Meet Hub: NH Distance Festival

Thanks to Coach Jeff Wilson and the Souhegan Track and Field community, NH now has a Distance Festival of its own!  This will be year 2  for the NH Distance Festival on Friday May 1st at 5pm.  As with last year, the meet is comprised of only 1 mile and 5000 meter races.  Patterned after our friends in CT from Xavier (Coach Wilson is an alum!) and Hall High Schools, the Connecticut Distance Festival has grown in popularity every year because it includes all levels of distance runners. The miles progress faster and faster each heat to the crescendo heater heats! These are followed by 5ks under the lights for the pure distance runners. And now thanks to Souhegan, we have this same opportunity in NH!

To make this event even greater, Marathon Sports and New Balance have agreed to sponsor the event.  In its 2nd year, not only will the top 6 overall of each event earn tees, but the winner of each heat will also!  On top of this, the over champions of the mile races (1 girl and 1 boy) will earn and invite and free entry into the BSR Elite Scholastic meet at UMass Lowell 2 weeks later! Of course, you can expect a merch tent, live stream, pictures and more!