Facility Name
|
Year Constructed | Legal
Curb? type |
Steeplechase information |
Cross streets or directions
Notes on unique situations and security problems Credited Manufacturer or installer Type of Surface |
Finish direction "Imperial" if track is measured in yards. | Number of lanes
Straightaway length
|
Mapquest photos have been removed
Altitude
|
Brawley |
Desert Valley High School |
2000 | ||
Magnolia Street and North
1st Street Southwestern Eurotan |
East | 8 |
Aerial
Photo
0 ft. |
El Centro |
Central Union High School
|
1998 | ||
W. Brighton and S. 10th St.
Southwestern Eurotan |
South | Aerial Photo 0 ft. |
Southwest High School
|
1998 | No | |
Octillo Drive. and S. La Brucherie Rd.
by the 8 Freeway
Southwestern Eurotan |
East | 8 |
Aerial Photo 0 ft. |
Bakersfield |
Bakersfield College |
Yes | Yes | |
Mt. Vernon and University ! The razor wire fencing makes this quite difficult to get into. Finish line offset more than 10m. |
Northeast | 9 |
Aerial photo |
California State University, Bakersfield |
Yes | Stationary Inside |
|
Haggin Oaks Blvd. & Camino
Media ! Barb wire surrounds this track that is locked much of the time. |
South | 8 |
Aerial photo |
Liberty High School |
2001 | No | No |
Has
an inner curb that raises the track. Jewetta Ave. and Brimhall Road. |
South | 8 |
Aerial photo |
Ridgecrest |
Cerro Coso College | Yes |
No | |
3000 College Heights Blvd. |
East | 8 |
Aerial photo |
Taft |
Taft Union High School | No | Stationary Inside grass |
|
San Emidio and 10th Streets Blue. Open 24 hours, lit until midnight, aren't small towns great? Steeplechase has grass runway. ! has barricades . |
South | 9 |
Aerial photo |
Almansor Park, Alhambra is a large, city park, surrounded by all weather surfaced paths. |
Tanaka Park, Long Beach is a small, narrow, city park, surrounded by an all weather surfaced path. |
Agoura Hills (See also Westlake Village and Ventura County) |
Agoura High School | August 2001 |
No | No |
Thousand Oaks Blvd. at Argos St., 1 block East of Kanan
Blue. This track has an extra 9th lane about 1 1/2 feet wide filling the space from lane 8 to the fence. At least it gives them somewhere to put the soccer bench and hurdles--don't try to run this lane. ! Has barricades but I haven't seen them used--it is nicely lit at night. One of the runways has disintegrated, the other runways and lane 1 are now showing very bad deterioration. This doesn't appear to be related to consistent wear as much as poor (inconsistent) installation being aggrivated by normal use. Deena (Drossin) Kastor
|
South |
8 100m
| Aerial Photo 900 ft. |
Arcadia |
Arcadia High School | No | No | |
Duarte west of Santa Anita
Host of perhaps the best mid-season High School Invitational in the country, yet they have to conduct it with cones in place of a curb. |
West |
9
100m
| Aerial Photo
425 ft. |
Azusa/Glendora (see also Pomona) |
Azusa Pacific University | 2006 | (Yes) metal |
Adjustable Inside |
Citrus Avenue at Foothill, Azusa
I had reported there was no curb, apparently the metal curb is removed out of track season and is replaced each year at least when they have meets. Entrance to the track is over a bridge from the parking lot. Not only a full discus and hammer cage, but a separate cage for Weight Throw. Tartan APS Bryan Clay GS, Innocent Egbunike B
|
East | 8 84.5m
| Aerial Photo 625 ft. |
Citrus College | Yes metal |
Adjustable Inside | |
Barranca north of Alosta, Glendora Built into an artificial dirt bowl that holds the steep stands and fills the east end of the stadium. Finish line offset 10m. Backstretch marked for sprints and hurdles in reverse. ! They have high fences and/or razor wire around most of this track--quite dangerous Stadium website link with photos. Separate discus and Hammer Cages. Steeplechase finishes on backstretch. 2 companies claim this as a reference. Zaino/SRI |
East | 9 100m | Aerial Photo 625 ft. |
Bell Gardens |
Bell Gardens High School | 2005 | No | No |
Jaboneria St. where it
ends at Watcher St. Finish line offset 10m. Lane 9 is very close to the fencing. Fake Grass infield. Note the long straightaways and tight turns. |
East | 9
108m
|
Aerial photo |
Beverly Hills |
Beverly Hills High School | 1999 | No | No |
Olympic Blvd, 1 block East of Century
Park East
This is a square track, meaning 4 normal circumference turns and 4 distinct straightaways. There is an unused 9th lane on sprint straight. Southwestern Eurotan |
South |
8 | Aerial Photo 250 ft. |
Burbank |
Burbank High School | 2009 | No | No |
N. Glen Oaks Blvd. south of Deleware Rd. With a 7th lane on sprint straight. Fake Grass infield. |
Northwest | 6
98m
|
Aerial photo |
Calabasas |
Calabasas High School | 2002 | No | No |
Mullholland Hwy, east of Parkway Calabasas
|
East |
6
97m
| Aerial Photo |
Canyon Country See Santa Clarita |
Carson |
California State University, Dominguez Hills (Home Depot Center) | May 2003 | Yes metal |
Adjustable, inside |
Perimeter Rd. north of University Drive
The new Olympic Training Facility. Dual start/finish lines though south seems to be the primary the first international invitational meet used the north. Relays and Steeplechase finish south. !Security is high right now, and gates are still locked. Mondo |
North/South |
9
82m
| Aerial Photo |
Cerritos/Norwalk |
Cerritos College | Redone 2006 |
Yes | Adjustable Inside |
Studebaker entrance at Falcon Way, south
of Alondra or East entrance on Alondra
Blue. Cerritos College technically is in Norwalk. An AW track has been here since the 1970's, was resurfaced in the mid-90's) 9L Frequent host of many meets including the annual CIF State meet, the National Championships and the most succesful meet I've ever hosted. ! Campus rent-a-cops don't like the public on campus, your car will attract their attention. Entirely redone in 2006 with a Fake Grass infield and outside the oval too. Nothing horticultural in the stadium. Mondo |
North |
9
94m
|
Aerial Photo 70 ft.
|
Gahr High School | 1995 | No | No |
Artesia and Studebaker
Finish line offset 10m. No fudge room here, the edge of the surface ends at the lane line of lane 9, the exposed subsurface has a lip in some places. Southwestern Seal Flex |
South |
9
92m
| Aerial Photo 50 ft. |
Liberty Park | 2004 | No | No |
Studebaker Road, South of South St. A short track in a public park. |
North | 4 m
|
Aerial Photo |
Claremont see Pomona |
Compton |
Centennial High School | 2002 | No | No |
El Segundo and Central
! High spiked fencing makes it difficult to get into. Inner curb raises the track. This is another imperial track built in the new millenium. Since we "officially" no longer conduct meets in imperial distances, building this as an imperial track was an expensive act of stupidity. The old 220y straightaway still exists and was paved in the AW installation. The track is in the SW corner of the campus. |
South, Imperial |
9
96m
| Aerial Photo
65 ft. |
Compton Community College | 2003 | Yes metal |
Adjustable, Inside |
Santa Fe and Artesia
Beautiful new track with complete facilities for everything. The one visible drawback to this location is their apparent inability to grow grass. Charles Dumas, Jeanette Bolden, Ken Carpenter
|
South |
9
100m
| Aerial Photo
50 ft. |
Compton High School | No | No | |
Oleander and Cocoa, one block north
of Alondra
Blue It is nice to take this off the Bottom Ten. They have resurfaced the formerly damaged, repair pocked track. In the process, they removed the formerly legal curb. In order to fit 9 lanes, the lanes are exceptionally narrow. ! High spiked fencing makes it difficult to get into. Ulis C. Williams
|
North |
9
100m
| Aerial Photo 55 ft. |
Dominguez High School | 2002 | No | No |
Artesia and Hunsaker ! High spiked fencing makes it difficult to get into. Inner curb raises the track. This is another imperial track built in the new millenium. Since we "officially" no longer conduct meets in imperial distances, building this as an imperial track was an expensive act of stupidity just like Centennial above. The remains of the old dirt track continue past the end of the finish chute. |
South, Imperial | 9 101m
| Aerial Photo 55 ft. |
Culver City |
Culver City High School | January 2001 | No | No |
St. Nicholas Ave. east of Braddock Dr.
Installed the first week of 2001 Southwestern |
South |
8
100m
| Aerial Photo
50 ft. |
West Los Angeles College (WLAC) | 2005 | Yes metal |
Adjustable Inside |
Overland and Freshman Dr., east of Jefferson 10 lanes on the homestretch. Backstretch also marked for sprints. Throws are on the other side of the campus at the Hal Connely Throwing Center, no Javelin runway (anymore). Fake grass infield used for Arena Football practice. Mondo |
South | 9 84m
|
Aerial Photo 90 ft. |
Diamond Bar see Pomona and Walnut and Chino in Riverside County |
Downey |
Downey High School | 2005 | No | No |
Birchdale Ave. south of 5th St. North of Lakewood and Firestore Cal Tracks |
East | 9 100m
|
Aerial Photo 100 ft. |
Warren High School | 2005 | No | No |
Paramount opposite Brookmill Rd., south
of Firestone Cal Tracks |
East | 9 100m
|
Aerial Photo
100 ft. |
Glendale |
Crescenta Valley High School | 2006 | Yes metal |
No |
Ramsdell Ave at the 210 Freeway (north
east side), La Crescenta area Around a fake grass infield. Sprint straight marked for both directions (reverse finishes at 90m). A new high school track with a real metal curb. Cal Tracks Rekortan S |
Northwest | 8 95m
|
Aerial
Photo 1440 ft.
|
Glendale Community College | 2005 | No | Adj. Inside |
N.
