California All-Weather Tracks
Bay Area and Northern California

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See my editorial on Track Maintenence.

Legend to the layout--here's what I know:

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Alameda County

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College of Alameda	2003	No	No
Tinker Ave. West of Mariner Square Loop just west of the tube Recently resurfaced in Mondo. I'm going to rant here: This one pisses me off. I have gotten mail from a high school less than a mile from this track seeking information about building an irregular sized all-weather track for the team to practice on. This first class track is an unused buffer for the soccer field, locked behind high security fencing. There is no team at this school, the only users of the track are a flock of geese, who have left a layer of their byproducts all over the track. The school apparently doesn't even bother to clean it. Other than the High Jump pad, no field event facilities were installed. Mondo	North	8 90m	Aerial photo

Berkeley High School	1994	Yes metal	No
Martin Luther King and Channing Way Southwestern Eurotan	South	6 92m	Aerial photo

St. Mary's High School	1970's	No	No
Posen Ave. and Monterey Ave. A triangular track surrounding the football and baseball fields. 7 lanes on sprint straight. Straightaways are (estimated) 77m, 75m and 45m. Lots of cracks and pocked with repairs.	West, Imperial	6 77m	Aerial photo

University of California, Berkeley Edwards Stadium	Resurf. 1999	Yes metal	Adjustable
Bancroft and Oxford Yellow. There is a warm up lane inside of the curb. This has to be the ugliest color I have ever seen on a track (I guess they were trying for Gold, as in Golden Bears), with blue lines. But my opinion could be wrong, this was awarded as an Outstanding Track Facility by the USTC&TBA, an industry association. ! At night, this is effectively closed with gates and concrete walls. Southwestern Martin ISS Archie Williams G, Chris Huffins B	South	8 92m	Aerial photo

Emery High School	1999	No	No
San Pablo Ave. and 53rd St. You have got to see the shape of this one. This is an all weather track with a right turn and an angled straight in it, I kid you not--see the aerial photo. This is apparently not a 400 meter track from the looks of it, how would they measure with a right turn? Road course rules? Now that I have gotten to see it in person, there are no calibrated start lines, just a start and finish line (apparently for 100M) on the longest straightaway. Those lines are slightly into the turns so the straightaway is 99m with no run out and a sharp turn at the end! There is also a noticible change in elevation and drainage slopes along this track. This has the highest fence I have seen yet. This whole, microscopic high school campus (this is the smallest urban campus I've seen) is not easy to get into. Is this a jail? The AW long jump runway and pit are full of weeds (indicating no maintenence or usage) and the high jump pad is not much more useful than a postage stamp. Southwestern Eurotan	West	4 99m	Aerial photo

California State University, East Bay	early 1970's	(Yes but)	Stationary, Inside, slice
Between Hayward Blvd and Harder Rd. East of Mission Blvd. The track at this location dates to the 1970's, apparently never upgraded since its original installation (before 1973 when I first saw it). The lane lines are almost invisible, except someone has refreshed the 100m start and finish (offset 10m). The Steeplechase pit apparently (fenced with barrier removed) was installed at a different time, the surface is a different color and the race is designed to finish south. The concrete curb is raised above the track surface, but not enough to qualify as a legal curb. And in a wimpy step of geopolitical ambiguity, the name of Hayward has been replaced with "East Bay."	North	8 99m	Aerial photo

Chabot Junior College	Resurf 2001	(No)	Adjustable, Inside
25555 Hesperian Blvd. North Entrance North of the 92 Freeway They have the curbing and the inner line has been drilled to mount it, but it has been removed and is sitting along the fence outside of the track--and it looks like its been there a while. Perhaps they put it in place when a meet is important but I have seen them conduct meets without a curb. Steeplechase finishes the opposite direction. Cal Track Premier Polyurethane	South	9 99m	Aerial photo

Granada High School	2002	No	No
Wall St. south of Stanley Blvd. A new fake grass infield and lots of renovations were added in 2007--I don't know if that includes a resurfacing. There is a strange crack sealed in lane 1 of the home stretch. Spectra Turf Spectratrack SP	South	9 95m	Aerial photo

Newark Memorial High School	Resurf. 1998	No	No
Cedar Blvd. off Central Ave. ! This is a security fortress, difficult, but not impossible to get into. Note: the unattended sprinkler system and bad drainage has done more damage to the track than any runner. I'll note yet again when I visited, the sprinklers were running and flooding the entire track like they apparently (from the water stains) have been for years. The wall in background of the picture is a dominant feature on the northeast end of the track. Southwestern Eurotan	Northeast	8 90.5m	Aerial photo

See my editorial on Track Maintenence.

