California All-Weather Tracks, Southern California

 

 

Big change here. There are so many tracks and so few of me to get around that I alone can't keep up with it.
Instead, trackinfo now has a wiki. You can add your own information.
Start here

Legend to the layout--here's what I know:

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
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Alameda County

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Alameda, Berkeley-2, Emeryville, Hayward-2, Livermore-2, Newark, Oakland-6, Piedmont, Pleasanton-2, Union City

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Butte County

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Chico-2, Oroville

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Contra Costa County

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Antioch, Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill-2, San Pablo, San Ramon

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Del Norte County

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Crescent City

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El Dorado County

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South Lake Tahoe

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Fresno County

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Clovis-4, Coalinga, Fresno-6, Reedley-2, Sanger

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Humboldt County

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Arcata, Eureka-2, Fortuna

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Imperial County

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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.
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Kern County

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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

Editorial: The poor people of Bakersfield. They have two excellent facilities and both of them are barricaded behind high, barb wire topped fences. What a complete disservice to the local runners of the community. I don't know about the new track at Liberty High School--hopefully they are more reasonable.

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

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Kings County

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Corcoran, Hanford, Lemoore

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Lassen County

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Susanville

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Los Angeles County

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Los Angeles County Dirt Tracks

Honorable Mentions

Hal Connely Throwing Center at West Los Angeles College in Culver City. There now is an All Weather Track on the other side of the campus, and four cages and a landing area for Hammer and Discus training, which is harder to find than a decent track. The new throwing area is nearing completion--I hope to get pictures of it soon.

Aerial Photo

Almansor Park, Alhambra is a large, city park, surrounded by all weather surfaced paths.

Aerial Photo

Evergreen Jogging Path, East Los Angeles is a sidewalk wide all weather path that goes around a square (but certainly not flat) section of East Los Angeles. Actually what it goes around is the Evergreen Cemetary just down the street from my favorite East L.A. Mexican Restaurant. It seems to be just short of a mile and a half around, with driveways and utility boxes interrupting the surface occasionally.

Aerial Photo

Tanaka Park, Long Beach is a small, narrow, city park, surrounded by an all weather surfaced path.

Aerial Photo

Ron Brown G (Baldwin Park High School), Ron Morris S (Burroughs High School, Burbank) Mike Powell SS (Edgewood High School, West Covina)

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)

These two tracks are barely 1/4 mile apart but are technically in different cities. Azusa is West, Citrus in Glendora is East

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

Jack Davis (Hoover High School)
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
An inner curb raises the track. Sprints/Hurdles run on backstretch where the chute is. Finish line offset 10m.
Mike Marsh
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

The following two tracks are within a couple hundred yards of each other.

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
concrete

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

Andrea Anderson G (Poly High School), Mike Tully S (Millikan High School), Kate Schmidt BB (Wilson High School)

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

Since Los Angeles is so large, look for the general district notation. Also, many of the small cities listed in Los Angeles County fit in between areas of the monstorous Los Angeles City. LAUSD and LACCD schools are included even though they might not politically be within the city limits of Los Angeles. LAUSD has made a recent habit of assigning generic names to high schools that evolve different names, plus many schools now have added different structures which include renaming. This list tries to stay with the traditional, more abbreviated names.

Note: Many Los Angeles area tracks were created as training facilities before the 1984 Olympics. USC, CSLA, CSUN, Birmingham, SMCC, ELAC, LASW and Rancho Cienega to name a few.

Sherri Howard G, Denean Howard S (Kennedy High School), Danny Everett GB (Fairfax High School), Cornelius Johnson G (Los Angeles High School), Allyson Felix GSS (LA Baptist High School), Quincy Watts GG (Taft High School), Cliff Bourland G (Venice High School)
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
Victory and Balboa--Van Nuys/Valley area
! Very friendly to runners until it closes, then it is locked behind multiple tall fences (weekends and after 10 p.m.) Originally built in 1982. ! Has barricades but rarely uses them.

Tartan APS
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
Chaminade Ave. off Strathmore--West Hills/Valley area
373.4m makes for some strange calibrated start lines scattered along the home stretch. The lane lines are blue here to match school colors.

Southwestern Eurotan
East
non-standard
6
81m
Aerial Photo
840 ft.
Crenshaw High School 2008 No No
50th St. and 8th Avenue--Crenshaw District
Surrounding a fake grass infield

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

Garfield High School was erroneously reported. When I visited it was still dirt

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
Coldwater Canyon S. of Ventura Blvd. Studio City/Valley area
This has been redone completely, with a new track and a new fake grass infield. Gone are the goofy partial lanes and the sinkholes. No start chute, 110m hurdles finish on a different finish line in the finish chute.