Verdugo Rd. (Glendale Ave.) and E. Mountain St. On its own terrace on the hillside. Shotput on a lower terrace on the south end. Enter through the tunnel--you have to go up hill opposite the finish line. ! Parking on the campus is minimal and enforced. Park across Verdugo Rd. down hill from the track. Sprints/hurdlesalso marked both directions on sprint straight, to finish at the 100m start. Mondo |
Northeast |
8
102m
|
Aerial Photo 760 ft. |
Glendale High School | 2006 | Yes metal |
No |
Colorado Blvd and Campus
Notable for the wide turns. 8 lanes on the sprint straight. Wide apron for horizontal jumps on the west side of the stadium. Around a fake grass infield. A new high school track with a metal curb. Cal Tracks Rekortan S Frank Wykoff GGG, Dwight Stones BB
|
South | 6 79.5m
|
Aerial Photo 580 ft. |
Glendora listed with Azusa (and Pomona) |
Gardena |
Serra High School | 2001 | No | No |
Marine and Van Ness
! Campus is protected by barb wire fences. The chute is on the opposite side of the track from the common finish, but all straightaway markings conform to the common finish. |
North |
8
106m
|
Aerial Photo 45 ft. |
Hawthorne |
Hawthorne High School | 2002 | No | No |
Sundale and Broadway near Inglewood
and El Segundo Mike Marsh
An inner curb raises the track. Sprints/Hurdles run on backstretch where the chute is. Finish line offset 10m. |
North |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo 70 ft. |
Inglewood see also Hawthorne, Lawndale and Culver City |
Inglewood High School | January
2002 | No | No |
Between Inglewood and Cedar, Kelso and
Hillcrest
Separate location not on the High School Campus. Extra space (like a half a lane) next to the stands on straights and part of the north turn (narrowing to nothing at a concrete box at the center). |
South |
8
102m
|
Aerial Photo
80 ft. |
Morningside High School | November 2001 | No | No |
107th St. and Yukon
! New, imposing spike fences protect the track in this notorious neighborhood--the school grounds are not protected in the same manner. |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo 75 ft. |
La Canada/Flintridge |
La Canada High School | 2003 | No | No |
Foothill Blvd. and Oak Grove Dr. Surrounding a fake grass infield, finish line offset 10m. Sprints and hurdles marked to run reverse on home stretch out of the chute. This is the southernmost of the two tracks |
South |
9 100m
| Aerial Photo 1120 ft. |
St. Francis High School | 2004 | No | No |
Foothill Blvd. near Oak Grove Dr. Surrounding a fake grass infield, finish line offset 10m. Non-standard length track fits available space. This is the northern of the two tracks. |
South |
6 100m
| Aerial Photo 1135 ft. |
Lakewood |
Artesia High School | 2008 | No | No |
Del Amo Blvd. andNorwalk Blvd. Surrounding a natural grass infield |
South |
8
97m
|
Aerial Photo |
La Mirada |
Biola University | 2004 | No | No |
On campus between Biola Ave. and LaMirada
Blvd. north of Rosecrans and south of Imperial This now takes the award for the stupidest facility built yet. First, it is not the right distance and is thus not a suitable competition facility. But considering what was already done to make this facility work, the minimal extra effort to make this into a suitable competition venue should have been completed. Frankly, it doesn't feel flat either. Worse yet, most (but not all) track markings are imperial. The 110H are marked, but the last 10m do not exist. The 440 hurdles are apparently marked relative to the start line, but the 4x100 appears to be marked relative to the finish line with no marked start line. Turns are broken-back, multi-radius. This is frequently lit at night and gets heavy walker/jogger usage and is already showing wear. |
South Non-Standard |
3 91.5m
| Aerial Photo |
La Mirada High School | Nov.
2004 |
No | Yes, inside |
Foster Road east of Adelta
This is the is the first high school I have seen recently built with a steeplechase water jump--probably because Biola did not construct a regulation facility around the corner. There is a huge, unmarked chute (high jump pad) beyond the finish line--I estimate 198 meters of straightaway. Hurdles marked both directions from different start lines on home stretch. |
West |
8
85m
| Aerial Photo |
Lancaster |
Antellope Valley College | Resurf.
1999 |
No | Yes, inside grass |
30th Street W and K Street--on west
side of campus
There is a curb here, covered in AW surface material, but it never reaches a height that would make it legal. A curious thing about both tracks in Lancaster. Both have similar markings and both are wrong. Click picture to see details. One probably duplicated the other. |
South, Imperial |
8
102m
| Aerial Photo |
Quartz Hill High School | Yes | No | |
60th Street W and L Street--on east
side of school
Actually has a concrete curb that is legal or close to it in most places. Has lots of patch marks from repairs. This also markings that are wrong. Click picture to see details. Black |
South, Imperial |
9 102m
| Aerial Photo |
La Puente |
La Puente High School | 2006 | No | No |
Glendora Ave.
south of Temple Ave. Enter school grounds from Hacienda Blvd. Surrounding a fake grass infield. Long chutes make for almost 180m of straightaway. Pull up and paralell bars built into surface next to finish chute. Cal Track Rekortan S |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial
Photo 325 ft. |
La Verne see also Pomona |
Bonita High School, La Verne Sports Park | 1999 | No | No |
D St. and Outward Way--West of N. White
Ave.
Looks old, though reported to be resurfaced in 1999. Major repair in the west turn, plus some other cut out patches. An inner curb raises the track. There is a 10th lane on the east turn, indicative of a conversion from imperial to metric. Also a chute but no calibrated lines on backstretch. No sign of a discus area. Southwestern Seal Flex |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
University of La Verne |
Yes
|
Adjustable Inside | |
1st Street and B Street
Some repairs have been made and others are needed (marked by spraypaint). Curb may not be a full 5cm everywhere but its close enough. No curb through the entire steeplechase area. Steeplechase finishes on backstretch. ! Has barricades and uses them. Lane 8 seems to be the hurdle storage area. |
South |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo |
Lawndale see also Hawthorne, Inglewood and Carson |
Lawndale High School | 2002 | No | No |
Inglewood and Marine
Formerly this location was called Lloyde High School. They then closed High School, turned it into an Adult Education Center and removed the original track. This new track is a different location. The previous turf area here was pockmarked with all sorts of holes and weeds. The new turf is remarkably smooth, natural grass. Lots of construction still going on here. ! Imposing fences guard the campus |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo 50 ft. |
Leuzinger High School | 2002 | No | No |
Avis and Rosecrans (1 block west of
Prarie)
Long 109m straights, thus short, tight turns ! Imposing fences guard the campus |
East |
8
109m
|
Aerial Photo 45 ft. |
Long Beach |
California State University, Long Beach | Resurf.
1999 |
Yes metal |
Adjustable H, Inside |
Atherton entrance, near The Pyramid
I'm told they are now locking this at night, otherwise this is a very friendly place. An AW track here dates at least to the 70's. They have barriers, but I have never seen them in place. Southwestern Eurortan | North |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo 15 ft. |
Long Beach City College | Resurf. 2004 |
Yes concrete |
Yes, kept in storage |
Lew Davis Street and Clark
! Locked behind fences (that are difficult to climb because of the slats in the chain link holes) with nasty "No Trespassing" signs. Stadium management says the public is not welcome here. Steeplechase finishes in opposite direction. Concrete curb. Originaly Southwestern Martin ISS, now Cal Track Rekortan Overlay Kate Schmidt
|
South |
9
91m
|
Aerial Photo
35 ft.
|
Los Angeles--City of |
92nd Street Elementary School | 2000 | No | No |
f
(Track near) 95th and Grape Square 133m with relay zones marked for a 3 lap 4x100 Cal Track Cal Trax IMF |
East | 3 |
Aerial Photo |
! Ahmanson Training Center | 2000 | No | No |
83rd and Osage. Westchester/LAX area
! This is the Police Training Academy and not open to the public. I am not sure of the distance of this rectangular track (four straightaways, two shorter than the others), it is definitely shorter than 400m. There are three painted lines but so far I can make no sense of the distance between start/finish lines--I have yet to get a measuring tape out there. There is a notable peak (thus an incline and decline) in the middle of each straight (all four). Lots of additional AW areas surfaced (obviously for police training purposes, not running). Southwestern Eurotan |
East |
4 | Aerial Photo 85 ft. |
Banning High School | 2002 | No | No |
Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and Normandie--Wilmington/Harbor
area Now done with 6 lanes all the way around, 7.5 from the 200 start (including a strange partial lane). Finish line offset 10m. Southwestern Tonie Campbell
|
South |
6
98m
| Aerial Photo 20 ft. |
Birmingham High School | Resurf. 1989/2006 |
Yes metal/plast. |
No |
East | 8
97m
|
Aerial Photo 725 ft.
|
Brentwood School | 2002 | No | No |
Sunset Blvd. and Barrington Place--Brentwood Area (hills
north of West Los Angeles)
There is a dirt warm up lane around the outside, wide enough for two more lanes. Obviously the width was due to economics at this small private school. ! High security at this campus. Full time guard to keep you away and they are serious. Finish offset 8m. |
South |
6
98m
|
Aerial Photo |
California State University, Los Angeles (CSLA) | Resurf.
1991 |
(Yes) metal |
Stationary Inside |
Southwest corner of the campus near
10/710 interchange--East L.A. area
They apparently remove the curb outside of the track season. The stadium recently underwent some renovation though the track was not affected.. Steeplechase finishes in the opposite direction. Southwestern Rekortan |
North |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo 480 ft.
|
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) | Resurf. 1995 |
Yes metal |
Adjustable, Outside |
South of Lassen, Lindley and Halsted--Northridge/Valley
area
I have a photo layout of this track as I explain how a track is marked. See the whole article. Previously claimed by Southwestern Martin ISS Repairs by Zaino Current surfacing by Tartan APS Valerie Brisco-Hooks GGGS, Alice Brown GGS
|
South | 9
100m
| Aerial Photo 910 ft. |
Chaminade High School | 1998 | No | No |
East non-standard | 6
81m
| Aerial Photo 840 ft. |
Crenshaw High School | 2008 | No | No |
Johnny Gray | South | m
|
Aerial Photo |
East Los Angeles College (ELAC) | 1982
redone2003 |
(Yes) | Adjustable Inside |
Caesar Chavez Blvd./East L.A. area
The previously criticized, badly damaged track here has been removed and replaced with a beautiful new track with fake grass infield. I finally found they do have a curb. It is nicely stored on top of a stack of storage containers down the tunnel. Mondo |
West | 8
99m
|
Aerial Photo
300 ft.
|
Fairburn Elementary School | 2000 | No | No |
Rochester & Westholme, north of Ohio
Westwood area near Beverly Hills about 12.5 laps to a mile, triangular shape with a playground in the middle. Four narrow lanes and tight turns, I can't make sense of the calibrated start lines. Cal Track Cal Trax IMF |
East | 4 | Aerial Photo |
Granada Hills High School | 2006 | No |
No |
Zelzah Ave. and Hiawatha Street, 1 block
north of Devonshire--Granada Hills/Valley area, just north of CSUN
The first fake grass infield in the L.A. School District. This was paid for by a huge donation from Alum/NFL Great John Elway whose name is on the stadium. ! Locked behind multiple tall fences with signs that warn of video surveilance. |
West | 8 97m
|
Aerial
Photo 1000 ft. |
Harvard-Westlake High School | 2004 | No | No |
North |
6
98m
|
Aerial Photo
690 ft. |
Huntington Park High School | 2009 | No | No |
East Slauson Avenue and Miles Avenue-- Technically in Huntington Park but part of LAUSD Long straightaways. A ninth lane on sprint straight and most of the back stretch, but not on the turns. Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
East | 8
106m
|
Aerial Photo |
Jefferson High School | 2009 | No | No |
Hooper Avenue at Martin Luther King Blvd--South of Central L.A..
