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Entries Now Open For Youth Track Meet March 1

Calling ALL Kids Ages 5-18 - Indoor Meet - Bethlehem, PA

On Sunday March 1 at 9 am, the Rausch Fieldhouse on the beutiful campus of Lehigh University will host the last local indoor track meet of the season for kids ages 5-18. The meet is open to all area youth regardless of school attended. Running events include the 60, 200 and 400 meter dashes and the 800 and 1500 meter runs. Field events including the long and high jump and shot put will be contested. The meet annually attracts upwards of 1000 kids. Warmups begin at 8:00 am. Meet starts at 9:00 am. The entry fee is $25 per athlete (2 events maximum) and includes a short sleeve wicking/dry-fast shirt that can be worn during competition.

To enter, please send each athletes name, age, DOB, t-shirt size (youth XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL), home address, a contact cell phonearrow-10x10.png number (no land lines please) and email address (not marketed) on a 3x5 card or similar to: LSA, POB 1052, Quakertown, PA 18951. Choose and identify 2 above events per athlete on the ”card“. And, also send an image of each athlete’s bith certificatearrow-10x10.png (baptismal, passport) concurrently to: iPUT@hotmail.com. Please include each athlete’s name in the subject line of your email. All 3x5 entries, including image(s) and full payment, must be received (not postmarked) by 7 pm Monday February 16. Incomplete entries will not be accepted.

Lickity-Split Cougars Athletics (LSA) is the only youth track and field club for kids ages 5-18 in the Montgomery-Lehigh-Bucks-Berks area and takes all-comers regardless of ability. We are proficient in teaching the beginner and the experienced competitive athlete. Our teams practice indoors, twice weekly, mainly evenings, at locations in Ambler and Pennsburg, PA. For further information on winter (or summer) track: 267-227-8673.

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