Castlemont High School	2003		No
MacArthur Blvd. south of 82nd Ave. It might be easier to get in from Bancroft on 84th or 85th Ave. With a new fake grass infield Southwestern			Aerial photo

Laney Community College	April 2003	(No)	Adustable, Inside
5th Ave. between E. 8th Street and E 10th St. Mondo	Northwest	8	Aerial photo

Merritt Community College	February 2003	Yes metal	Yes, Inside
East end of the campus, off Campus Drive which is off Redwood Road between the 13 and Skyline. Mondo	South	8 88m	Aerial photo

McClymonds High School	2001	No	No
28th Street and Chestnut 370 meters with calibrated lines for each distance and each relay hand off zone. Every line seems correct except for an unexplainable blue line (at least that I cannot figure out) equivalent with the acceleration zone of the 3rd 4x100 handoff. I can't explain how the 4x400 (1600m) relay start line, in lane 1 is 9" shorter than the 1600 start line that has to be at the same location. ! located in a run down neighborhood at a run down looking inner city high school, this very clean track is kept secure not only by a fence with slats but one they have placed a fine mesh screen over each chain link gate to make it harder to climb. Jim Hines	South non-standard	6	Aerial photo

Skyline High School	2003		No
MacArthur Blvd. south of 82nd Ave. With a new fake grass infield Southwestern			Aerial photo

Piedmont High School		No	No
End of El Cerrito Ave., south of Oakland Ave.	Northwest	7 87m	Aerial photo

Amador Valley High School	2002	Yes	No
Santa Rita Road (Main Street) just north of Stanley Blvd. Surrounding a Fake Grass infield. Finish line offset 10m.	North	8	Aerial photo

Foothill High School	2003	Yes	No
Foothill Road and Muirwood Dr.	South	8 97m	Aerial photo

James Logan High School	1996	Yes Metal	No
1800 H Street, north of Alverado-Niles This looks like a fake grass infield. ! I'm told this is not open to the public Southwestern	South	8	Aerial photo

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Butte County

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Chico, Oroville

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Contra Costa County

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Liberty High School	2005	No	No
Spruce St. and Shasta Daisy Dr. The distinctive feature of this track is the stone/concrete retaining wall below the stands.	Southeast	9	Aerial photo

Clayton Valley High School	2005	No	No
Academy Road and Alberta Way Surrounding a fake grass infield Blue	West	8 94m	Aerial photo

Monte Vista High School		No	No
Stone Valley Road west of Green Valley Rd. Fake Grass infield.	South	8 102m	Aerial photo

San Ramon Valley High School		No	No
Front of the school is on Love Lane, just south of Danville Blvd. and Railroad Ave., the track is way in the back of the school off of DelAmigo Road Long Straightaways, Fake Grass infield	Southeast	8 106m	Aerial photo

Acalanes High School	Dec 2003	No	No
Pleasant Hill Road and Stanley Blvd.	South	6	Aerial photo

Alhambra High School	Resurf. 1999	Yes	No
E St. west of Alhambra Ave. This is up the hill, way behind the school. Southwestern	South	9 100m	Aerial photo

Campolindo High School	Resurf. 1997,2005	Yes concrete	No
Campolindo Dr. and Moraga Rd. Black	East	8	Aerial photo

Miramonte High School	1996	No	No
Estabueno Dr. and Moraga Way	Southeast	6	Aerial photo

Pittsburg High School	Resurf. 1998	No	No
Railroad Ave. and School Street, north of Hwy. 4 Southwestern Eurotan	Northwest	6	Aerial photo

College Park High School	June 2001	No	No
Viking Dr. and Norse Dr. Just south of Diablo Valley College Cal Track Cal Trax IMS	South	9	Aerial photo