Mal Whitfield GGGSB, Charles Dumas GWide turns surrounding a natural grass infield |
South | 8
55m
|
Aerial Photo |
Jordan High School | 2009 | No | No |
103rd Street west of Alameda Street--Watts.
Kevin Young G, Florence Griffith-Joyner GGGSSSurrounding a natural grass infield |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Robert F. Kennedy High School | 2010 | No | No |
S. Catalina Street and 8th Street--Koreatown 2 blocks south of Wilshire Blvd. This was the Ambassador Hotel, converted to a high school. The track is square, non-standard with no calibration lines except for the finish line. Some extra surface around edged. Built on top of a parking garage, surrounding a fake grass field with a backstop in each corner, next to concrete basketball courts. !High Security fencing. |
West | 4
|
Aerial Photo |
L.A. Baptist High School | 2008 | No | No |
Lassen Street and Woodley Avenue--Mission Hills, S.F. Valley
area
Named for their most famous track alumni, with a new fake grass infield. Replacing the hybrid dirt baseball field/track that was here. Allyson Felix |
South | 8
90m
|
Aerial Photo |
L.A. Harbor College | 2006 | No | No |
Lagoon Dr. just west of Figueroa Place
which paralells the 110 south of PCH
Harbor/Lomita area Out of stupidity came another track. There was a dirt track here that was ruined by their need to expand an adjacent soccer field, chopping off the end of the track. That lasted a few years. Now a proper track has been constructed here. !Fine mesh fencing and security patrols make this very unfriendly. |
East |
8
85m
|
Aerial Photo 15 ft. |
L.A. Memorial Coliseum | Yes | Yes | |
Coliseum Drive and Menlo Avenue, just north of Martin Luther King Blvd. between Vermont and Hoover (south of Exposition) Home of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, then removed to make more space for the Raiders football games. The Raiders then vacated the stadium leaving the stadium without its historic track. |
East | 8
m
|
Aerial Photo |
L.A. Police Academy |
|
No | No |
6
|
Aerial Photo |
L.A. Southwest College | 2007 Orig. 1983 | Yes* metal/plast. |
Stationary Inside |
Imperial and Western--Athens/South Central
area near Inglewood
the previous, badly abused Mondo track was replace with a new Mondo track and ! High Security fencing. Patrols also watch the track regularly. Even the track team has difficulty using the facility. Mondo |
South |
8
94m
|
Aerial Photo
160 ft. |
L.A. Valley College | 2006 | No?* |
Adjustable Inside |
Hatteras and Coldwater
Canyon, north of Burbank Blvd.--Valley Village area Striped. This is to become the premiere track in Southern California. 10 lanes of alternating stripes (2 lanes wide) surrounding a fake grass infield. West finish, but curiously the wind direction in this area of the valley usually goes that way. Most field events except vertical jumps are outside the oval. I haven't found javelin facilities yet, discus and hammer are on a small field with only about 180 feet to the fences. No curb installed (yet?) !!This track has some of the most intense, prison like, high, angled fencing protecting it. They look like they will protect it from public usage at all costs. Mondo |
West | 10 84m
|
Aerial Photo 665 ft. |
Locke High School | 2002 | No | No |
107th and San Pedro--Watts/South Central area
Black with blue lane lines. 10m offset finish line ! they have been extremely creative in making their fences inaccessable. There are no stadium lights here--they don't plan on holding any events at night. Valerie Brisco-Hooks
|
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo 95 ft. |
Loyola High School | resurf |
No | No |
Venice and Normandie, just west of downtown
Blue. Extra long straightaways and narrower turns resurfaced by Cal Track Rekortan Overlay |
West |
6
108m
|
Aerial Photo |
Marshall High School | 2010 | No | No |
m
|
Aerial Photo |
Occidental College | 1983 | (Yes) metal |
Adjustable Inside |
Campus Rd. and Westdale--Eagle Rock
area near Glendale and Pasadena
Extra wide turns and short straightaways. It has been resurfaced since its original installation. After track season, the curb and steeplechase are kept in storage. ! Instead of barricades, they apparently place hurdles and steeplechase barriers on the track to force runners to the outer lanes. Security patrols frequently for unauthorized usage outsides of normal hours. Here's the school's website. |
North |
8
66m
|
Aerial Photo
550 ft.
|
Overland Avenue Elementary School | No | No | |
Putney Road, south of Manning Avenue and Ashby Street, just east of Overland Avenue An undersized 3-lane elementary school track. I estimate it at 110 meters with tight turns. |
South | 3
m
|
Aerial Photo |
Narbonne High School | 2007 | No | No |
S. Western Avenue and 247th Street--Harbor City area Still with a natural grass infield. The track is Blue but field event runways are normal orange. |
West | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Notre Dame High School | 2003 | No | No |
Woodman and Riverside, Sherman Oaks
area
The track still goes behind the stands. |
West |
8
85m
|
Aerial Photo 650 ft. |
Palisades High School | 2008 |
No | No |
Temescal Canyon Road and Bowdoin Street, between Sunset Blvd. and Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades area just west of Santa Monica |
South | m
|
Aerial Photo |
Rancho Cienega Park, Jackie Robinson Stadium | Resurf. 1997 | No | No |
North |
6
85m
|
Aerial Photo |
Ribet Academy | 2002 | No | No |
San Fernando Rd. at the 2 Freeway, Glassell
Park area
330.3m broken back track with the sharpest corners I have seen on a competitive track--the turns add about 2-3 seconds to a 400, in other words not suitable for competition. 12m offset finish line needed (because the sprinters need room to stop). Some marks on the track must be mismarked. Pronounce the name in your best basso profundo and you will know why the team mascot is the Toads. |
South Non-Standard |
5
106m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Pedro High School | 2000 | No | No |
West 17th and Alma--San Pedro Harbor
area
The new stadium here is a major improvement from the 4 lane square track that used to be here. |
South |
8 | Aerial Photo 125 ft. |
Santee High School | 2005 | No | No |
West | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Sunrise Elementary School | Old | No | No |
E. 7th west of Euclid Avenue--East L.A. Normal shaped paved track inside an elementary school Asphalt |
East | 4 |
Aerial Photo |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Resurf. Nov. 1999 |
Yes | Adjustable Inside |
Sunset Blvd. east of Gayley--Westwood area Dates at least to the 1970's. Replacing Rekortan which resurfaced in 1991, 1995 and 1999. The new installation reshaped the track, widening the turns significantly. See the website. Southwestern Martin ISS
|
South |
9
77m
|
Aerial Photo 375 ft.
|
University of Southern California (USC) | Resurf. 1999, 2001 |
(Yes) metal |
Adjustable Inside |
McClintock entrance from Jefferson
Throughout most of the year, the curb is not on the track. Apparently when the school has their own home meets, they put it down but most other outsiders are not so privledged. Finish line offset 10m. With west orientation, sprints are run reverse down the homestretch (from relay zone to relay zone due to the offset). Steeplechase finishes in opposite direction The building of this nice cozy stadium, that seats maybe a few thousand, shows the demise of track and field. Through the 1980's, meets were held in the L.A. Colliseum before crowds in the tens of thousands (I've seen pictures of 50,000 plus watching the USC vs UCLA dual meet). It is not possible to have 50,000 here, but it is not an issue because we don't have the demand to seat that many--even at a major championship meet like the PAC-10 (held here in 2003). Now with a fake grass infield Southwestern Rekortan Rex Cawley G, Frank Wykoff GGG, Foy Draper G, Felix Sanchez G, Quincy Watts GG, Charlie Paddock GGSS, Charles Dumas G, Lennox Miller SB, Inger Miller G, Mark Crear SB, Jack Davis SS, Cliff Bourland G, Ken Carpenter G
|
West |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo 175 ft.
|
Warner Pines Apartments | No | No | |
Owensmouth and Erwin (Woodland Hills
area)
This is a weird one for me to list but remarkable that an apartment complex has a track at all. This is a small square, just over 92y (19 laps to a mile) AW surface (about the size of the tennis court next to it). That is an artificial putting green in the middle of the track. There is a sign posted saying it is 17.5 laps to a mile but I measured and it is shorter than that. This complex is surrounded by two layers of security fencing--it is amazing I got in with the camera and measuring tape. |
0
98 feet
|
Aerial Photo |
Washington Irving Middle School | No | No | |
Margurite Avenue south of Fletcher Drive Here's an interesting one. Its a square Fake Grass track. Effectively the outer ring of this multi-purpose field is a track orange color with lane lines. Other than seams there is no difference in texture to the rest of the field. There are white lines on the field for soccer and two baseball fields, and blue-gray (fainter) lane lines for the track (that turns in front of the backstops). There are no calibrated start lines, just a finish line near third base of the north baseball field. |
South | 4
m
|
Aerial photo |
West Adams High School | 2007 | No | No |
W. Washington and S. Vermont
Adjacent to the 10 Freeway, the track is better approached from the East on 20th St. that dead ends near the stadium. 8 lanes on the sprint straight. |
South |
8 | Aerial Photo 125 ft. |
Lynwood |
Lynwood High School | August 2001 | No | No |
Imperial Highway
! There seems to be a security guard at the school 24-7, but on my latest visit, I was not even questioned as I walked straight in. Cal Track Cal Trax IMS |
West |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo 80 ft. |
Malibu |
Malibu High School | Sept. 2001 | No | No |
Morning View opposite Ebbtide Way. 1
block up hill from Pacific Coast Highway and the famous Zuma Beach. Go
in the driveway and go to the end of the parking lot. Track is east, up
hill above the basketball courts.
Finish line is offset 10m. |
Northeast |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo |
Pepperdine University, Ed Stotsenberg Track | Late 1980's | No | No |
West entrance uphill off Pacific Coast
Highway
Before the AW surfacing, this is where they taped the early 1970's Superstars competitions. ! Entrance to campus facilities requires campus activity "Crest" card. It is easy to walk in to the track up the steep hill. Night lighting is excellent. Security does occasionally check people on the track, or maybe just me because I look too old to be a student. The outside curb is legal, which is unimportant because the inside is not, but this discounts the liability argument. Has been resurfaced but I don't have a date. |
West |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Manhattan Beach |
Mira Costa High School | 2003 | No | No |
Peck St. 1 block north of Artesia
There is a tenth inner jogging lane, separated from the main track only by a line made wider by yellow paint. Finish line offset 10m. The chute, cut into the hillside, is only long enought for the 100m start, so 110m hurdles finish at the end of the relay zone. See a website documenting the construction and budget at http://www.pcm3.com/Manhattan/MCHS%20All%20Weather%20Track.htm |
East |
(9)
100m
|
Aerial Photo 150 ft. |
Montebello |
Montebello High School | 2008 | No | No |
Madison Ave.
opposite N. 19th and 20th Streets Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial
Photo
210 ft. |
Newhall |
Norwalk see Cerritos |
Palos Verdes |
Chadwick School | 2005 | No | No |
Hidden at the top of Academy Drive, enter from eastbound Palos
Verdes Drive only 332 meters. This is a short, square track at a private school. |
Southeast | 4 85m
|
Aerial
Photo 670 ft. |
Penninsula High School |
Feb. 2002 |
No | No |
Hawthorne Blvd. and Silver Spur
Black. Yellow lane lines. ! Has barricades but didn't use them. |
South |
9
98m
|
950 ft. |
Paramount |
Paramount High School | 2008 | No | No |
Madison Ave. opposite N. 19th and 20th
Streets Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial
Photo 80 ft. |
Pasadena See also San Marino, La Canada, Glendale |
Ambassador College | Early 1970's | No | No |
St. John and W. Del Mar Blvd.
