Summer Sprint Series
Calling all Senior Sprinters (U20 and above), the England Athletics East and West Midlands Regions, working in partnership with the Midland Counties AA and supported by UK Athletics, are pleased to announce an exciting new competition concept.
We will be supporting a series of 6 Open races linked to Grand Prix-style Finals at the new outdoor Birmingham Games, this Summer.
Qualify
All Senior Sprinters (U20 and above) from across both regions will have the chance to qualify for finals over 100m, 200m and 400m, to be staged on Sunday 20th July, at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. The venue of, course, will have just played host to this year’s Olympic Trials and the Birmingham Games will also be providing one more big chance for qualifying times and great performances before Beijing.
To qualify for the Finals, sprinters will need to compete in at least 2 of the 6 meetings that will be staged between April and June. Points will be awarded at each meeting and a league table will be compiled.
3 Meetings
3 meetings in each region will be supporting promoters within existing and new meetings. Electronic timing will be added to each event to offer a high quality environment at which we hope to see standards rise!
Qualifying Meetings for the Grand Prix Sprint finals are at :
Birmingham University 5 May Loughborough 18 June
Coventry 28 May Worcester 19 June
Corby 4 June Derby 25 June
Power Of 10
Every performance, from all 6 qualifying meetings will be fed into the Power of 10 site and the regions will highlight their Summer Sprints Series winners across the Athletics and local media.
The top 4 performers, from each region and in each event – both men and women – will be invited to the Birmingham Games finals, with a prize package that will support each finalist.
For more information including entry details visit
www.englandathletics.org or www.midlandathletics.org.uk
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