2026 Meet of Champions Distance Classic at
Arroyo High School's Super Fast "World Athletics Certified Surface" Beynon Track

Please read the information listed below and send a request for access to enter your Elite athletes in the Meet of Champions on Athletic.net.

 

The Day session is closed. Only athletes who have run fast enough qualifying times in 2025 will be accepted into the Elite Night Session.

 

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           Elite Night Invitational Session Meet Entry Information for the

                     Meet of Champions Distance Classic– March 22, 2025

There are two Sessions each year in the Meet of Champions Distance Classic: the Open Day Session and the Elite Night Session. We are sorry to say that our “DAY” session is completely full—we will not be accepting any additional schools into the Day session; however, your school’s top athletes may qualify to be placed in the Elite Night Session of the meet based on their qualifying times run in 2025.

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The 33nd annual Meet of Champions Distance Classic will be held this year on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Arroyo High School’s new stadium featuring the new “World Athletics Certified Surface” Beynon Track.

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Moving to Arroyo High School’s new stadium and super-fast new Beynon track will provide several great opportunities for an even better Meet of Champions:

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• Completely new “World Athletics Certified Surface” Beynon Track

• 9 lanes instead of 8 – providing for wider starting alleys

• Coaches and Athletes will still be allowed to be on the infield of the track

• “PR Alley”--Wide spectator area right next to the outside of track the entire length of the home stretch--combined with athletes and coaches on the inside of the track = “PR Alley”. At night, spectators will be allowed to move on to the outside lanes for even closer access!

• New full stadium seating on both home and visitor sides of track

• Grass areas outside of each turn for team camps

• Great new sound system

• Parking right next to stadium

• Real bathrooms

• Permanent Snack Bars + specialty food booths

• New scoreboard

• Large grass field for warm up immediately adjacent to track for warm-up

 

We will be awarding custom designed Meet of Champions medals for all races, and the winners of the invitational section 800, 1600, and 3200s at night will receive a pair of the hottest new super shoe—the Hi-Racer KM3—that will become available to the public for the first time later this year.

 

The evening invitational 800, 1600 and 3200s will be run from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM and will feature the top two to four heats in all three divisions in the 800, 1600 and 3200. This night “Invitational & Rated” section of the meet will be open to all individuals who qualify.

 

In that night section of the meet, we will run the full mile distance in the varsity races, but we will also have a finish camera at the 1600 meter mark to record official 1600 meter times.

 

These are the automatic qualifying marks that will guarantee your athlete is placed in the nighttime Invitational section of the meet. If you have additional information such as 2024 cross country results, 2025 indoor, or Winter Championships results that you feel may be helpful in seeding, please feel free to email me at any time  ( torourke04@yahoo.com ) .

 

Division         Boys Var       Girls               Boys FS

800                   1:58.9        2:20.9                2:06.9

1600                 4:21.9        5:12.9                4:37.9

3200                 9:29.9        11:29.9              10:04.9

 

You may begin the entry process at any time after January 15, 2025 through Athletic.net. You can update your entries on-line until Friday night, March 14, 11:59 PM. We plan to have the seeding done by Sunday night and the entries and specific heats and start times will be posted on our website (http://www.mocdistanceclassic.com/ ) and emailed to each school on Tuesday, March 18.

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If there is any way we can make any part of this meet more of a positive experience for you or your athletes, please do not hesitate to call or let us know.

 

Meet Date:                 Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Rain or Shine)

Starting Time:           7:00 AM Girls 3200 (Races 3, 4 and 5 if needed)

Place:                          Arroyo High School – 4921 N. Cedar Ave., El Monte
                                   (It would be best to enter off Santa Anita Ave. on the west side of the school.)

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Entry Information: The entire entry process is online.  Here is the process you must follow!

1.      You must first send an e-mail requesting entry access to… torourke04@yahoo.com

 

PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY!

In that e-mail, please list the following:

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-SCHOOL NAME

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-COACH’S NAME

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-CELL PHONE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED

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2.      Once we have received your e-mail, we will “activate” your registration on Athletic.net:

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-MEET ENTRY WEBSITE ADDRESS-We will be using Athletic.net for registration this year—registration will be blocked to all schools until you have emailed the requested information, and we have notified Athletic.Net to unlock registration for your school into the Elite Night Section of the meet.

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Begin Entering:         You may begin entering your athletes any time after January 15—if you have emailed your information.

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Updating Entries:     You may update marks, add new athletes, or delete athletes up until Friday, March 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM. At that point no new entries will be accepted.

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Entry Fee Payment: YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR ALL ATHLETES YOU HAVE REGISTERED UP TO THE ENTRY DEADLINE ON MARCH 14!

YOU MUST PAY THAT FULL ENTRY FEE ON THE MEET DAY BEFORE ANY OF YOUR ATHLETES WILL BE PERMITTED TO RACE…

EVEN IF YOU BRING LESS ATHLETES THAN YOU OFFICIALLY ENTERED, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU HAVE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY, MARCH 14.

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ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED ON-LINE BY

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 BY 11:59 PM.        

 

Entry Limit:                           Each athlete may enter up to four events as per CIF rules.

 

Elite Entry Fee:                     $20.00 per athlete per event
(Make checks payable to “Arroyo High School”)

Please mail your entry fee check to:

                                               Arroyo High School

                                               Attn: Bryon Hake

                                               4921 N. Cedar Ave.

                                               El Monte, CA 91732

 

If there is any doubt that your entry fee check will arrive at Arroyo High School by Friday, March 21, then you may bring your entry fee check to the meet; however, if Arroyo has not received your entry fee check and you do not bring a check for the full amount, none of your athletes will be allowed to compete.
We will accept personal checks or cash.

 

Divisions:                              Varsity Boys,

                                               Frosh-Soph Boys

                                               Girls

 

Awards:                                 Each race is a final and medals will be awarded for each race.

                                               In the 800         1-8 medal

                                               In the 1600       1-10 medal

                                               In the 3200       1-12 medal

 

* We always increase the number of medals if we create larger fields. Most of the time we medal approximately half the field in every race.

 

T-Shirts:                                “Meet of Champions” T-Shirts will be sold.

 

Additional Info:                     If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail:
torourke04@yahoo.com

 

Tentative Time Schedule:     Attached to this email is the Tentative Time Schedule. The final time schedule and the specific heats each runner is assigned will be emailed to your school on Tuesday, March 18.