Once on top of the parking structure, now replaced with a fake grass soccer field. This was 6 laps to a mile, about 293 yards. Old Astroturf infield, weeds grow in the long jump pit. The surface seems incredibly thin. ! Signs indicate you should have permission to use the track at this private college, though it is not hard to hop the fence. Security does patrol the campus regularly. 7 lanes on sprint straight. Supposedly this is where Dwight Stones would train back in the day. |
East non-standard |
6
42.5m
| Aerial Photo 825 ft. |
California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) | 2005 | Yes | Stationary Outside |
California west of Lake
! Entry frequently is controlled by an attendant--you have to enter through the gym. Check in to campus facilities requires a campus activity card. Finish line offset 10m. 8 lanes on sprint straight. Mondo |
East |
6
100m
|
Aerial Photo 750 ft.
|
La Salle High School | Jan. 2004 | No | No |
E. Sierra Madre and Michilinda
Rectangular track with supposed normal sized turns (like Beverly Hills). Based on the markings I calculate the length at 343.185 meters. They have done what they can to use the available space, with a runway area outside the track (where they might put future stands for football). Track surrounds a fake grass infield. Discus ring outside the track throwing to the infield, with sector lines marked on the track. Lots of lines, all well identified, to mark all the start lines and passing zones. With multiple zones for each race scattered around the track, 4x1 (yellow), 4x2 (green) and 4x4 (blue) zones have stripes to match each group. SRI |
West non-standard |
6
90+33m
|
Aerial Photo
860 ft. |
Muir High School | 2009 | No | No |
Canada Ave.and Montana Street Finish line offset 10m !Barricades Caltracks |
East | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Pasadena City College | 1999 | No | Adjustable Inside |
Del Mar Blvd. and S. Sierra Bonita Ave.
9 lanes for sprints. ! They usually keep this track locked, patrol often and have No Trespassing signs posted. Southwestern Eurotan also claimed by Tartan APS |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo 775 ft. |
Pasadena High School | 2009 | No | No |
N. Altadena Blvd and Cooley Place Finish line offset 10m Caltracks |
West | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Pomona and Claremont (see also Azusa, LaVerne and Walnut) |
Cal Poly Pomona | Resurf. 2001 | No | Adjustable, Outside |
Temple Ave. & University
Recently resurfaced because the previous (ancient) track was ruined by constant watering. I previously complained, the lane markers were badly faded apparently washed away because the track is flooded every night by sprinklers. This used to be a 7 lane track. The new track now features two sets of lane lines. 6 green lanes of NCAA width lanes on both straightaways and 8 white lanes of less than high school width lanes all the way around. Backstretch starts up the straightaway and finishes in the (old) chute that includes a portion of the old surface. There are some bad seams where a runner can see and feel the unevenness of the undersurface. While I was there, it reeked of reclaimed water and the sprinklers were running, still flooding the new track and track equipment. ! This poor track once was once labeled "Not for Public Use" I didn't see the sign this time but I still did have to jump the fence (along with six other joggers). Chi Cheng
|
North | 6/8
97m
|
Aerial Photo 700 ft. |
Claremont High School | July 2002 | (Yes) | No |
N. Indian Hill, 1 block north of Foothill
Blvd., Claremont
I understand they will add a curb shortly, still not installed. Special marks on the track show the miles (run counter clockwise from the northwest, opposite side finish line) in lanes 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 See the progression of the construction here. Fake grass infield. Southwestern Eurotan |
East | 9
79.2m
|
Aerial Photo 1275 ft. |
Claremont Mudd Scripps | 1997 | (Yes) metal |
Adjustable H (missing), Inside, slice |
6th and Claremont Ave., Claremont
This and Pomona Pitzer are actually less than 2 blocks apart--both are about a half block from 6th and Mills--this one north and east, Pomona is south and west. Two excellent, open tracks for two colleges that are part of one big campus. See Pomona Pitzer below. The closest unregulated parking for this track is actualy just over the fence from the other track. Steeplechase finishes reverse. The metal curb is removed out of track season and is replaced each year. previously Southwestern Martin ISS now Atlas |
East |
9
94m
|
Aerial Photo 1200 ft. |
Diamond Ranch High School | 1999 | No | No |
Diamond Ranch Drive west off Philips
Ranch Road (also called Chino Hills Parkway) just south of the 60 freeway
!There is a security guard posted to keep people off this public school campus |
West |
9 100m
|
Aerial Photo 1190 ft. |
Pomona Pitzer College | Resurf. 2001 |
(Yes) metal |
Adjustable, Inside |
4th and University, Claremont--go east
on 4th until it ends, turn left into the parking lot. Track is down a
long pedestrian path between the football field and baseball field. See
the interactive tour of the track. ! Barricades out frequently in
first two lanes.The metal curb is removed out of track season and is replaced
each year.
Blue. Wide turns. See Claremont Mudd Scripps above. Southwestern Martin ISS |
North |
8 85m
|
Aerial Photo 1190 ft. |
Webb School | 2003 | No | No |
School entrance on Baseline just west
of Towne Ave., Claremont
Track is waaaay up the hill behind the school. The inner curb raises the track. 8 lanes on the sprint straight, but no chute past the finish line, instead the extra lanes start into the turn and then stop. !This is a private school with a guard at the gate. I have located one poor picture of the track. Cal Track Rekortan S |
South | 6
100m
|
Aerial Photo 1450 ft. |
Redondo Beach |
Redondo Union High School | 2010 | No | No |
East | 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Rowland Heights |
Alvarado Intermediate School | Old | Yes concrete |
No |
East |
5
|
Aerial Photo
475 ft. |
Rowland High School | 2009 | No | No |
East | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Gabriel |
Gabrielino High School | 2006 | No | No |
North | 6 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Marino, See Pasadena |
San Marino High School | 2006 | No | No |
North | 6
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Clarita Valley |
Canyon High School | 2005 | No | No |
Nadal St. west of Whites Canyon Finish line offset 10m Includes an inner jogging lane, separated by a painted line. Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
West | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
College of the Canyons | Resurf. 1994 |
Yes metal |
Adjustable inside slice |
Valencia Blvd. and Rockwell Canyon There is a 9th lane squeezed next to the stands on the sprint straight (marked to end at the curve edge of the chute), though it is frequently used for storage. Southeast entrance is now apparently open to the public and friendlier than in the past. There is a jogging lane inside of the curb though a couple of chunks (including the steeplechase course) were cut out for the fake grass soccer field. Had the field been constructed inside the track, it would have fit, but the field was constructed centered to the pressbox. Southwestern Martin ISS |
South | 8
92m
|
Aerial Photo |
Golden Valley High School | 2007 | No | No |
Golden Valley Rd and Robert C. Lee Finish line offset 10m Includes an inner jogging lane, separated by a painted line. Surrounding a fake grass infield. Black |
East | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Hart High School | 2005 | No | No |
Newhall and 15th There is a ninth inner jogging lane, separated from the main track only by a line made wider by yellow paint. Surrounding a new fake grass infield. Finish line offset 10m. What logic drove the decisions here defies me. There is an extra long chute area on both ends of the home stretch, over 40m marked with dotted lines through the arc beyond the finish. No reason I can see for why the 9th lane couldn't be a competition lane. Almost no spectator seating, no night lighting. A short fence separates the outside edge of the track from a surrounding pedestrian path. The jogging lane was not a completely executed effort to reduce the amount of field turf surface area (which is more expensive than track surface). Both the high jump pad (just a square) and the horizontal jump runways are surrounded by turf, rather than track material. Other field event areas are outside the oval. |
North | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Saugus High School | 2005 | No | No |
Bouquet Canyon Rd. and Centurion Way Surrounding a fake grass infield with an inside jogging lane. |
SouthEast | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Valencia High School | 2005 | No | No |
Dickason Dr. and Smythe Dr. There is a ninth inner jogging lane, separated from the main track only by a line made wider by yellow paint. Surrounding a new fake grass infield. Finish line offset 10m. ! Heavily fenced if locked. |
North | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
West Ranch High School | 2006 | No | No |
Valencia Blvd. and Old Rock Road (west
of the 5) and C of C There is a ninth inner jogging lane, separated from the main track only by a line made wider by yellow paint. Surrounding a new fake grass infield. Finish line offset 10m. |
South | (8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Monica |
Santa Monica City College | Resurf. 1999 |
No | Adjustable, Inside |
16th and Pearl
Originally Mondo, the new resurfacing replaced the 1983 surface where the Olympic Marathon started in 1984. I haven't seen this elsewhere, the javelin runway is clearly painted across the lanes. ! has barricades, though I have never seen them in place. Seems to be open 24/7. Southwestern Rekortan |
South |
8
84m
|
Aerial Photo 140 ft. |
Santa Monica High School | Resurf. 1999 | No | No |
Pico and 4th Street Parry O'Brien
Finish line offset 10m |
Northwest |
6
106m
|
Aerial Photo 70 ft. |
Saugus See Santa Clarita |
South Gate |
Southgate Junior High School
|
2000 | No | No |
Southern Ave. & San Miguel St.-1 block
west of Otis St.
Square 5-lane track, with a 6th lane for sprints. There are no start or finish lines after being there for several years. The small stands seem permanent blocking outer lanes. Southwestern Eurotan |
No start or finish lines |
5 |
Aerial Photo |
South Pasadena |
South Pasadena High School | .2007 | No | No |
Meridian Ave. south of Monterey Road Mondo |
South | 7
100m
|
Aerial
Photo
. |
Torrance |
West Torrance High School | Feb. 2004 |
No | No |
Del Amo Blvd. at Victor St., west of Anza Ave.
Finish line offset 10m. |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo 65 ft. |
Valencia See Santa Clarita |
Walnut see also Pomona |
Mt . San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) | Resurf. 1999 | Yes | Adjustable Inside |
Temple Ave. east of Grand Ave.
