Dodge City High School will host the 2024 WAC Track & Field Championships on Thursday, May 9, at Memorial Stadium. This year’s meet will be the 38th year for the event in the 40-year history of the Western Athletic Conference. The meet was cancelled in 2004 due to inclement weather, and 2020 due to COVID.
The Memorial Stadium track complex includes an 8-lane synthetic surface and 2,500 seats on each side of the facility for teams and spectators. The finish line is located on the northeast section of the track. Concessions will be located on the west side of the Stadium.
In 2023, Great Bend won the girl’s title for the second consecutive year and the seventh time overall. Liberal has collected 13 titles, Garden City has won seven titles, Dodge City and Hays have each won four titles.
On the boy’s side, Hays also won the title for the second consecutive year, and the tenth time overall. Liberal has won the title 19 times, while Dodge City has won four titles, including the inaugural meet championship in 1985. Garden City has won one title (2016), and Great Bend won the boys title in 2009.
Liberal holds the record for most championships (13 Girls /11 straight); (19 Boys/16 straight). Liberal also holds the record for most meet “sweeps” with 11 consecutive. Dodge City was the last school to sweep the meet (2019).
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About the Programs
Liberal holds the record amongst WAC schools for most State Track & Field Championships, both boys and girls.
The Redskins won the State Track and Field& Field Title for 14 consecutive seasons from 1991-2004. The Lady Redskins have won the State Title 12 times and consecutive seasons from 1994-2004.
Great Bend won the Boys State Title in 1970 & 1972. The Lady Panthers have won the State Title five times, most recently in 2007.
The Hays Lady Indians won the State Title in 1989, while the boy’s program has collected six titles, including a run of four straight from 2010-2013. Garden City boys won two track titles in 1945 & 1946. No WAC school has ever won a 6A title.
Defending Champions
While the Great Bend Girls and Hays Boys enter the meet as the favorites to repeat as Team Champions, there are several individuals who are also defending their WAC Titles from 2023.
A full preview of this year’s contenders, with defending champions highlighted, can be found here.