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..
Wide turns surrounding a natural grass infield

Mal Whitfield GGGSB, Charles Dumas G
South
8
55m
Aerial Photo
Jordan High School 2009 No No
103rd Street west of Alameda Street--Watts.
Surrounding a natural grass infield

Kevin Young G, Florence Griffith-Joyner GGGSS
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
Academy Rd. east of Elysian Parkway
Paved 200y track with narrow lane lines. No calibrated start or finish lines.
Asphalt
 
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 NoNo
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
2006

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
St. George Street and Griffith Park Blvd.--Los Feliz area
They took what was a square, short track and by removing a street through campus, built a proper track and fake grass football field
.
 
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
Rodeo Road east of La Brea--Crenshaw District
A rare All Weather track at a public park. F
requently lit at night (lots of soccer in the infield), this is the most used track in Southern California.
Southwestern Eurotan
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
23rd St. and Maple--Downtown area
Brand new high school campus built into the location of a former dairy. High Jump pad next to the stands, not in the oval. Interesting both the field event runways seem to go uphill. Finish line offset 10m. ! Tall fences make this difficult to get into.

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


Jackie Joyner-Kersee GGGSB, Gail Devers GGG, Evelyn Ashford GGGGS, Florence Griffith-Joyner GGGSS, Janeene Vickers B, Danny Everett GB, Kevin Young G, Ato Bolden SBBB, Mike Marsh GGS, Benny Brown G, Millard Hampton GS, Maxie Parks G, Mike Larrabee GG, Joanna Hayes G, Jeanette Boldon G, Kate Schmidt B, Rafer Johnson GS, Yang Chuan-Kwang S, Mebrahtom Keflezighi S, Mike Tully S, Greg Foster S, Kate Schmidt BB, Craig Dixon B, Dawn Harper G, Sheena Tosta (Johnson) S

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
Aerial Photo
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

Mack Robinson S, Alice Brown GGS, Inger Miller G (Muir High School)
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)

Bob Seagren G, Janeene Vickers B, Torri Edwards B (Pomona High School)
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
Vincent Street west of Prospect Avenue
Surrounding a fake grass infield
East
100m
Aerial Photo

Rowland Heights

Mark Crear (Rowland High School)
Alvarado Intermediate School Old Yes
concrete
No
Desire Ave. south of Colima Road
5 narrow lanes of paved track, with a concrete curb and a fence (on the inner curb line) all the way around the track. Calibrated start lines but I have to question the accuracy of the measurements.
East
5
Aerial Photo
475 ft.
Rowland High School 2009 No No
Otterbein Avenue and Valencia Street
Surrounding a fake grass infield, fully surfaced V between chute and curve.
East
9
100m
Aerial Photo

San Gabriel

Gabrielino High School 2006 No No
San Gabriel Blvd. and Wells St.
Hidden around back, surrounding a fake grass infield
North
6
100m
Aerial Photo

San Marino, See Pasadena

San Marino High School 2006 No No
San Gabriel Blvd. and Wells St.
Hidden around back, surrounding a fake grass infield
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
Finish line offset 10m
Parry O'Brien
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
Pierce and Puente
A coarser surface than most and has been repaired in many places. Blue Horizontal runways on a lower level SW of stands
Zaino
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
Its a bit hard to locate this track. Around the southeast corner of the Whittier College Campus is a driveway that leads up a canyon--you'll find the track just past the baseball field.
Tartan APS
North
9
Aerial Photo
460 ft.

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Aliso Viejo

Aliso Niguel High School 2007 No No
Deerhurst, north of Wolverine Way, south off of Pacific Park Drive east of Alicia Parkway
Surrounding a new fake grass field.
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
State College and Yorba Linda
The steeplechase barriers are stationary, but water is adjustable. Steeple also finishes in reverse direction. This is another place where the outside curb is legal, which is unimportant because the inside is not, but this discounts the liability argument..
East
8
86m
Aerial Photo
Fullerton College 1982 Yes No
E. Berkeley Ave. north of Chapman
I found three stationary barriers, but no water jump.
Southwestern Martin ISS
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
Bryan Avenue between Culver Drive and El Camino Real
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
Walnut and Yale
BlackHas been completely resurfaced. In the process of adding the fake grass infield, they also removed the legal concrete curb. There are sections of the track that do not look level.
Cal Tracks
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
Laguna Hills Drive and Paseo de Valencia, east of Alicia Parkway
From the front of the school, go downhill to the farthest south portion of the parking lot. Surrounding a new fake grass field.
South
m
Aerial Photo

Mission Viejo

Capistrano Valley High School 2006 No
No
Via Escolar just up the hill from Marguerite Parkway
Surrounding a fake grass infield. There is an interesting triple shot put area on the north corner. No pole vault.
Cal Tracks Rekortan SLE
Northeast
8
100m
Aerial Photo
Mission Viejo High School 2006 No
No
Chrisanta Dr. south of La Paz Road
Finished, including a fake grass infield.
Cal Tracks
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
Cordova Rd. and Los Alisos
Finish line is offset 10m. ! Barricades block inner lanes.
Spectra Turf Spectratrack S
East
9
100m
Aerial Photo

Newport Beach

Corona del Mar High School 1999 No No
Eastbluff and Vista del Oro
10 lanes on sprint straight. Black
East
9
100m
Aerial Photo

Orange

Fred Kelly G (Orange High School)
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

Ed Carruthers (Valley High School)
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
17th and College, two lights west of Bristol
North
9
100m
Aerial Photo

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Placer County

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Auburn, Granite Bay, Rocklin

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Riverside County

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Anza

Hamilton High School
   
Mitchell Road and Bohlin Road
West
8
Aerial Photo
0 ft.

