Hilmer Lodge Stadium
Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mount San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) campus in Walnut, California is the football stadium for the community college. It is also the home of the Mt. SAC Relays, an annual, multi-day track and field festival that attracts elite athletes from around the world to this early season (April) event. The event claims to host 15,000 participants with crowds of spectators to match. The stadium has played host to some 20 world records including the still current world record in the 4 x 200 metres relay and numerous national records around the world.
The stadium, dedicated on October 8, 1948 is now named after Hilmer Lodge, who created the relays in 1959.[1] Lodge, who died in 1977, was part of the inaugural Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame.[2]
The stadium is also the finish for the famous Mt. SAC Cross Country course, which hosts as many as 17,000 participants to the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational, as well as playing host to the CIF Southern Section Cross Country prelims and finals, and the Western Regional preliminary to the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
In the past the stadium has also played host to the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1962, 1979 and 1980. It also played host to the Women's Olympic Trials in 1968.
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Coordinates: 34°02′45″N 117°50′11″W / 34.04585°N 117.836459°W