Diablo Valley College	Resurf. 1998	Yes	Yes, outside
Golf Club Rd. west of Contra Costa Blvd. An AW track has been here since the 1970's This surrounds an old Astroturf field. Southwestern Eurotan	South	9	Aerial photo

Contra Costa Community College	1998	Yes	Yes, Outside
Mission Bell Dr. and El Portal (Broadway South) Southwestern Eurotan	Northeast	8 93m	Aerial photo

California High School	2001	No	No
Broadmore Dr. and Riviera Way, south of Montevideo Finish line offset 10m. 9 lanes on the sprint straight. Now with a new Fake Grass Infield Southwestern	South	8 100m	Aerial photo

Dougherty Valley High School	2007	No	No
Bollinger Canyon Road and Albion Road Surroinding a Fake Grass infield. From the pictures I have seen, it looks to be on a hill overlooking a newly constructed valley.		8 100m	Aerial photo

Las Lomas High School		No	No
Broadway south of Newell Ave. just off the 680 Adjacent to the creek. 8 lanes on the sprint straight. Dave Weill	South	6 93m	Aerial photo

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Del Norte County

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El Dorado County

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Fresno County

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Clovis-4, Coalinga, Fresno-6, Reedley-2, Sanger

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Humboldt County

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California State University, Humboldt	Resurf. 2001	No	Yes
East Laurel Dr. Called the Redwood Bowl this track has large covered stands	North	6	Aerial Photo

Jacoby Creek School	2000		No
1617 Old Arcata Road, north of the Bayside cutoff A short, rectangular elementary school track with the numbers marked backward. Ocean Marker Sports Surfaces	South	3	Aerial Photo

College of the Redwoods			No
7351 Tomkins Hill Road (7 miles south of town) Notice the covered stands and a start line in the turn, probably indicating it is an Imperial track	East Imperial	8	Aerial Photo

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Imperial County

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Brawley, El Centro-2

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Kern County

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Bakersfield-3, Ridgecrest, Taft

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Kings County

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Corcoran, Hanford, Lemoore

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Lassen County

Susanville

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Los Angeles County

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Agoura Hills, Arcadia, Azusa/Glendora-2, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Compton-3, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood-2, La Canada/Flintricge, Lancaster-2, La Mirada-2, La Verne-2, Lawndale-2, Long Beach-2, Los Angeles-21, Lynwood, Malibu-2, Manhattan Beach, Norwalk, Palos Verdes, Pasadena-4, Pomona/Claremont-6, Rowland Heights, Santa Monica-2, Southgate, Valencia-5, Walnut-2, Westlake Village, Whittier

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Marin County

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College of Marin		No	No
College Ave. opposite Woodland Rd. South of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Finish line offset 20m, sprints marked backward on the home stretch.	North	8	Aerial photo

Redwood High School	200	No	No
Doherty Dr. and Riviera Circle	East	8 100m	Aerial photo

Novato High School	2005	No	No
Arthur St. and Washington St. With a Fake Grass infield	Northeast	8 100m	Aerial photo

San Marin High School	2005	Yes	No
San Marin Drive North of Novato Blvd.. With a Fake Grass infield and a curb.	South	8 99m	Aerial photo

Sir Francis Drake High School		No	No
College Ave. opposite Woodland Rd. South of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Surrounding a Fake Grass Infield with a live tree in the south D sector	South	8	Aerial photo

San Rafael High School	2001	No	No
3rd St. at Embarcadero Way, or 185 Mission Ave. at Belle Ave. Lane 8 appears to be built very close to the fence Ocean Marker Sports Surfaces	South	8 100m	Aerial photo

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Mendocino County

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Mendocino College			Yes inside
Hensley Creek Road West of 101 Steeplechase finishes on backstretch.	Northwest	8 100m	Aerial Photo

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Merced County

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Merced

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Monterey County

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Carmel High School	resurfaced 2002	No	No
Ocean Ave. at Highway 1 No longer Black it has been recently resurfaced (you can see the different time elapse on the Google aerial). The curb slightly raises the track.	West	6 99m	Aerial photo

