Beverly Hills High School

I had to shoot this one because of its uniqueness. This is an exercise in efficient multiple use of a limited amount of space. That is how they ended up with a square track. The stands to the left are backed up against the edge of the (long, narrow) campus, the building (on the north end) of course is not movable. The south side is limited by Olympic Blvd, certainly not a movable object. The baseball backstop occupies one corner and the football/soccer field fills the outfield.

Olympic Blvd. is right over the fence and hedge to the right. The High Jump apron fits in the narrow section between track and football end zone. There is a painted white line that fills in the gap between the concrete curb (that is level with track height, not legal for record purposes), even though the lane line actually defines the inside edge of the running surface. This one angled jump runway follows the fence line. The shot put area fills the wider section beyond the pit. There is a street just over the far hedge beyond the shot put.

The second straightaway fits behind the left field of the baseball field and the tennis courts. Large track equipment storage is in one of the white buildings (I assume football, soccer and baseball also have materials in those buildings).

The third straightaway goes down right field and fits next to the stairs to the classrooms.

In order to keep the students off the track, they have constructed this bridge over the end of the chute that leads to a path to the rest of the campus.

In case you haven't noticed, the eight lanes on the sprint straightaway do not line up with the same number on the main track. I've never seen this before but here, the sprint lane 1 finishes in lane 2 and the sprint lane 8 finishes in lane 9 (lane 9 only exists on the sprint straight). A ninth lane could be used for the 100m (but not the 110H) but is not marked that way. At least nobody can complain about sprinting in lane 1.

Below these field event pictures are newer (2008 compared to 2003), note the new Fake Grass infield. I will note the track has a new paint job indicating a resurfacing.

No space is wasted, they store the starting block cart under the bridge.	The original dirt track probably had a 220yard straight at one time. This legacy of land has been appropriated by the baseball team.
The tennis courts also serve as basketball practice courts. That is even a gymnastics balance beam next to the poles. The row of vertical poles keep vehicles off the track surface.	The pole vault runway fits outside the left field foul line. Again they painted the continuation of the concrete curb.

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