track meet
noun
plural track meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a track-and-field competition
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Because the Pacers, much like the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder, use 10-man rotations that turn basketball games into track meets and wars of attrition.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Earlier this month, Hernandez won the girls’ triple jump at a track meet held at Yorba Linda High School, and also placed third in the long jump and eighth in the high jump.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
The Pacers—athletic, young, clever, cocky guys with vibes like the youngest brother in a rich exurban family—answered with pesky defense and an approach to basketball that more nearly approximated a sprint-heavy peewee track meet.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Earlier this month, Hernandez won the girls’ triple jump at a track meet held at Yorba Linda High School, and also placed third in the long jump and eighth in the high jump.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
The Pacers—athletic, young, clever, cocky guys with vibes like the youngest brother in a rich exurban family—answered with pesky defense and an approach to basketball that more nearly approximated a sprint-heavy peewee track meet.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
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“Track meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/track%20meet. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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