Chualar School	2002	No	No
Lincoln St. and Payson St./Chualar Rd (changes name at Lincoln St., the east edge of town) Square 4 lane track around a well groomed soccer field in this very small farm town. About 250m. The only calibrated lines are a finish line, a 50m? scratch line and a 100m staggered start for 1/4 turn. Manufacturer sprayed logo onto the track. Spectra Turf Spectratrack ISP	East Non-standard	4 73m	Aerial Photo

Greenfield High School	2006	No	No
Forest Lake Rd. and Viscaino Rd. Wide turns Black	West	8 85m	Aerial photo

King City High School	2006	No	No
Forest Lake Rd. and Viscaino Rd. In one step this small town school has advanced itself forward with a new All Weather track and took a giant step backward by building it to imperial distances that haven't been used in 30 years. Finish line offset 10m. Blue United Sports Surfaces	West, Imperial	9 100m	Aerial photo

California State University, Monterey County (Old Fort Ord)		Yes	Stationary, Inside
North South Road and 1st Street With an ugly old astroturf infield. From a paint perspective this looks badly worn, turning black with disappearing lane lines, but the mat surface track is mostly still very viable. No signs of throwing or pole vault facilities. When I visited, the horizontal jump runway was covered in astroturf carpet. The original paint of "Fort Ord" is still visible on the home stretch.	East	8 100m	Aerial photo

California State University, Monterey County (Old Fort Ord)		Yes	Stationary, Inside
North South Road and 1st Street With an ugly old astroturf infield. From a paint perspective this looks badly worn, turning black with disappearing lane lines, but the mat surface track is mostly still very viable. No signs of throwing or pole vault facilities. When I visited, the horizontal jump runway was covered in astroturf carpet. The original paint of "Fort Ord" is still visible on the home stretch.	East	8 100m	Aerial photo

Monterey Peninsula College	2007	Yes Metal	Yes Inside
Glennwood Circle, Campus located off Fremont Street, just west of Highway 1 Surrounding a Fake Grass Infield	East	8 86m	Aerial photo

Santa Catalina High School	2006	No	No
Mark Thomas Drive and Old Salinas Road inside the southwest corner of the Highway 1 and Highway 68 interchange Square track with tight turns United Sports Surfaces	West	4 m	Aerial photo

Alisal High School	2003	No	No
E. Williams Rd. East of Del Monte Ave. on the East edge of town Black. Fake grass infield. Has an extra wide unmarked lane on sprint straight. ! The four High School tracks in Salinas were constructed at the same time. North Salinas was easy to walk in to, Salinas and Alvarez had pedestrian gaps but here at Alisal I had to evade the human security patrol (with vehicle) just to get a look at the track. SRI	Northeast	8 86m	Aerial photo

Alvarez High School	2003	No	No
Nantuckett Drive, east of Independence Blvd. south of E. Boronda Rd. (far north edge of town) Black. Inner lane line for lane 5 is yellow. No seats or lights at this stadium, though they have built burms to mount them on. I'll guess they have a neighborhood controversy and may never finish this. SRI	West	8 100m	Aerial photo

Hartnel Junior College	Resurf. 2001	Yes concrete	Adjustable, Outside
Hartnell and College Track here dates to 1994. Concrete curb may not be exactly 5cm all the way around, but it is higher than the track. It separates a dirt warm up lane inside that is much lower than the track. Steeple finishes in the opposite direction. Previous track credited to Southwestern. Spectra Turf Spectratrack M	Northeast	9 98m	Aerial photo

North Salinas High School	2003	No	No
E. Alvin Dr. and Kip Dr. (just east of N. Main St.) Black. Fake grass infield. On the southwest end of the campus. SRI Alvin Harrison GGS, Calvin Harrison	South	8 87m	Aerial photo

Salinas Union High School	2003	No	No
S. Main and Geil St. (actually more opposite Willow St.) Black. Separate from the football stadium (over the east fence) which has the fake grass field. The inner lane line for lane 4 is purple (school colors), while the others are white. Decent night lighting in the curves. The sprint straight is wide enough for two more lanes up against the railing for the stands (built on the opposite side of the football stadium burm) but there is no 7th lane line and the start/finish lines do not extend into this wide all-weather surfaced strip. Backstretch is also marked for sprints and hurdles. SRI	South	6 108m	Aerial photo

