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14th Mobile
Challenge of Champions Letter to Coaches |
The Mobile “Challenge of Champions” track meet is heading into its 14th year and has quickly become one of the premier early season prep meets. Starting as a tri-county meet in 1993, this meet has expanded into attracting some of the top high school track and field athletes in the country. Many nationally ranked, All Americans, national record holders and state champions have competed. In the past, 400 meter NCAA All American Stephanie Smith and the first Wendy's Female Heisman Athlete of the Year, Erin Droomgle, have competed in the girl’s division. Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100 meters Justin Gatlin, 400 meter national high school indoor record holder Elzie Coleman, the 2000 Olympic 400 meter hurdle Gold Medalist Angelo Taylor, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Terrance Trammell, 2004 Olympic 400 meter and 4x400 Gold and Silver Medalist Otis Harris, World Champion in the 400 meter hurdles Bershawn Jackson, Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson and NFL single game rushing record holder, Jameel Lewis, have all competed in this fine meet as high school athletes. The 2006 Mobile Challenge of Champions is scheduled to host the top high school track and field talent from around the nation. The National Scholastic Sports Foundation selected the Mobile Challenge of Champions as one of the top ten select prep meets in the country and is a Dyestat ‘Featured’ Elite meet. Again this meet is scheduled to be part of the United States Track Coaches Association Series of high school meets. This is a two-day meet beginning with the open division on Friday, March 31st starting at 4pm at UMS -Wright School continuing with the invitational division on Saturday, April 1st starting at 2pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. There will be over 1200 open division athletes and over 300 athletes competing in the invitational division. There will be an all finals format fro the invitational and invitations are issued to the top athletes in each event. Last year's meet drew over 4,000 spectators. In 2005 there were 58 meet marks that made the Track & Field News and Dyestat national event lists. Dyestat will be in Mobile to cover the meet with immediate results, photos, Donna on the Side as well as previews and stories before the meet (www.DyeStat.com). Athletes, fans and coaches are again looking forward with anticipation to the 2006 Mobile Challenge of Champions. I look forward to having your athletes compete in this year's meet. Event participation in the invitational division is limited so please confirm your invited athlete's participation early to allow full participation in each event since there will only be finals on this day. See the other links for additional meet information. Please call me at 251-639-0303 or email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. You may also contact Mike Cambre at 985-626-8177 or email him at [email protected]. For more information go to MobileChallengeofChampions.com or DyeStat.com. We hope to see you in Mobile! Yours in track, Steve Schoenewald Mike Cambre Mike Cambre |