! Has been locked the last several times I have passed by when there wasn't a meet going on. Steeplechase finishes in the opposite direction. This is another track, modified from imperial, with the extra lane in the first turn. Tartan APS Bob Seagren GS, Mark Crear SB
|
North |
9
98m
|
Aerial Photo 700 ft.
|
Walnut High School | No | No | |
South |
9
90m | Aerial Photo 725 ft. |
Westlake Village see also Agoura and Ventura County |
Oaks Christian High School | 2000 | No | No |
off Via Rocas
One of the nicest (unknown) facilities I've seen but they have no 400 hurdle marks. The 110H (blue) and 100H (yellow) are marked to run in the reverse direction down the straightaway, but they have backed the start line into the finish line chute and offset each to use the last 9 hurdle marks--meaning there are two color coded finish lines at odd places near the end of the last 4x100 relay zone. ! Track is now locked and a full-time security guard patrols to keep people out. |
West |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo
1020 ft. |
Whittier |
Whittier College | 2000 | Yes | Adjustable Inside |
North |
9 | Aerial Photo 460 ft. |
Aliso Viejo |
Aliso Niguel High School | 2007 | No | No |
South | m
|
Aerial Photo |
Soka University | 2002 | No | No |
Wood
Canyon, south or west of Aliso Creek, take the first right to the parking
lot, walk to behind the gym, track is down the hill with a serpentine
path leading to it.
This university has yet to start incollegiate sports. They have the track but no field event facilities. A curious extended chute for about 8m past the finish line. Almost insignificant except for the fact that they went through the trouble to build it. They say it is open 24/7, check in at the friendly guard shack on your way in. Built in 2002, resurfaced in 2004 Cal Track Rekortan S Overlay |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Anaheim |
Servite High School | No | No | |
La Palma between Brookhurst and Euclid
Here's another, I'm sorry to say, another mistake. They kept the original imperial curb in this construction--the old plates remain. The chute curb did not align perfectly with the oval curb, so the inner painted line is indented into the track. Thus the distance of the track is longer than 440 yards. The start lines show and account for these "errors". There is a half of an extra lane most of the way around the track. If they had poured a new curb they could have gotten an extra lane around the track. They also use the track for portable bleachers and fencing around their fake grass soccer field. When I saw it, only one lane (5) was free of obstacles. Shot put is thrown onto the all weather track surface--which could also be a large high jump pad. There are a couple of places that have light on the track at night. Black |
North Imperial+ |
6
69m
|
Aerial Photo |
Brea |
Brea-Olinda High School | No | No | |
Wildcat Way north of E. Lambert
Has a few ripples in it--as in it is not flat, particularly about 10-20 meters before the finish--they have apparently tried and failed to fix these. But then the problem seems to have been caused by them trying to run something under the track after it was constructed. I had reported they had a legal curb here, and the inner concrete curb is raised slightly, but it never comes close to the 5 cm (2") in the rule book. ! Has barricades, though I have never seen them used. |
North |
8
98m
|
Aerial Photo |
Costa Mesa |
Orange Coast College | 2001 | Yes metal |
Adjustable, inside |
Fairview Rd., south of Baker St. (south of 405)
The south turn has an extra lane, you would think from the conversion from imperial to metric. But it wasn't--they simply mismeasured and had to reconstruct a new location for the curb. A concrete inner curb raises the track for excellent drainage. ! Has barricades and uses them. Southwestern |
South |
9
99m
|
Aerial Photo |
Cypress |
Cypress College | Ancient | No | No |
Orange and Holder
This track's surface is eroding away. The lines have largely worn off, several places have worn through to the pavement below and rubberized pieces of the track come off on your shoes more than any track I've been to recently. Once was 10 lanes on sprint straight (old lane lines still visible on the chute). Rubber Asphalt |
South, Imperial | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Dana Point |
Dana Hills High School | 2005 | No | No |
Golden Lantern and Acapulco Drive With fake grass infield. ! Barricades block inner lanes. Cal Track Rekortan SLE |
North | 9 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Fullerton |
California State University, Fullerton | No | Adjustable, Outside | |
East |
8
86m
|
Aerial Photo |
Fullerton College | 1982 | Yes | No |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Huntington Beach |
Golden West College | 2004 | No | Stationary, inside |
Gothard & Center
Formerly on the bottom 10, this track was finally resurfaced. The old subsurface was not removed so curiously we still have some annomolies. Only 1 runway and one high jump pad were replaced, the other runways are in the same deteriorated, even overgrown condition (with a dirt javelin throw area). The adjacent pole vault runway was a roll out surface and that has not been replaced. The steeplechase is still fixed at 36" and the run up to the steeplechase is notably almost 2 feet higher than the track. From the looks of it, not only does the steeplechase ramp up hill but the track goes down hill here. There is an extra 10th lane in the south turn from the original conversion to metric. |
North |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Huntington Beach High School | 1996 | No | No |
Main St. and Yorktown
This track has double lane lines sprint straightaway. The narrow lanes (white=36") get them 9 lanes around the track, while the wide lanes (blue=41") are necessary for hurdles. I believe they actually have two widths of hurdles to accomodate the differing lane widths of long and short hurdles. Southwestern |
East |
9
98m
|
Aerial Photo |
Irvine |
Irvine High School | 2005 | No |
No |
Southeast |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Concordia College | 2005 | No | No |
On its own street, Concordia Way. Off Turtle Creek east of Campus (east of Culver) and Ridgeway, south of University This is a private college with a manned security guard at the entrance. Track is on the south side of the campus with parking on the East (or on the other side of the baseball field to the west) Cal Track Rekortan S |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Irvine High School | No |
No | |
South |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Resurf. 1999 |
Yes metal |
Adjustable, Inside |
University
to California, left on Bridge
Blue. Here's a link to the stadium's web site. The legal curb frequently seems to be missing from the east turn--it gets in the way of the High Jump and Javelin but it invalidates records set under such conditions. Southwestern Martin ISS |
East |
8
90m
|
Aerial Photo |
Laguna Beach |
Laguna Beach High School | 2006 | No | No |
Shorts St./El Camino del Mar/El Bosque/Las Robles and Wilson St. all meet between Park Ave and Thalia St. With fake grass infield. Finish line offset 10m No pole vault. Low fences with public push bars keep track open to the public. |
West | 8 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Laguna Hills |
Laguna Hills High School | 2007 | No | No |
South | m
|
Aerial Photo |
Mission Viejo |
Capistrano Valley High School | 2006 | No |
No |
Northeast | 8 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Mission Viejo High School | 2006 | No |
No |
North | 8 m
|
Aerial Photo |
Saddleback College | 2002 | Yes | Adjustable, Inside |
Avery Parkway east of I5
They reoriented the finish line and added the curb when they resurfaced this facility. The steeplechase barriers are stationary, even though the water jump is adjustable--caused a disaster when a women's and masters steeplechase was scheduled. ! Has barricades and diligently uses them. |
North |
8
101m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Margarita High School | 1999 | No | No |
Plano Trabuco and Dove Canyon
Blue. ! Fenced campus at this private high school, with regularly patroling guard. Finish line offset 10m See other meet photos at http://www.smhs.org/Athletics/trackfield/girlstrack/Results.htm |
East | 7 99m
| Aerial Photo |
Tesoro High School | 2006 | No | No |
Oso Parkway and Tesoro Creek Road Where Oso Parkway crosses the 241 Freeway, Track is on the south end of the campus Cal Tracks Rekortan SLE |
East | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Trabuco Hills High School | 1999 | Yes metal pipe |
No |
East | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Newport Beach |
Corona del Mar High School | 1999 | No | No |
East | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Orange |
El Modena High School | 2005 | No | No |
Chapman Ave. opposite James St. between Prospect St. and Esplanade St., east of the 55 freeway With fake grass infield. Finish line offset 4m Backstretch is also marked to run sprints backwards. 4x200 marked. A 10th lane is a good hurdle storage area. ! Every time I have seen this place, both the inner and outer fences have been locked. |
North | 9 97m
|
Aerial Photo |
Orange Lutheran High School | 2005 | No | No |
Santiago Blvd and Villa Vista Way, backed up against the 55 freeway This is certainly a creative track. Certainly not standard, the length is (by my calculations) 445.8m and rectangular in order to accommodate all other sports fields in the same space. The Northwest turn is wide like a normal track, the other three turns are very tight. The 400 and 4x100 do not finish at the common finish, but on the short straight past the wide turn (so they go almost 360 around corners). The straightaway races start from a common start line, to two different finish lines (or it is marked backward), and the 8 lane home stretch is obviously not flat, lane 5 appears to be the bottom of the trough. |
West | 9 97m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Clemente |
San Clemente High School | 2005 | No | No |
Avenida Pico, just north of I5
With fake grass infield. ! Barricades block inner lanes. Cal Track Rekortan SLE Jim Doering
|
North | 9 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Ana |
Mater Dei High School | 2004 | No | No |
Bristol and Edinger With fake grass infield. No stands or space to put them. Cal Track Rekortan S |
East | 7 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Ana College (also known as Rancho Santiago College) | Yes | Adjustable Outside | |
North |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Anza |
Hamilton High School |
|||
Mitchell Road and Bohlin
Road |
West | 8 |
Aerial
Photo 0 ft. |
Beaumont |
Beaumont High School | 2000 | Yes | No |
Sequoia Drive and Cougar Way, west of Cherry Ave.
If the date I have is correct, this is another recently constructed Imperial track. The track seems much older. With a legal concrete curb, painted blue. 10 lanes on the sprint straight. |
South, Imperial |
8
101m
|
Aerial Photo |
Cathedral City |
Cathedral City High School | No | No | |
Dinah Shore Drive opposite Judy Lane,
east of Date Palm Drive
|
North |
|
Aerial Photo |
Coachella |
Cahuilla Desert Academy | 1998 | No | No |
Ave 52 at Arabia St.
It appears to have broken back turns and long straightaways Southwestern Eurotan |
West |
|
Aerial Photo |
Desert Hot Springs |
Desert Hot Springs High School | No | No | |
Pearson Blvd. west of West Drive
Finish line offset 10m. |
South |
8 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Hemet |
Hemet High School | No | No | |
Stetson Ave and Stanford Street Surrounding a fake grass infield |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
West Valley High School | No | No | |
Harrison and Sanderson.
It looks like an older track with some repairs and some minor wear spots. Unless this really is new, the minor problems make it look like this has held up nicely. |
West |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Indio |
Indio High School | No | No | |
Ave. 46 and Clinton St.