Beaumont

Beaumont High School 2000

Yes
concrete

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

Danny Harris (Perris High School)
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

Joanna Hayes (J.W. North High School)
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.
2002

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

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San Bernardino County

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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
28000 Highway 18
at 6,000 feet Watch outer lanes as they pull out an extention from the stands that covers the lane.

Zaino
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

Sherri Howard, Denean Howard (San Gorgonio High School)
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

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San Diego County

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Gail Devers (Sweetwater High School)

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
Genessee Ave.and N. Torrey Pines Blvd. west of the I-5
There is a warm up lane inside of the curb. The school's website describes the facility as having 8 lanes--I hope the math department is not introducing some new math.
Cal Track Rekortan S
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
Carmel Mountain Rd. and Sundevil
New, complete with metal curb surrounding new fake grass infield.
Cal Tracks Eurotan
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

Arnie Robinson GB, Monique Henderson GG (Morse High School), Felix Sanchez G (University City High School)
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.)
Striped The all-weather track in this stadium dates to 1965. Now with a fake grass infield. There is a 10th, utility lane all the way around the track, where gates open and various poles interfere, good for hurdle storage. ! Once this was the hub of San Diego running, now it seems to be locked most of the time.
Mondo

Mebrahtom Keflezighi
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

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Stockton-2

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San Luis Obispo County Dirt Tracks

Arroyo Grande

Arroyo Grande High School

Stephanie Brown Trafton G

Was reported to be starting construction--I saw nothing in July 2007

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

Morro Bay High School
Was reported to be starting construction in July 2001, when apparently a new curb was put in for a 9 lane dirt track. A note: The curb is not 400 meters or 440 yards, they mismeasured when it was built. I hope they fix this before laying an all weather track. But no sign of an AW surface as of December 2005

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
Niblick Road, East of town
Track is around back behind the school. Finish line offset 22.5m. Why that distance? I haven't figured it out.
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

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San Mateo County

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Atherton-3, Belmont, Burlingame, San Bruno, San Mateo-3

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Santa Barbara County

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Santa Barbara County Dirt Tracks

Carpinteria

Carpinteria High School 1999 No No
Foothill Rd., East of Linden Ave.
Southwestern Eurotan
East
9
94m
Aerial Photo
Cate High School 2000 No No
Casitas Pass Rd. at Livingston Canyon Rd.
They claim the longest Long Jump pit--a jumper could jump 35' (not likely) and still be in sand. Finish line offset 10m.
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
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
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
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
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
Aerial Photo

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Santa Clara County

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Cupertino-2, Gilroy, Los Altos-2, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto/Stanford-4, San Jose-11, Santa Clara, Saratoga-2

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Aptos, Soquel

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Shasta County

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Cottonwood, Redding-3

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Weed, Yreka

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Solano County

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Fairfield, Suisun City, Travis AFB, Vallejo

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Modesto, Turlock

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Ventura County

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Ventura County Dirt Tracks

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
Aerial Photo
125 ft.

Fillmore

Fillmore High School 2008 No No
2nd Street and A Street, 1 block west of Central Ave.

South
8
m
Aerial Photo
750 ft.

Moorpark

Moorpark College 2004 No No
Collins Drive and Campus Park Drive
I happened to photograph this track while it was being lined. Check out the process.
Cal Track Rekortan M99 Polyurethane
North
9
90m
Aerial Photo
625 ft.
Moorpark High School 1996 No No
Tierra Rejada opposite Countrywood Dr. Take the roadway to the park.
! The tall fencing here makes it quite difficult to get into--the north entrance is not as high as the south or west entrances.
East
9
100m
Aerial Photo
500 ft.

Oak Park

Oak Park High School 2005 No No
Kanan Rd. opposite Foxwood Dr.

East
8
100m
Aerial Photo
1050 ft.

Ojai

Nordhoff High School 2005 No No
Maricopa Highway 3 blocks west of Ojai Highway

Cal Tracks
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

Dave Laut (Santa Clara High School)
Channel Islands High School resurf.
2006
No No
Rose and Gary, 2 blocks south of Channel Islands
Originally installed in 1993, when resurfaced they removed the confusing multiple lines and offset the finish line 10m. !This school now has new, more difficult to traverse fencing.
Southwestern Seal Flex
West
8
100m
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
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
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
Aerial Photo
65 ft.
Rio Mesa High School Resurf.
2003
No No
Rose and Central
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.
Marion Jones
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
!Fine mesh fencing make this difficult to get into.
Cal Track Cal Trax IMS
Marion Jones
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
East
9
100m
Aerial Photo
150 ft.

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