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Date:
Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location:
Allendale Charter Township, Michigan
49401
United States
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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

Thank you for your interest in the Gazelle Sports ELITE Series presented by New Balance! This is step one in the signup procedure to participate in this historical event. To be eligible for the Gazelle Sports ELITE series, you must ensure you do the following:

  1. Register for ELITE series consideration on runsignup (here on this race website)

  2. Register, and pay for entry, on the respective GVSU athletic.net meet *This opens after each respective GVSU meet, so after #4 is complete, registration for #5 will open! This is listed as a priority so it is indeed completed.

HERE for GVSU MITS #5, host of the ELITE 200m and 3200

  1. Await confirmation you were selected to the event! You will be receiving an email from Sam Butler, this years race director, with confirmation that you are in! We plan to do this for each event, 3 weeks in advance of the race.

  2. Respond to the instructions needed from the race director, following your acceptance into the ELITE Series, within 7 days.

Since 2013, Gazelle Sports and Grand Valley State University have hosted the very best indoor distance races in the Midwest with the ELITE Mile and ELITE 3200. In 2023, we expanded our reach by featuring the fastest high schoolers we can find with the ELITE 200. This invitation only event, sponsored by New Balance, is held on the amazingly fast 300 Meter track at the Kelly Family Sports Center on the beautiful campus of Grand Valley State University.

The ELITE 200 takes place on February 21, 2026, as part of the Michigan Indoor Track Series.

To be considered for the ELITE 200 an athlete must either have a qualifying 200 time or comparable body of work to suggest they would be competitive.

Boys qualifying time: 22.20

Girls qualifying time: 25.51

If you meet the standard, or feel that you have achieved an equivalent performance and appropriate body of work, please continue submitting this form.

***Achieving the standard does not guarantee entry into the field

The Gazelle Sports ELITE 3200 has been the best high school Indoor 3200m field in the Midwest since it began in 2013. This invitation only event, sponsored by New Balance, is held on the amazingly fast 300 Meter track at the Kelly Family Sports Center on the beautiful campus of Grand Valley State University.

The ELITE 3200 takes place on February 22, 2025, as part of the Michigan Indoor Track Series.

To be considered for the ELITE 3200 an athlete must either have a qualifying 3200 time or comparable body of work to suggest they would be competitive.

Boys qualifying time: 9:22:07

Girls qualifying time: 10:54:07

If you meet the standard, or feel that you have achieved an equivalent performance and appropriate body of work, please continue submitting this form.

***Achieving the standard does not guarantee entry into the field

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