Actually there is a legal curb (by height) here but it is located about 15 inches inside the marked lane 1 line. |
South |
8
|
Aerial Photo |
Lake Elsinore |
Lakeside High School | No | No | |
Riverside Drive, north of Grand
|
East |
|
Aerial Photo |
La Quinta |
La Quinta High School | 1994 | No | No |
Adams St. and Westward
Ho Dr. When the aerial photo was taken, there was obviously an event going on. Southwestern Seal Flex |
North | 8 |
Aerial Photo |
Menifee |
Paloma Valley High School | 2006 | No | |
Bradley Road and Craig Ave.
|
North |
m
|
Aerial Photo |
Mira Loma |
Jurupa Valley High School | No | No | |
Etiwanda Ave. and Bellgrave Ave. Ocean Marker |
South | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Moreno Valley |
Rancho Verde High School | 2002 | No | No |
Near the end of Lasselle St.4 miles
South of Cactus or North on Evans Rd. from Ramona Expressway
Black ! Slat fencing makes this difficult to get into. |
North |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Murietta |
Murietta Valley High School | No | No | |
Washington Ave and Fullerton Road |
East | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Vista Murietta High School | No | No | |
Clinton Keith Road, east of the 215 |
North | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Norco |
Eleanor Roosevelt High School | No | No | |
4th St and Clark Ave. |
North | 9 85m
|
Aerial Photo |
Palm Desert |
Palm Desert High School | No | No | |
Cook Street north of Fred Waring Dr.
Very hard. A thin layer of surface material sprayed onto asphalt. No wonder no manufacturer wants to take credit for this one. |
South |
8
|
Aerial Photo |
Palm Springs |
Palm Springs High School | No | No | |
Baristo Rd. west of S. Farrell
|
South |
8
|
Aerial Photo |
Perris |
Citrus Valley High School | 2006 | No | No |
Wood Road and Markham St. |
South | m
|
Aerial photo |
Rancho Murrietta |
2006 | No | No | |
Nighthawk Way and Washington Ave. |
West | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Vista Murrietta High School | 2006 | No | No |
Clinton Keith Road, just east of the 215 |
East | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Riverside |
Martin Luther King High School | 2007 | No | No |
Wood Road just south of Van Buren Blvd. Under construction in 2007 |
South | m
|
Aerial photo |
Anza |
Patriot High School |
|||
Jurupa Road west of Camino Real |
South | 8 |
Aerial
Photo 0 ft. |
Riverside City College | 2004 | (Yes) Metal |
Adjustable Inside |
Enter campus at City College Drive west of Olivewood Ave. and drive through parking lot, track is at the (northeast) end of parking area just past the pool.
Finish line offset 10m. Surrounding a fake grass infield. There was no curb when I visited, though there are holes in the track to align a metal curb. This used to run behind the stands. Those (north) stands have been removed, replaced by portable stands outside the trac. Nourdine Morcelli
|
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Rubidoux High School | 2004 | No | No |
Jurupa Road just southwest of Camino Real.
This area is known as the Jurupa Valley, off the 60 at Valley. This school has completely moved its location, building new track facilities in the process. All of the field event facilities are outside the oval, runways north of the track, shot put behind the stands to the west and discus in the adjacent practice field. |
South |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
University of California, Riverside (UCR) | 1998 | Yes concrete |
Adjustable Outside |
Canyon Crest and Linden
Sprint and hurdles marked on the backstretch as well. ! Has barricades and apparently uses them. Frequently locked and with signs that look like they don't want you on this track. Also watch out for the $5 parking fee on campus almost all the time and the campus police housed in an office just down the parking lot from the track. Southwestern Eurotan |
South, Imperial |
9
101m
|
Aerial Photo |
Temecula |
Great Oak High School | No | No | |
Pechanga Parkway and Pechanga Road or Deer Valley Road |
West | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Thermal |
Coachella Valley High School | 1999 | No | No |
Airport Blvd (56th Avenue) and Van Buren St.
Southwestern Eurotan |
South |
|
Aerial Photo |
Desert Mirage High School | No | No | |
Avenue 66 and Tyler Street Southwestern Eurotan |
South | |
Aerial Photo |
San Jacinto |
San Jacinto High School |
1997 Resurf.
|
No | No |
Idylwild and Penny Lane southwest of
N. State St.
Inner curb raises the track. 9 lanes on the sprint straight. Southwestern Seal Flex |
Southeast |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Chino see also Pomona and Walnut in Los Angeles County |
Boys Republic High School | 2001 | No | No |
Grand Ave. west of 71 Freeway School
entrance next to southbound onramp.
It has its own entrance off the public park (lot) entrance road. Track is at south end of the school up against the freeway. This is a small private school. Southwestern |
South | 9 100m
| Aerial Photo |
Chino High School | 2006 | No | No |
Park Place and Benson Ave. Long home stretch with a chute on both ends, the north end being used as a pole vault runway. Football stands occupy the field in the south turn--a large paved area is where you might expect to find an AW high jump sector. Its not on the other turn, so I haven't figured out where they High Jump, even though there are double facilities for other field events. |
South | 9 91m
|
Aerial Photo |
Colton |
Colton High School | 2004 | No | No |
Rancho and E Street, 3 blocks north
of the 10 Surrounding a fake grass infield. No marking to run backward (with a west finish). Wide gap (1 foot+) from lane 1 line to infield. ! has barricades but not in use. |
West | 9 91m
|
Aerial Photo |
Lake Arrowhead |
Rim of the World High School | No | No | |
East | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Ontario |
Colony High School | 2004 | No | No |
Riverside and Mill Creek
An inner curb raises the track. Lots of drainage, this seems to be where the entire campus drains, even the high jump apron has an extreme tilt at the edge. Pole vault area is in an enclosed area separated from the stadium. Hurdles are marked to run east, backwards on the homestretch, but the finish has no chute and the reverse finish line is offset about 7m. There is a chute at the common finish, which the reverse sprints only back up 7 and 17m into. ! Has barricades but they were not in use. The fences were locked however. |
West | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Rancho Cucamonga |
Chaffey College | Resurf. 2001 |
No | No |
Amber Lane off Haven Ave.
Completely redone about 2001. ! Regular patrols on this campus have found me during my night visits. Barricades block inner two lanes. |
East |
9
91m
|
Aerial Photo |
Los Osos High School | 2003 | No | No |
Banyan St. & Miliken Ave.
Inner curb raises the track. ! They have added barricades and use them. |
East |
9
91m
|
Aerial Photo |
Redlands |
University of Redlands | 2006 | No | Yes, Inside |
E. Brockton Ave. east of N. University St.
This is the appropriately named Ted Runner Stadium. Mondo |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino Valley College | No | Adjustable | |
Vernon to Grant, left on Mission
New fake grass infield being added 2005 along with field event modifications. You can see the fence out in lanes--I believe that is temporary with the construction. |
North |
9 91m
| Aerial Photo |
Upland |
Upland High School | No | Adjustable | |
Foothill Blvd. and San Antonio Ave.
Finish line offset 10m. ! spike fences make this difficult to get into. |
East |
8 100m
| Aerial Photo |
San Gorgonio High School | 2006 | No | No |
Pacific St. and Arden Ave. Cal Track Rekortan SLE |
West | m
|
Aerial Photo |
Chula Vista |
Marian Mater Dei High School | 2006 | No | No |
Birch Road between Magdalena Ave. and the 125 South Bay Toll Road Surrounding a fake grass infield |
West | 9
85m
|
Aerial photo |
Olympic Training Center | 1993 Resurf. Jan. 2f004 |
Yes | Adjustable, outside |
Wueste Road south of Otay Lakes Rd.
Waaay east of town, security won't let you in through the athlete's gate, you have to work your way from the front parking lot) This track has the widest sprint straightaway I've ever seen. 12 lanes. It has adjustable steeplechase barriers and I just found the (covered) water jump. And numerous field event facilities, multiple throws rings etc. multiple vault pits etc. Tartan APS |
West |
9 | Aerial Photo |
Olympian High School | 2006 | No | No |
at the South end of Magdalena
Ave. west of the 125 South Bay Toll Road Surrounding a fake grass infield |
South | 9
m
|
Aerial photo |
Otay Ranch High School | 2006 | No | No |
Olympic Parkway west of La Media Road Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
South | 9
m
|
Aerial photo |
Southwestern College | Ancient | No | No |
Otay Lakes Rd. and H Street
Well hidden, unused and one of the poorest tracks in CA. All the inner lane lines are imperceptible, almost no field event facilities. Go south to the sign pointing to the Soccer Field, turn right and continue past the end of the parking lot. Rubber/Asphalt |
South, Imperial | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Coronado |
Coronado High School | 2006 | No | No |
between 6th Street and 7th Street about where F Avenue should be Surrounding a fake grass infield This is a slightly undersized track occupying all the space available to it. There is a complex scehem of calibrated start lines all around the track. |
Northwest | 9
m
|
Aerial photo |
El Cajon |
Cuyamaca College | Resurf.
2007 |
Yes metal |
Stationary |
Campo Rd. and Jamaca Rd.
(technically this is in an area called Rancho San Diego, south of El Cajon--I can't find a specific political name for this location) At 75m straightaways, this has some of the widest turns around. |
Southwest |
9
75m
|
Aerial Photo |
Valhalla High School | < 2007 |
|
|
Hillsdale Rd., east of Jamaca Rd. Surrounding a fake grass infield. I count 10 lanes wide |
South | 10
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Escondido |
Escondido High School | 1999 | No | No |
Between Broadway and N. Centre City
Parkway north of El Norte Parkway
There is a 10th (and sometimes it is wide enough for even an 11th) lane all the way around this track, except on the home stretch, where it narrows to just about a foot next to the concrete wall at the base of the stands. ! High fences usually protect this track from any direction. Southwestern Eurotan |
South |
9
100m
| Aerial Photo |
San Marcos High School | No |
||
Mission Road and Woodland Parkway Finish line offset 10m Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
West | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Valley Center High School | 1999 | No | No |
On Cole Grade Rd., waaay out of town. Valley Center
is actually a small community in the hills.
I have now found the installer that takes credit for this facility--it is only a couple of years old and already shows unnecessary damage/wear (chunks of the track have come up). I am told they used the "Wet Jet" system. Zaino |
West |
9 | Aerial Photo |
Fallbrook |
Fallbrook High School |
2000 | ||
Between Stagecoach Lane and Winter Haven Road, east of Mission Road Surrounding a fake grass infield Atlas |
Northeast | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Julian |
Julian High School
|
2000 | ||
Highway 78, just east of Highway 79 at 4200 feet elevation Black Southwestern Eurotan | East | 6 |
Aerial Photo |
Lakeside |
El Capitan High School |
2007 | ||
Mapleview Street and Ashwood Street, east of the 67. Surrounding a fake grass infield |
East | 8 |
Aerial Photo |
La Jolla |
La Jolla Country Day School | 2000 | No | No |
Genessee Ave. and Regents Dr. This is just a about 90 yards of 6 lane sprint straight and field event runways jammed between a shed and the small stands for the football field. No oval. Complete with adjacent fake grass infield. Blue |
East | 6
|
Aerial Photo |
La Jolla High School | 2000 | No | No |
Nautilus St. and Fay Ave.
Complete with fake grass infield. |
North |
6
92m
| Aerial Photo |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | Yes metal |
Stationary, Outside | |
South |
9 100m
| Aerial Photo |
Oceanside |
Mira Costa College | 1994 | Yes metal |
Stationary, inside |
Barnard Dr. uphill east of College Blvd.
