Young athletes representing 23 local junior high and middle schools are preparing to compete at the 75^th Annual Harold Pope Junior Relays on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Modesto Junior College Track & Field.  Sponsored by the Stanislaus County Office of Education (SCOE), the Education Foundation of Stanislaus County and Sutter Health, the public is invited to attend.  Admission and parking are free.

     The annual Harold Pope Junior Relays is dedicated to the memory of Harold Pope (October 24, 1932 – October 31, 2016).  The Junior Relays was renamed the Harold Pope Junior Relays in 2000 in honor of his 47 years of coaching, mentoring, and teaching youth in Stanislaus County.  Harold was a principal, superintendent, coach, bus driver, motivator, and teacher in Valley Home. 

The Junior Relays include a variety of track and field events.  Schools participating this year include Big Valley Christian, Blaker-Kinser, Cardozo, Cesar Chavez, Creekside, Denair, Dutcher, Glick, Hanshaw, Hart-Ransom, Hickman, La Loma, Modesto Christian, Our Lady of Fatima, Prescott, Roosevelt, Ross, Somerset, Spratling, Turlock, Valley Home, Waterford, and Yolo.

The following track and field events are slated for the competition:

Track Events  

• Hurdles          
• 400 Meter Relay        
• 1600 Meter Run         
• 400 Meter Dash         
• 100 Meter Dash         
• 800 Meter Run           
• 200 Meter Dash
• 1600 Meter Relay

Field Events

• Running Long Jump
• Running High Jump
• Triple Jump
• Shot Put
• Discus