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by John Dye Elite winners in the adidas Outdoor national championships (formerly Foot Locker Outdoor) often pursue higher glory the following week at the USATF Junior Nationals, which decides members of US teams for international competition. That will be difficult or impossible this year because the two meets overlap on the same weekend -- adidas is Friday-Saturday June 15-16 in Raleigh NC and Jr Nationals are Saturday-Sunday June 16-17 in Richmond VA. The two cities are 155 miles of interstate apart, so some athletes will be able to compete in both events, depending on the order of events. To facilitate this, the National Scholastic Sports Foundation, manager of the adidas meet, is providing free busses from Raleigh to Richmond Friday night and Saturday night. Some parents and coaches have complained to DyeStat about the schedule conflict, so we asked Jim Spier of NSSF, to comment on the situation. Here is his response: The promoters of the outdoor track and field championships (The National The NSSF has been assured by USATF that this will not happen In an effort to make a bad situation better, the NSSF has revised their Additionally, at their own expense, the NSSF will be furnishing Here is the schedule of the two meets showing which events have conflicts and which events could double.
Jim Spier Return to Junior Nationals page
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