The 16th Annual Pride Meet will take place on June 22, 2024.
Pride Meet is USATF-sanctioned meet designed to provide athletes of all sexual orientations and gender identities with an opportunity to compete together in a welcoming environment. We proudly serve both the LGBTQ+ sport community and the general track & field community. We bring together athletes from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Pride Meet is a fundraiser for the San Francisco Track and Field Club, a 501c3 nonprofit which supports LGBTQ+ and allied track and field athletes in the Bay Area and beyond. In 2022 and 2023, we also collected donations for the SF-Marin Food Bank, raising over $1000. You can donate to help feed local hungry mouths online and in-person at the meet
Meet Information
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June 22, 2024
Laney College
900 Fallon St.
Oakland, CA 94607The entrance to track and field / football stadium can be found at 10 E. 8th Street in Oakland (Google search for "Laney Fieldhouse".)
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Online registration is open until Wednesday June 19th, 11:59pm PDT. Late registration is available in-person at the meet. Please see our registration page for details and to register.
Special Notes:
Seed Times: When registering, you will be asked to provide at seed time (/distance or height) for each event. Your estimated performance at the 2024 Pride Meet is fine; you do not need to supply any information verifying this seed. Entries without seed times will still be accepted.
Gender: While Pride Meet has award gender categories for Men, Women, and Non-Binary, USATF does not officially recognize the non-binary gender category. Athletes wishing to enter the Non-Binary Gender category are unfortunately forced choose a competition gender during DirectAthletics registration as this is hard-coded into their software, but this will have no bearing on competition (all genders compete together) and we will poll all registrants in advance of the meet on their proper gender category for awards. Pride Meet continues to advocate for the full inclusion of Non-Binary athletes at all level of track and field competition.
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Track Events: 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, Mile, 5,000M, Intermediate Hurdles (400M), and High Hurdles (110/100M)
Relays: 4x100M, 4x200M, 4x400M
Field Events: Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Shot Put, Pole Vault, and High Jump (Note: No Javelin Throw or Hammer Throw)
See below for a tentative schedule.
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Fully electronic timing will be used. Results will be posted throughout the meet, and on our results page following the conclusion of the meet.
Live results and heat sheets can be found here: https://live.adkinstrakwest.com/meets/38741
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All athletes are eligible to compete (no age requirement). Participants under the age of 18 must have their parent or guardian sign their liability waiver.
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Pride Track and Field Meet is a fundraiser for the San Francisco Track and Field Club, a 501c3 nonprofit which supports LGBTQ+ and allied track and field athletes in the Bay Area and beyond. We provide coached practices for our sprinting, middle/long distance, and throwing training groups, which are free and open to all.
This year, we will be partnering once again with the SF-Marin Food Bank. For 35 years, the SF-Marin Food Bank has been fighting hunger in the Bay Area. Each week they distribute 1.3 million meals to members of our community in need of food assistance. Donations may be made through our Fundraiser page or during check-in.
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Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each Men, Women, and Non-Binary age group. Athletes under age 30 will compete in an Open Division, and older athletes will be assigned to age/gender cohorts in 10-year increments (30-39 women, etc.)
Track event awards will be presented following each heat. Age-group heats may be combined on the track, but will be awarded separately. Field event awards will be presented following completion of flights or open pits.
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All Weather 400 meter track surface. All shoes will be checked. Any 1/4″ spikes or flats permitted.
Concrete throwing rings.
Long and Triple Jump will have an open pit in all age group divisions.
Pole vaulters must bring their own poles. Throwers must bring their own implements.
Implements may be checked-in and weighed throughout the day.
The Pride Track & Field Meet will be held according to formal USATF and USATF Masters regulations. Hurdle heights and race distances, as well as all other age-specific implement requirements can be found on the Masters Track and Field Site.
This event will also comply with the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA). See the USATF website for more info.
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For morning track events, please check in with the clerk of the course 45 minutes prior to the scheduled start or 10:00 am, whichever comes first. For afternoon track events, please check in with the clerk of the course 45 minutes prior to the scheduled start or 1:00 pm, whichever comes first. For field events, please check in with the clerk at event site 30 minutes prior to the start of the event (45 minutes prior for Pole Vault).
Tentative 2024 Meet Schedule
Updated June 21, 2024
All events will be on a rolling schedule. Heats/Flights based on seed time (/distance thrown/jumped), fastest to slowest (/largest distance to shortest). All gender and age categories will be combined for competition. Medals will be awarded for each gender-age division- Men, Women, Non-Binary; Open (29 and under), 30-39, 40-49, etc. in 10 year increments (change for 2024).
Start times provided are estimates, so be prepared to compete at the conclusion of the prior listed event.
Notes:
New for 2024: Due to facility limitations at Laney College, we will be unable to hold the Hammer Throw and Javelin Throw competitions.
Actual schedule may change without advanced notice. In case of conflicts, running events take precedence. Please notify field event officials of any conflicts.
Each field competitor in jumps and throws will get four attempts, except high jump and pole vault.
Track Events
Field Events
Volunteers Needed!
We are looking for a variety of volunteers* to help during the 2024 Pride Track and Field Meet!
Please fill out the form to contact our Pride Meet Volunteer Coordinator Austin Jones so that he can make a schedule covering all of the day’s events for another successful Pride Meet.
*All volunteers must be 18yrs. of age, or accompanied by their parent or guardian.
Thank you to the sponsors and organizations supporting our meet:
Questions?
For any Pride Track & Field Meet inquiries, please send us an email using this form.