STANFORD, Calif. -- The 41st annual Stanford Track and Field Invitational will be held Friday and Saturday, April 1-2 at Cobb Track and Angell Field. The meet acts essentially as the first top-level competition of the outdoor season for college and high school competitors.
Entries will open February 15, and more than 3,300 athletes are expected to compete.
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High School Information link: Click here
College information link: Click here
Tentative schedule: Click here
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Items of note:
- There is a new unattached/open/club online entry procedure this year.
- All entries must be approved by the meet director, prior to entering on Direct Athletics. Interested athletes/coaches/agents should email Jess Riden (jriden@stanford.edu) to for entry approval.
- Entry requests must include a proof of performance from last year in order to be considered. Approved entries will then be provided a password to enter on Direct Athletics.
- Please note that entry approval does not guarantee acceptance. All entries are at the discretion of meet management.
- High School and collegiate teams are not subject to prior approval.
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Meet history:
The Stanford Invitational has been held continuously since 1985, but has its roots as far back as 1975 when Stanford first began holding a large late-March meet, with the Stanford Relays.
Coach Brooks Johnson transformed it into the high-profile Martin Luther King Games from 1980-83 at Stanford Stadium. There was no meet in 1984, but it started up the following year and has taken different forms, such as the Stanford Track and Field Festival and the Diet Pepsi Track Challenge. It has been called the Stanford Invitational since 1995.
This is one of two major meets Stanford hosts each year, including the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, which will be held May 2 at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
The meet is in its 40th year, and 31st consecutive season. Here is how the Stanford Invitational evolved:
1975-76 Stanford Relays
1977-79 Stanford Invitational Relays
1980-83 Martin Luther King Games
1985-86 Stanford Invitational
1987-90 Holiday Inn/Stanford Track Festival
1991 Diet Pepsi Track Challenge
1992-94 Stanford Track and Field Festival
1995-present Stanford Invitational