Ott Track and Field Center, University of Pennsylvania
This section will be divided into a number of pages as the Winter/Indoor Track season progresses:
*** Yes, that was the plan until Dennis, the Magnificent, ruler of website design and the only working cog in the gears of
this magnificent machine, apparently pushed the wrong buttons and sent multiple programs into the wind. After months of whining and then several days of
actual work with people who knew what they were doing, Dennis brought our website, "Cherokee Cross Country & Track and Field" (ccctf.com),
back to life. Hurrah!
I. Page I covers the Winter Season and normally would include comments on and (when practical)
pictures from both the Early Winter Season, December, 2025 through mid-January, 2026; and the Late Winter Season, late January through
late-February, 2026. That would include Throws Meets at Cherokee; and regular Track and Field Meets at The Bennett Center, aka, The Bubble, in
Toms River, NJ; and the new Ott Center at the University of Pennsylvania. As a result of our website misadventure, there are no reports on the
meets before Sectionals but Sectionals, Groups and the Meet of Champions will be covered! GO CHIEFS! There are, however, pictures, mostly
taken by the team's photographer, Dennis, and Tom Smith, NJ.MileSplit's top professional photographer, available at:
Winter pictures.
II. Page II covers the opening of the Spring Season! It's a fast start with the Cherokee Night of 3200s,
a challenging opening night of twenty-one 3200's at Cherokee on April 2nd; TCNJ's High School Open at TCNJ on April 4th; Conference Batch
Meet #1 at Cherokee on April 8th; the LaSalle College High School's Explorer Invitational at LaSalle on April 10th; and Conference
Batch Meet #3 at Moorestown High School on April 15th. GO CHIEFS!
III. Page III covers the middle of the Season! There's the Carolina Distance Carnival for select runners
on April 16th; Fast Times at Cherokee High on April 22nd; the Conference Batch Meet #4 at Cherokee on April 22nd; the Penn Relays
for select Sprinters on April 26th; the Night of 3200's for distance runners on April 29th; the Olympic Conference Championships
on April 29th and 30th; the Haddonfield Distance Night, again for distance runners on May 4th; and the Burlington County Open on May 9th.
GO CHIEFS!
IV. Page IV covers the final meets of the Season, the meets where we hope to show what we trained for and learned
throughout the season: States! . . . and other stuff! The first is the NJSIAA State South Jersey Group IV Sectional Championships at Lenape High
School on May 15th and 16th; then, the Cherokee Final Countdown at Cherokee on May 21st; and Night Racer 2 at Cherokee on May 26th. Then,
for those who qualify, the NJSIAA State Group IV Championships at Franklin High School on the 29th and 30th; and finally, the NJSIAA State
Meet of Champions at Pensauken High School on June 3rd! Assuming all are not exhausted by then and for those who qualify, The Winner's
Circle at Christian Brother's Academy on June 10th! GO CHIEFS!