Finish line offset 17m. Steeplechase finishes on the backstretch without an offset. Large bowl stadium with scoreboard but almost no seats. ! Limited to weekdays, otherwise it is locked behind barb wire fences. Southwestern Eurotan |
South |
9
100m
| Aerial Photo |
Poway |
Mt. Carmel High School | 2005 | Yes | No |
East | 9 92m
|
Aerial Photo |
Poway High School | Resurf. 2001 | No | No |
Espola Rd. between Titan Way and Summer Sage Road
This is the frequent site of the sections HS championships and without a curb they always have to deal with the associated problems--always lots of cones on the turn, which still isn't right but its all they've got. A track here dates to 1987. Original 1997 installation was Southwestern Eurotan Cal Tracks Resurface, |
North |
9 | Aerial Photo |
Rancho Bernardo High School | 2005 | No | No |
Paseo Lucido and Paseo Venusto, just north Camino Del Norte Cal Tracks Rekortan SLE |
West | 9 |
Aerial Photo |
Westview High School | 2002 | No | No |
Camino del Sur and Torrey Meadow Dr.
A brand new "State of the Art" facility with a fake grass infield. It is in the middle of the Carmel Valley, effectively out in the middle of nowhere west of the I-15. Lots of dead end roads and construction leading to this new area yet to be developed. But with this impressive new high school, watch out. Spectra Turf Spectratrack ISP |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Diego |
Balboa Stadium, (San Diego City College/San Diego High School) | 1989 | Yes metal/plast. |
Yes |
12th Ave./Park Blvd. and Russ Blvd (north of B St.)
|
South |
9 95m
| Aerial Photo |
Cathedral Catholic High School | 2007 | No | No |
Del Mar Heights Road and Old Carmel Valley Road Surrounding a fake grass infield |
West | 9
85m
|
Aerial Photo |
Del Norte High School | 2008 | No | No |
Lone Quail Road and Deer Ridge Road Surrounding a fake grass infield |
Northeast | 9
85m
|
Aerial Photo |
Henry High School | 2003 | No | No |
Wandermere Drive
Unique to California (in my discovery so far), this has a finish line offset into the turn (by 1m). That means there is a sort extra length of straightaway as part of the official "course." My guess is this was deemed necessary by the short hurdle chute leaving a tight fit for starting blocks. An extra 8 square feet of surface material would have probably solved the problem, but that was designed in months before the lines were measured and painted. The long chute at the end of the home stretch is unlined even for the pole vault runway that is its only purpose. Fake grass infield. |
South |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Hoover High School | 2003 | No | No |
El Cajon Blvd. just east of 44th
2-4 blocks east of Fairmount
Finish line offset 10m even though they have a chute at the finish. Fake grass infield. |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Lincoln High School | 2007 | No | No |
Franklin Avenue and Gloria Street (better entered from Ocean View Blvd. from the south
Surrounding a fake grass infield |
North |
(8)
85m
|
Aerial Photo |
Maranatha High School | 2007 | No | No |
Artesian Road or Camino del Sur and Maranatha Dr. west of Bernardo Lakes Dr. |
North | 6
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Mira Mesa High School | 2004 | No | No |
Mira Mesa Blvd. and Camino Ruiz Another imperial length track built in the last couple of years. Inner curb raises the track. No chutes. This school has had a fascination with tall fences, even before they had the All Weather track and fake grass infield. Fortunately locals dig holes under the fence faster than they fix them. Blue |
North Imperial |
8 101m
|
Aerial Photo |
Point Loma High School | 2007 | No | No |
Best to enter from Voltaire. Finish line offset 10m. Surrounding a fake grass infield |
East | 6
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) | mid '80s | No | Yes Inside Slice |
South entrance off Catalina Drive
With a marvelous view of the Pacific Ocean Zaino |
East |
8
90m
| Aerial Photo |
San Diego State University (SDSU) | March 2000 | (Yes) metal |
Adjustable Inside |
Montezuma and Campanille, La Mesa
Newly installed Mondo with a parking garage under it. This is the same location of the old track, but that was removed for the parking structure. While I visited, the curbing was removed and sitting on the side--during a USATF championship meet that would require it. ! Effective fence and parking garage below works like a moat. Track website link Mondo Arnie Robinson
|
East | 8 |
Aerial Photo |
San Ysidro High School | 2005 | No | No |
Otay Mesa Road and Airway Road
just south of the 905
There is a small finger of the City of San Diego that reaches to the Mexico border. This school is barely a mile from the border control point. |
South |
(8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Torrey Pines High School | 2003 | No | No |
Del Mar Heights Blvd.
east of the 5
There is an extra wide inner section between the inner line to the track (lane 1) and the.fake grass infield There is also an unmarked 9th lane all the way around the track. It is perhaps inconvenient to run with a 2 foot retaining wall next to you most of the way, but it is certainly wide enough as a running or even a hurdle lane (maybe there is that fear someone will trip on a hurdle and fall into the retaining wall.). ! In the past this has always been an open stadium even late at night, now that the new field and track have been installed, its locked up. Watch the strange angle of the steps as you walk down the stands. |
South |
(8)
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Marcos |
California State University, San Marcos (CSU, SM) | 1999 | Yes metal |
Stationary Inside |
S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. south of Barham
Dr.
One of the best unknown facilities in the area, easy access but watch where you park. Southwestern Eurotan |
South |
9
85m
| Aerial Photo |
Palomar College | old | No | No |
W. Mission Rd. east of N. Las Posas Rd.
Signs indicate track is unsafe to run on. Its former poor condition has been dealt with--they paved it over completely. There are no signs of the original surface, but no other signs of progress toward putting a proper surface on it either. Nearby CSU, SM is much better. Old finish line is invisible but was offset. Rubber/Asphalt |
East Imperial |
6
100m
| Aerial Photo |
San Marcos High School | No |
||
San Marcos Blvd., east of Rancho Santa Fe Road Surrounding a fake grass infield. High jump on a separate pad south of the home straight |
South | 9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santee |
Grossmont College | old | Yes concrete |
No |
125 Freeway at Grossmont College Dr.
exit go west--follow the campus road around to the track
After finally seeing this in daylight, this has advanced up the worst tracks list. An obvious case of a track ruined by administration. They have taken an older, standard orange rubber track and slurry sealed it--that is the process your city uses to do a light resurfacing job on your street. It has ruined the track, making the top look and feel like asphalt while still having the light spring to the rubber below, though the rubber is no longer very springy after the treratment--some of the old surface shows through the cracks and edges. Some more major repairs were full asphalt cut outs. The asphalt does not stick to the rubber well, so there are some horrific bubbles in the surface. The lane lines were repainted, but the calibrated start and cascading metric finish lines were not and are barely visible through the thin layer of asphalt. Fake grass infield. Rubber/Asphalt |
West Imperial |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Vista |
Rancho BuenaVista High School | 2004 | No | No |
Melrose Dr. and Longhorn Dr. Known as "The Ranch" |
West | 9 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Vista High School | 2004 | No | No |
Bobier 3 streets east of Santa Fe One of the rare ten lane, full circumference tracks. |
North | 10 100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Arroyo Grande |
Atascadero |
Atascadero High School | 1999 | No | No |
High School Hill Road, off Atascadero
Ave. From Traffic Way exit off 101, go South, it will force you onto Ardina
Rd. which turns into Atascadero Ave, which turns left one block later.
At the stop sign, go straight into the parking lot.
This is a classic example of the flattened turn or broken back style of track. Finish line offset 10m Southwestern Eurotan |
East |
9
102m
|
Aerial Photo |
Morro Bay |
Paso Robles |
Flamson Middle School | No | No | |
24th and Vine (1 block west of Spring Street)
Note: This is the former Paso Robles High School (and still the home football stadium). This qualifies as all-weather because the track is now paved. They ran fencing on the inside foot of lane 1 for all but the west side of the track but it has the original curb and is runable (unless the gate at the southwest corner is closed), 2-3 lanes worth (no markings). Asphalt |
North/South |
No | Aerial Photo |
Paso Robles High School | Late 1990's | No | No |
South |
8
95m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Luis Obispo |
California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (CPSLO) |
Resurf. 2001 | Yes | Adjustable, Inside |
Grand Ave. and Slack Street
Finish line offset 10m Stephanie Brown Trafton G
|
South |
9
97m
|
Aerial Photo |
Cuesta College | Yes metal |
Adjustable, Inside | |
Highway 1 at Hollister Ave. (waaay out
the west end of town)
This is a great success story. Once one of the worst tracks in the state, they have completely redone this track into a first rate facility, reversing the finish line in the process. While the picture shows no curb, there was a nice metal curb in place when I visited. Before climbing the fence, check the gates on the west side to see if they are open. !Barricades were in place. |
North |
9
84m
|
Aerial Photo |
Carpinteria |
Carpinteria High School | 1999 | No | No |
East |
9
94m
|
Aerial Photo |
Cate High School | 2000 | No | No |
South | 6
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Lompoc |
Vandenberg Air Force Base | No | No | |
California Blvd. and Community Loop
Finish line offset 20M ! On a high security military base. If you are not authorized, you will not be able to get to this location. Black |
East |
6
100m 453 ft. | Aerial Photo |
Los Olivos |
Dunn School | Old | No | No |
Private school has its own exit off
Hwy 154
Essentially pavement, very little rubber. Showing cracks in some places. Rubber/Asphalt |
South |
6
85m
| Aerial Photo |
Montecito |
Montecito Union Elementary School | 2008 | No | No |
San Ysidro Road and School House Road, just north of Santa Rosa Lane This is an elementary school with an undersized track around their soccer field. |
West |
4
|
Aerial Photo |
Westmont College | 2008 | No | No |
Cold Springs Road and La Paz Road north of Sycamore Canyon Before they broke ground on the new All Weather Track, they held a dirt track, hand timed, imperial distance meet here. A nice touch. |
East |
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Barbara |
Dos Pueblos High School | 2007 | No | No |
Cathedral Oaks Rd. and Alameda Ave.
