All Age Groups Combined – 13 Year Old – 17/18 Year Old
200 Meter Dash – SF - Starting with 5-6 Year Old -17/18 Year Old – (top 8 times advance to finals)
1500 Meter Run – TF - Starting with 13 Year Old – 17/18 Year Old - (Age Groups may be combined by gender)
400 Meter Dash – SF – Starting with – 13 Year Old – 17/18 Year Old - (top 8 times advance to finals)
 
Saturday – March 13, 2021 This is a rolling schedule starting at 9:00AM
3000 Meter Run - TF – Starting with 11 Year Old – 17/18 Year Old - (Age Groups may be combined by gender)
200 Meter Dash – FINAL - Starting with 5-6 Year Old - 17/18 Year
800 Meter Run – TF - Starting with 7-8 year old - 17/18 Year Old
60 Meter Hurdles – SF - Starting with 11 Year Old -17/18 Year Old - (top 8 times advance to finals)
60 Meter Dash – SF – Starting with 5-6 Year Old -17/18 Year Old – (top 8 times advance to finals)
4 x 400 Meter Relay – TF - Starting with 7-8 year old – 17/18 years old
 
Sunday – March 14, 2021 This is a rolling schedule starting at 9:00AM
4X800 Meter Relay - TF- Starting with 7-8 year old – 17/18 year old
60 Meter Hurdles – FINAL - Starting with 11 Year Old - 17/18 Year Old
60 Meter Dash – FINAL - Starting with 5-6 year Old -17/18 Year Old
400 Meter Dash – FINAL - Starting with 5-6 year old – 17/18 Year Old
1500 Meter Run – TIMED FINAL - Starting with 7-8 Year Old – 12 Year Old - Age G
 
Field Events:
Friday, March 12 starting at 12:00 p.m.
Long Jump - 13B/13G, 14B/14G, 15-16B/ 15-16G, 17-18 B/17-18G
High Jump - 17-18 G/17-18B, 15-16G/ 15-16B, 14 G/ 14B, 13G/13B
Shot Put - 17-18 G/17-18B, 15-16G/ 15-16B
 
Saturday, March 13 starting at 8:00 a.m.
Triple Jump - 13B/13G, 14B/14G, 15-16B/ 15-16G, 17-18 B/17-18G
High Jump - 9B/9G, 10B/10G, 11B/11G, 12B/12G
Pole Vault - GIRLS ONLY 13G, 14G, 15-16G, 17-18G
Shot Put - 12B/12G, 11B/11G, 13G/14G, 13B/14B
 
Sunday, March 14 starting at 8:00 a.m.
Long Jump - 5-6B/5-6G, 7-8B/7-8G, 9G/9B, 10G/10B, 11G/11B, 12G/12B
Shot Put - 10B/10G, 9B/9G, 7-8B/7-8G
Pole Vault - BOYS ONLY 13B, 14B, 15-16B, 17-18B
 
AAU Track and Field will be following local, state, and federal guidelines regarding COVID protocols for this meet. We encourage social distancing and masks are required throughout the venue. We will have sessions set up once entries have closed. In between sessions, we will clear the facility to sanitize and disinfect before the next session comes in.
 
For the most up to date information and schedule visit the meet home page at  https://aautrackandfield.org/page.php?page_id=106147.


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