Soledad High School	2001	No	No
West Street E of Gabilan Showing significant signs of wear. The High Jump D sector is still dirt, high jumping is done on the unmarked finish chute.	South	9 99m	Aerial photo

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Napa County

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Pacific Union University		No	No
Howell Mountain Road South at La Jolla Drive No lane lines visible, suggesting this is an old Rubber Asphalt track	South	6	Aerial Photo

Harvest Middle School		No	No
Underhill Road and Old Sonoma Road (track is on the east near freeway)	South	8	Aerial Photo

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Nevada County

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Grass Valley

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Orange County

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Anaheim, Brea, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fullerton-2, Huntington Beach-2, Irvine-2, Mission Viejo-3, Newport Beach, San Clemente, Santa Ana-2

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Placer County

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Auburn, Granite Bay, Rocklin

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Plumas County

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Riverside County

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Beaumont, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, La Quinta, Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside, Thermal, San Jacinto-2

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Sacramento County

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Fair Oaks, Flosom, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento-4

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San Benito County

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San Bernardino County

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Chino, Lake Arrowhead, Rancho Cucamonga-2, San Bernardino

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San Diego County

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Chula Vista-2, El Cajon, Escondido-2, Julian, La Jolla-2, Oceanside, Poway-3, San Diego-7, San Marcos-2, Santee, Vista-2

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San Francisco

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City College of San Francisco	1997	No	Yes (barrier in storage)
Eldton, North of Ocean Ave. Surrounding a fake grass infield installed after the track. Enter through North gate near fieldhouse. ! See a picture. Southwestern Martin ISS	South	9 98m	Aerial photo

Kezar Stadium	1989	No	No
Frederick and Willard, southeast corner of Golden Gate Park No spikes are allowed on this track, a fact repeated on signs every few hundred feet. Southeast and west entrances are the ones that are open (nothing on north). I was amazed at the crowd of people using this track--for its age, it is in amazingly good shape if this much use is typical (again note: no spikes). There are some seams that appear to have been repairs or installed at a different time. Mondo	East	8 85m	Aerial photo

MacAteer High School		No	No
Portola and O'Shaugnessy Shows some signs of wear (bubbles and missing chunks in a few spots). Finish line offset 20m. It has always been foggy when I have visited this location.	South, Imperial	8 103m	Aerial photo

Phillip and Sala Burton High School		No	No
Dwight and Goettingen (west of San Bruno Ave.) This campus, like much of San Francisco, is perched on a hilltop, very steep concrete walls support a couple of sides. The west entrance was open for me, but you have to walk across the entire campus to get to the track on the east side. Finish line offset 10m. Surrounding a fake grass infield. 8 lanes on the sprint straight. Field event facilities were removed to install the infield and are being reinstalled in 2007. In 2007 the track appears to have been recently resurfaced.	South	6	Aerial photo

Riordan High School		No	No
Phelan north of Geneva just around the corner fron CCSF Square/rectangular track, meaning four distinct straightaways. Second part of first 100m starts a noticible downhill which continues into 2nd 100m (must mean the rest of the track is uphill). Some obvious wear spots, cracks and missing chunks, which they have identified with spraypaint (meaning they will probably repair soon).	West, Imperial	7 74m	Aerial photo

San Francisco State University	Resurf. 2001	(Yes)	(Adjustable inside )
In the center of the campus--at 19th Ave. and Holloway When I visited, the curb was missing but I met the track coach John Johnson who told me it was removed for the graduation ceremonies and will return for track season. That might explain some of the others. He also told me the west gates to the stadium have never been locked and he supports open runners who come out and use the facility (with, of course, due care). He had just padlocked the throwing cage because the soccer players were abusing it for a goal. See the coach to get in. They also have an off site, up hill hammer practice area. Steeplechase equipment is currently missing but the Adjustable is coming before track season 2003. 13m offset finish line. The east D sector contains more field event facilities than I've ever seen in such an area--HJ, PV, Horizontal Jumps and Javelin. Southwestern	East	8 87m	Aerial Photo

St. Ignatius High School	Resurf. 2002	No	No
38th Ave. and Rivera They have reportedly also installed a fake grass infield. Cal Track