East of Glen Annie Rd., Goleta area
Black |
South |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
La Cumbre Middle School | October 2003 |
No | No |
Modoc Rd., 1 block east of Las Positas
A 3 lane track, 300m track with only one start/finish line (with mini waterfall) in the middle of the south straight. Black SRI |
East |
3
75m
|
Aerial Photo |
San Marcos High School | 2002 | No | No |
San Giordiano and Turnpike, North of
Hollister
Cal Track Cal Trax MS |
South | 8
100m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Barbara City College | 1998 | Yes metal |
Adjustable Outside |
Cabrillo Blvd. at Loma Alta
Possbly the most beautiful stadium location in the world. The beach and harbor are immediately across the street. Decent night lighting. Due to prevailing wind they run sprints backward. Due to be resurfaced soon. They have installed a new fake grass infield and moved many of the field event runways in the process. The new fake grass prevents some events from being held there, particularly javelin. Since all events cannot be held, this stadium no longer qualifies to host the major events it had been known for. Editorial. ! Has enormous barricades that need a support pod on track. Some idiots have dragged the pod across the track which has left the most damage of anything. Southwestern Eurotan |
West | 9
90m
|
20 ft.
|
Santa Barbara High School | Old | No | No |
Anapamu and Olive
Essentially pavement, very little rubber. Wide turns, the stands arc around one turn as if for baseball (maybe decades ago, no backstop or infield). Stairs block the outside lanes. Rubber/Asphalt |
East Imperial |
6
55m
|
Aerial Photo |
University of California, Santa Barbara | 2000 | Yes concrete |
Adjustable Inside |
Just inside the West Entrance from Isla
Vista
The roots of the adjacent row of Eucalyptus trees creates a beautiful windbreak and shade, but also leave a mess of leaves on the track. The roots of those trees uprooted the previous track and a new one had to be installed. 9 lanes on sprint straight. |
Southeast |
8
99m
|
Aerial Photo |
Santa Maria |
Allen Hancock Junior College | Old | No | Stationary, Inside |
Bradley Road, 1st entrance south of
Jones
I spent 7 years training on the Santa Maria area tracks until the mid 80's. This was in terrible condition then and I memorized every hole and crack. They resurfaced it since then, about the mid 90's, noticibly improving the surface and converting this to metric (notice the extra lane in the first turn). Since then, the new surface has again worn away, the lane lines and finish line are almost invisible. The major cracks and holes are in different places. The finish area is in the same condition as Cypress College with loose flecks of rubber coming off on your shoes. Terrible. Grass runway to steeplechase, other barriers in storage. Rubber/Asphalt |
East | 8
100m
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Aerial Photo |
Pioneer Valley High School | 2005 | No | No |
Fremont, just north of East Main Street--east edge of town
Surrounding a fake grass infield |
South | 8
100m
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Aerial Photo |
Righetti High School | UC 2006 | No | No |
S. Bradley Rd. and Larch Ave. 1 block
north of E. Foster Rd.
This was the best track in town for decades (pathetic really) had worn down to essentially pavement, very little rubber. It is now being reconstructed, along with the fake grass infield as a metric track. So far only the new curb, sub-surface and some field event areas are visible. was Asphalt |
East | 9
100m
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Aerial Photo |
Santa Maria High School | Old | No | No |
Stowell and Thornburg
Essentially pavement with a thin layer of sealant, very little rubber. Very hard. 8 lanes for sprints. I'll guess this has been resurfaced because the lines have been repainted, but it does not look like it has changed much in 20 years. Cascading relay zones. Finish line offset 21m. Rubber/Asphalt |
South Imperial |
7
100m
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Aerial Photo |
Santa Ynez |
Santa Ynez High School | 2007 | No | No |
N. Refugio Rd. and Stadium Dr., North
of Hwy. 246 at first light west of town
This is a picture of the old Imperial Asphalt track that was here. It has been replaced with a new track and football stadium with a 10 meter offset finish. The field event facilities are on a separate pad north of the track (where a parking lot once was). |
South |
8
82m
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Aerial Photo |
Camarillo |
Camarillo High School | Resurf.
Aug. 2002 |
No | No |
West entrance off Mission Oaks Blvd.
Blue. There is no explanation for why this was constructed in the '80s with the chute on the wrong side of the track. With no consideration for automatic timing (which the school now owns), this school runs sprints and short hurdles backwards on the backstretch (finish line offset 30 yards/27.42m from the 300m start line/break line). It has just been resurfaced and enough of a chute was installed to allow hurdles to be run on the home stretch. This used to have a 10m offset finish line but no longer. They also added a new tall fence to protect the backstretch sprint chute (that they really shouldn't use) from exceptionally long, foul home runs from the nearby baseball field. Note: Steroids are not illegal in Major League Baseball and now every high school player knows the big guys are using so . . . ! has barricades and uses them occasionaly. Southwestern Seal Flex |
East |
9
100m
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Aerial Photo
125 ft. |
Fillmore |
Fillmore High School | 2008 | No | No |
South | 8
m
|
Aerial
Photo 750 ft. |
Moorpark |
Moorpark College | 2004 | No | No |
North |
9
90m
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Aerial Photo
625 ft. |
Moorpark High School | 1996 | No | No |
East |
9
100m
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Aerial Photo
500 ft. |
Oak Park |
Oak Park High School | 2005 | No | No |
East |
8
100m
|
Aerial Photo
1050 ft. |
Ojai |
Nordhoff High School | 2005 | No | No |
South |
9
97m
|
Aerial Photo
750 ft. |
Thatcher School | 2006 | No | No |
Thatcher Road and McAndrew Road, waaaay up in the hills
With a very long chute on the south end of the sprint straight. |
North | 6
100m
|
Aerial
Photo
1325 ft. |
Oxnard |
Channel Islands High School | resurf. 2006 |
No | No |
West |
8
100m
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Aerial Photo
30 ft. |
Oxnard College | 2006 | No | No |
Pleasant Valley Rd. and Bard Very wide turns. Horizontal Jumps outside the oval--with that much surface on the side it feels like there are 20 lanes on the home straight. No steeplechase yet but I'm told they plan to add one. ! Slat fencing that is locked after dark makes this a difficult place to get into at night. |
North | 8 75.5m
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Aerial
Photo
30 ft. |
Oxnard High School | 1999 | Yes concrete |
No |
Gonzales between Patterson and Victoria
Yes, a legal concrete curb at a new high school track--amazing. There is no explanation for why this was constructed with the chute on the wrong side of the track. With no consideration for automatic timing, this school runs sprints and short hurdles backwards on the backstretch. In fact, all short hurdle marks only appear on the backstrech. They must have used the older Camarillo track as an example. This track now has some repairs and ugly water stains on it. Southwestern Clarence Houser |
East |
9
100m
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Aerial Photo
35 ft. |
Pacifica High School | September 2001 |
No | No |
Gonzales east of Oxnard Blvd.
There is an extra 2 foot wide tenth lane all the way around the track with no calibrated lines. There is also a strange wide section, with no purpose, on the east end of the homestretch, ending in a downhill section. Southwestern Seal Flex |
East |
9
91m
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Aerial Photo
65 ft. |
Rio Mesa High School | Resurf. 2003 | No | No |
Rose and Central Marion Jones
Black. This one of the strangest measurement situations I can report--and since I have trained here for a long time, I know this too intimately. This originally was not 400 meters or 440 yards, instead it was marked as though it was 2 feet longer than 400 meters. In 2001 it was resurfaced--but the measurement error was not changed though the start lines were put in a slightly different location, offset about 2m. Still there was an irregular offset to the various start lines. I still don't see anyone taking credit for this track originally built in 1986 but the resurfacing done by Southwest in 2001 was so thin the lines and other painted sections from the previous surface were already showing through all over the track. So it was redone again as perhaps one of the last gasps of the now bankrupt company. Here is the capper, the curb was not moved for the replacement resurface job but when the lines were painted, the track came up short. A strange wide white line on the west turn extends into the running surface to compensate. |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo
120 ft. |
Port Hueneme |
Hueneme High School | 2000 | No | No |
C Street and Van Ness Ave.
There is an extra lane on the home straight and first turn. This is not exactly from an imperial conversion, but more to fill in the gap to the previous fence built around the original dirt imperial track. ! This school likes fences, so there are several to traverse including double barb wire on the street sides of the track. Southwestern Eurotan |
East |
9 100m
|
Aerial Photo
20 ft. |
Simi Valley |
Royal High School | Resurfaced 2004 |
No | No |
Arcane St. and Hudspeth Ave. enter off
Royal Ave. east of Pride St.
This is a classic example of the flattened turn or broken back style of track. The widest turns I've seen on a good track, less than 80m straightaways. Unlike other odd tracks, I can see no reason why they had to construct the track in this fashion. Originally constructed in 1997 Southwestern Eurotan |
West |
9 80m
| Aerial Photo
800 ft. |
Simi Valley High School | 2006 | No | No |
Stow St. and Fearing St., south of Cochrane
Surrounding the new fake grass infield. Cal Track Cal Trax MS |
East |
9
m
|
Aerial Photo
1020 ft. |
Thousand Oaks see also Moorpark and Oak Park, plus Agoura and Westlake Village in Los Angeles County |
Newbury Park High School | December 2004 | No | No |
Lesser Dr. near Jenny Dr., east of Reino
Rd.
Surrounding the new fake grass infield. School colors are Black and Yellow, so the track is black and the lane lines are yellow. Finish line offset 10m. Cal Track Cal Trax MS Black |
East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo
660 ft. |
Thousand Oaks High School | June 2001 | No | No |
Avenida de las Flores and N. Moorpark Road Marion Jones
!Fine mesh fencing make this difficult to get into. Cal Track Cal Trax IMS |
East |
9
99m
|
Aerial Photo 800 ft.
|
Westlake High School | November 2004 | No | No |
This is just two blocks from Oaks Christian
HS which is in Westlake Village, in Los Angeles County. Finish line offset
3m. No shot put area--they use indoor shots onto pavement from a portable
ring. July 2006: I am shocked to see them resurfacing less than two years
after installation.
Cal Track Cal Trax MS |
West |
9 98m
|
Aerial Photo 1020 ft. |
Ventura |
Buena High School | February 2004 | No | No |
Telegraph and Wake Forest
After almost 40 years of having no stadium at this high school, this is now a major renovation for football fake grass infield as well as the all weather track. When it was dirt, they finished north, it is now reversed. Sprints are still run backward down the homestretch. Cal Track Rekortan S |
South |
9
93m
|
Aerial Photo
240 ft. |
St. Bonaventure High School | 2006 | No | No |
Loma Vista and Dos Caminos A private high school, this is more friendly (read that: open more often) than the public schools. Surrounding a fake grass infield. |
West | 4
99m
|
Aerial
Photo
140 ft. |
Ventura College | 2006 | No | No |
Telegraph Rd. between Day Rd. and Ashwood
Surprisingly, the track is complete, but other than a high jump pad, there is no sign of steeplechase, or field event facilities. I've never seen track facilities and surfacing with portions being built separately. Fake grass infield. Tartan |
East |
9
85m
|
Aerial Photo
225 ft. |
Ventura High School | November 2003 | No | No |
Now finished with no curb. 10m offset
finish line. Sprints run backward on the backstretch. No chute on home
stretch (without the offset finish line, only a very short chute for the
hurdles would have been necessary). Fake Grass Infield. ! The gates at
this stadium have never been locked until they put in the infield and
track, now they are frequently locked. There are also flatness issues with this track.
Cal Track Rekortan S Mike Larrabee
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East |
9
100m
|
Aerial Photo
150 ft. |