Bears Information
Cambridge Youth Track
The Cambridge Youth track team is a not-for-profit club created to share the benefits of the sport of track and field to the North Fulton community. Cherokee County and the city of Atlanta have robust youth track programs but North Fulton had limited options for the sport. The Cambridge Youth Track & Field Club strives to provide our youth athletes the opportunity to develop their speed, strength, self-esteem, and endurance through good sportsmanship, self-discipline, leadership, and goal achievement. Our coaching staff is committed to developing well-rounded athletes who understand the fundamentals of training and competing in track & field while also developing sound athletes of sound character.
Track practices will primarily be at Cambridge High School. We will have additional speed and strength training practices at local grass fields (all locations will be on calendar).
Events offered at Cambridge Track & Field Club
Running Events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, hurdles
Running Relay Events: 4x100m, 4x400m
Field Events: Shot Put, Javelin, Discus, Long Jump, High Jump (will add pole vault if we recruit an expert coach)
Age Requirements
- Athletes compete against other athletes in 2 year age intervals by gender and by age group. The age is determined as of December 31.
- * Athletes must be at least 7 years of age on December 31st of the current year to compete in the National Junior Olympic Championships
- ** Athletes born in 2006 are eligible to compete the National Junior Olympic Championships if they do not turn 19 prior to the start of the meet
EVENTS OFFERED BY AGE GROUPS (USATF GUIDELINES)
| 8 & under | 9 & 10 | 11 & 12 | 13 & 14 | 15/16/17/18 | ||
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Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | ||||
Field Events | |||||||
Shot Put | 2k | 6lb | 6lb | 6lb | 4kg | 4kg | 12lb |
Javelin | 300g | 300g | 450g | 600g | 600g | 600g | 800g |
Long Jump | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
High Jump | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Discus (Post Season Only) | No | No | 1kg | 1kg | 1kg | 1kg | 1.6kg |
Track Events | |||||||
100M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
200M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
400M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
800M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1500M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3000M | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4x100M Relay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4x400M Relay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
80M Hurdles | No | No | Yes (30”) | No | No | No | No |
100M Hurdles | No | No | No | Yes (30”) | Yes (33”) | Yes (33”) | No |
110M Hurdles | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (39”) |