Hilmer Lodge Stadium

Olympic Flame and wall of honor at Hilmer Lodge Stadium
The west stands at Hilmer Lodge Stadium

Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) campus in Walnut, California, is the athletic stadium for the community college. It is home field of the football program, but is world renown as 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 is the site of 20 world records and hundreds of national records around the world.

The stadium was dedicated on October 8, 1948 by then local congressman, Richard M. Nixon. It was renamed after Hilmer Lodge, who created the relays in 1959 and was the college's first Track & Field/Cross Country Coach.[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 28,000 participants for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational. It also plays host to the CIF Southern Section cross country prelims and finals, and the Western Regional preliminary to the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.

Hilmer Lodge Stadium hosted the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1962, 1979 and 1980. It also played host to the United States women's Olympic Trials in 1968. In July 2018, the stadium is in the process of being completely renovated with the ability to expand seating to 21,000 for special events.[3] CLICK HERE to view future stadium fly-through.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lasports.org/lafacilities/display.php?s=Stadium&id=45
  2. ↑ http://www.mtsacrelays.com/archives/HallFame/Lodge.htm
  3. ↑ "Mt. SAC Plans $62 Million Renovation of Hilmer Lodge Stadium". Baldwin Park, CA Patch. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2017-06-29.

Coordinates: 34°02′45″N 117°50′11″W / 34.04585°N 117.836459°W / 34.04585; -117.836459

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