This is my compilation of meets in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho that are potentially open to Lizards and other post-collegiate club runners. Meet information can generally be found through Direct Athletics, but registration for most, if not all, is now via athletic.net. Some meets require contacting the race director. As of now, there are 43 meets, and that does not count summer masters meets, which I have not yet tracked down.
Those used to road races should note that a meet whose registration is “closed” is probably not full. More likely, it has not yet opened to registration. Many don’t start taking registrations until a few weeks before the meet. Please note that details, including dates, are subject to change.
Some of these meets have either invited us as a club or accepted us as a club at my request. That means that if you are on the TRL team, for Athletic.net., you should be able to run as a Lizard, simply by registering. Others are open to “unattached,” but not to “clubs,” which may mean that you will run unattached. This system is in it’s second year of use, so I’m still trying to figure out exactly how it works.
However, if you ran as a Lizard last year, or if you are a USATF member whose club is TRL, your affiliation should come up as TRL when you register. For those of you in other clubs, it should work the same way.
(Photo by Eija, from Wikimedia Commons).
INDOOR
BIG TICKET ITEM. 2025 World Masters Indoor Championships. March 23-30, Gainesville, Florida. This is the first time this event has ever been on US soil, and it is a legit chance to represent the US in international competition. There are no qualifying standards other than proving your citizenship, but the front of each age group will be very competitive. Five year age groups start at 35-39, and go up in 5-year increments. Registration deadline is January 23.
• January and February (maybe). Miles in Chiles. This has been a recurrent event, but is often set up on very short notice. I’m not finding information yet for 2025. Historically there are up to 4 races, though in recent years there have been fewer.
• January 16-17. Snake River Open College. Pocatello. Kinda far away. But an open indoor.
• January 17. Spokane Indoor Challenge. States colleges and junior colleges, but many meets that allow junior colleges allow unattached runners who can make the seed.
• January “17. UW Preview. Dempsey. Open to clubs and individuals, but the minimum seed times may be fast.
• January 18. Mile City. Dempsey, UW. This is apparently an open meet. Mile only. They appear to be planning 45 non-elite heats, running all day.
• January 24-25. Lauren McCluskey Memorial. Moscow, Idaho. Probably because of the climate, Idaho tends to be a good place for indoor meets that are open to many.
• January 26 (Sunday). Portland Indoor Meet #1 (Chiles). This is listed as colleges only, but last year it had a few unattached runners, so it might be worth asking.
• January 31 – February 1. UW Invitational. Seattle. Open to clubs and individuals, but the minimum seed times may be fast.
• February 7. Stacy Dragila Open. Pocatello, ID.
• February 8, George Fox Indoor Meet #1. 60m sprints and hurdles, and field events only. Seems to have many unattached runners, so if you are a sprinter, here’s your chance.
• February 8. EOU Lew Thorne Invite. Eastern Oregon University, La Grande. Explicitly lists as open to clubs and individuals.
• February 9. Portland Indoor Meet #2.
• February 14. Mountain State Games. Pocatello, ID.
• February 14-15. EOU Last Chance Eastern Oregon University, La Grande. Also explicitly lists as open to clubs and individuals.
• February 14-15. Husky Classic, Seattle. Open to clubs and individuals, but the minimum seed times may be fast.
• February 21. George Fox Indoor Meet #2.
• Feb 28-March 1. Ed Bointano Invitational, Tacoma. Indoor. Club Northwest did it last year, so it appears to be open to club runners who can make the seed times.
OUTDOOR
• Feb 28-March 1. Eric Anderson Icebreaker, Linfield. Large meet. Open. Start of outdoor season.
• March 1. Willamette Opener. This says colleges and junior colleges only, but club runners have done races at Willamette. It may depend on space availability in heats
• March 1. Wildwood Miles for Girls plus Women. Lincoln High School. Apparently this is in its 3rd year, but this is the first I’ve heard of it.
• March 7-8. PLU Open (Tacoma; Pacific Lutheran University). Clubs and individuals invited.
• March 8. Rich Allen Classic. George Fox University.
• March 8. LCC Open. (Eugene).
• March 14-15. PLU Invite. Also open to clubs and individuals.
• March 21-22. Oregon Preview.
• March 29. Willamette Invitational. Same qualifying info as Willamette Opener, but we have had runners do this meet.
• March 29. Pacific Open. Pacific University. Low key and friendly.
• April 4-5. PLU Spring Invite. Again, explicitly open to clubs.
• April 4-5. Lane Invite and Bill Dellinger Distance Carnival. LCC Eugene.
• April 5. Jenn Boyman Invitational. Linfield. Despite the name, this tends to be very open.
• April 11-12. John Knight Twilight. Western Oregon University. Historically, this is a fun, low-key meet, but a bit awkwardly timed for people on working schedules.
• April 18-19. L&C Larry Byerly Invite. Also historically quite open
• April 19. Corban. Salem. I don’t know anyone who’s been to this. Might be new. No info available yet.
• May 2. Oregon State High Performance Track Meet.
• May 3. Linfield Open.
• May 9. Oregon Twilight
• May 9-10. Oregon State Last Chance Qualifier. Explicitly states it is open to clubs and individuals. Likely to have pretty good competition.
• May 10. Portland Twilight.
• May 14. George Fox Last Chance. (Probably not open to non-collegiate runners.)
SUMMER
• Early June. Likely date of summer track meet by Portland Track. Qualifier for Seattle-Portland 3000m plus many open events, if done like last year.
• June 14-15. Portland Track Festival
• Late June through early August. Likely dates of 2-3 more Portland Track summer meets, if they do as they did last year. Good all-comers summer meets with wide range of good competition.