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The Austin Champions Track & Field Team is a coed competitive running team for Middle School students (grades 7-8) and High School students (grades 9 through 12), that are educated at home. We compete in public school, private school, and State meets.
2023 Austin Champions Track & Field
Middle School (7th - 8th graders) 2023 Track & Field
High School (9th - 12th graders) 2023 Track & Field
Elementary (5th-6th graders) 2023 Track & Field
Practices will be at Southwest Williamson County Park (aka Wilco Park)
Address: 3005 Co Rd 175, Leander, TX 78641
Monday - Fridays start @ 7:30am and end promptly @ 9am
Practice begins Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Meets begin at the end of January and most are scheduled on Saturdays.
Our Track season typically ends at the end of April till the beginning of May.
Once meets start, we will move to a Tuesday - Friday practice schedule.
2/11 HS St. Dominic Savio (Austin or Marble Falls)
3/1 MS Cornerstone Christian Meet (San Antonio)
3/4 Saint Andrews (Austin, TX)
3/9 HS Cornerstone Christian Meet (San Antonio)
OR (will choose one)
3/11 HS Lovejoy Distance Festival (Dallas area)
3/18 HS Carmen Kiara Invitational (Austin)
3/31 HS Seeger Relays (Austin)
4/1 MS Ranger Relays (Austin)
4/13 MS SACS Meet 4 (San Antonio)
4/14 HS FEAST Meet (San Antonio)
4/21-22 Texas Homeschool State Meet (Tomball, TX)
*Dates for the Schrader Mile are TBD.
HS represents meets open to high school athletes, MS represents meets open to 5th-8th grade athletes
For the 2023 season, we are hoping for 4-5 meets for MS and 5-6 HS meets (not including the States and Schroeder Mile race). Depending on the number of athletes, we could do as many a 7 meets, with 2 JV only and 2 Varsity only.
Practices include all athletes, while the meets for MS and HS may be in separate locations on weekends. Multiple teams practice at the Wilco track in the mornings. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to stay, but we kindly ask that the track is used for the athletes since it tends to get quite crowded in the mornings.
Fees
- Competitive program (includes meets): $185 High School (grades 9-12), $155 Middle School (grades 7-8), $145 Elementary Track (2x weekly)
- Running & Conditioning program (no meets, 2x weekly practices) - $120 all ages
- Registration fees includes registration, all regular season meet fees, supplemental insurance fee (team requirement) and a team singlet or shirt.
- A family max of $400.
This past season we noticed an increase in registration fees across the board for most Track meets. We try to keep fees as low as possible because we understand the many demands on family finances. However, the cost of the sport should never be an impediment to a family's ability to participate. Please contact us if you would like fee assistance.
At the high school level, track varsity letters will be awarded based on commitment, attendance, effort, personal achievement, and attitude. Notice that track varsity letters are awarded differently than in cross country.
Track and Field - is a sport which combines various athletic contests based on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.
Track and Field events are generally individual sports with athletes challenging each other to decide a single victor. The racing events are won by the athlete who has achieved the greatest distance or height in the contest. The running events are categorized as sprints, middle, and long-distance events, relays, and hurdling. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events in high school are shot put and discus.
| Running Events |
Field Events |
| 100m Dash |
Long Jump |
| 200m Dash |
Triple Jump |
| 400m Dash |
Shot-Put throw |
| 800m Run |
Discus throw |
| 1600m Run |
High Jump |
| 3200m Run |
*Pole Vault |
| 100m Hurdles - girls |
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| 110m Hurdles - boys |
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| 300m Hurdles |
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If you have further questions concerning Track & Field please contact us.
- "Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what keeps us going when nothing else will." - John Bingham
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