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Northwest Notes Sept. 17, 2021

| September 17, 2021 1:00 AM

Podium to host high school indoor meet in January

SPOKANE — A new indoor track and field meet is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at The Podium, Spokane Sports announced.

The Spokane High School Invitational, presented by Idaho Central Credit Union, will provide the first opportunity for high school track and field athletes to compete at Spokane’s newest sports facility, The Podium. The facility features the only hydraulically banked indoor 200-meter running track in the western United States, and is set to open this fall.

Indoor track a field is not an officially recognized sport by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The meet is anticipated to draw hundreds of club and unattached high school aged athletes, grades 9-12 from across the Pacific Northwest.

The Spokane High School Invitational will close out a full weekend of indoor track and field competition at The Podium. The Cougar Classic, co-hosted by Washington State University and Spokane Sports, will be hosted on Friday and Saturday, while high schoolers will make their debut at the facility on Sunday.