The Young
Athletes Foundation and Grandma's Marathon invite children 14 and under to lace
up their shoes and take part in the 2013 Wednesday Night at the Races. This free
race series begins Wednesday at Griggs Field on the University of Minnesota
Duluth campus and continues every Wednesday evening through August 28 (locations
vary weekly, see schedule below). Registration is between 5:00 p.m. and 5:50
p.m. each race night, and the races begin at 6 p.m.
Race dates and locations for 2013 are as follows:
July 24: *UMD Campus – Griggs
Field
July 31: *Duluth East High School (301 North
40th Avenue East)
August 7: Lincoln Park Middle School (3215 West
3rd Street, Duluth)
August 14: *Hermantown High School Track (4335
Hawk Circle Drive)
August 21: Central Park (717 6th
Avenue East, Superior)
August 28: Park Point – Followed by an
end-of-the-season picnic (provided by Texas Roadhouse)
* Event
includes wheelchair division
Age categories and
distances for boys and girls: (may change due to weather
conditions)
Wheelchair division – 1/8
mile
4 & under – 1/8
mile
5 & 6 – 1/8
mile
7 & 8 – 1/4
mile
9 & 10 – 1/4
mile
11 & 12 – 1/2
mile
13 & 14 – 1/2
mile
All finishers receive
a race ribbon upon completion of their race. Prize drawings are held each week
for all registered participants.
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