05/26/16 – Republic Bank/KHSAA Track & Field State Meet Begins Friday

May 26, 2016 2015-2016 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2016

The 2016 Republic Bank/KHSAA Track & Field State Meet gets underway Friday afternoon at the University of Kentucky’s Outdoor Track and Field Complex with the 2A Championship starting at 4:30 p.m. The event continues Saturday morning with the 1A championship at 9 a.m., followed by the 3A meet at 4:30 p.m.

This year’s meet is the second since the KHSAA partnered with Special Olympics Kentucky to offer Unified opportunities in Track & Field. Unified participation at this year’s state meet has risen to 110 competitors, after having 35 student-athletes compete in Unified offerings at the 2015 State Meet.

Live event-by-event results will be available on the Track page at KHSAA.org during the meet. Following the event, a highlight package from each championship will be available at KHSAA.tv, with official championship photos available at khsaaphotos.org.

2016 Republic Bank/KHSAA Track & Field State Meet
Official Program – http://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20152016/Track/issue1/index.html
Heat Sheets/Lane Assignments – http://khsaa.org/track/2016/laneassignments.pdf
1A Live Event-by-Event Results – http://khsaa.org/track/2016/1astate/index.htm
2A Live Event-by-Event Results – http://khsaa.org/track/2016/2astate/index.htm
3A Live Event-by-Event Results – http://khsaa.org/track/2016/3astate/index.htm

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 277 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 43 state championships in 13 sports and 4 sport-activities, licenses and trains over 4,000 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its more than 70,000 member school student-athletes, as well as overseeing coaching education and sports safety programs.