Hickory Summer Track Series

The Hickory Summer Track Series is a Thursday-evening meet in June at the Lenoir-Rhyne University outdoor track in Hickory, North Carolina. It is run as a four-meet series, with Lenoir-Rhyne University partnering with Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism. Athletes can enter the full series or individual meets, and they earn points across the month in track and field events. The event list covers sprints, middle distance, relays, and field events: 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1 mile, 2 miles, 4x100 relay, long jump, triple jump, shot put, high jump, pole vault, and discus. Age groups start at 5 and under and continue through 60-plus, so the meet is built for kids, teens, adults, and older competitors on the same track. Series awards require racing in at least two of the four meets. Youth training for ages 6 to 18 is offered at Hickory High School and led by Coach Jimmy Fuller.