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Press Release27 Jan 2022


More opportunities and art contest now available through Making Tracks, a Youth Engagement Program from WCH Oregon22

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More opportunities and art contest now available through Making Tracks, a Youth Engagement Program from WCH Oregon22 

The local organizing committee for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 is proud to announce the expansion of Making Tracks, its Youth Engagement Program.

The expansion includes more modules in the digital activity library as well as a community art contest open to youth in the United States ages 14 to 17. The art contest invites participants to submit a piece of artwork that welcomes athletes from around the world to WCH Oregon22. One winning art piece will be selected to be enlarged and printed as the backdrop of an athlete photo station at the event. The winner will also receive four tickets to the evening session of competition on Day 1. Art contest details can be found here.

Making Tracks, a program first launched in November and designed for K-12 students invites all youth to be a part of the history, cultural diversity, global unity, and excitement of the world coming to Oregon for the first World Athletics Championships to take place in the United States.

The Making Tracks digital activity library hosts a variety of lesson plan guides and activities available across five content categories - global explorations, career explorations, arts and culture, STEM, and active healthy lifestyles.

New activities will continue to be added, including:
  • Content collaboration with ASICS, a World Athletics Partner
  • Resources to help participants become active by learning the fundamental skills of track and field with USA Track & Field’s RunJumpThrow curriculum
  • Lesson plans exploring how concepts of sustainability come into play in the planning of the World Athletics Championships (developed by local recycling nonprofit BRING)
  • Content aimed at empowering girls through track and field and embracing the diverse and inclusive nature of the sport (developed by nonprofit TrackGirlz)
  • A downloadable card pack and games that enable the exploration of the 200-plus nations represented by delegations competing in the World Athletics Championships 
Completion of a simple registration form is all that is needed to access all materials for free and to receive email updates about any new opportunities. Educators are encouraged to delve into the library and to get set for additional content and in-person youth activations in the lead-up to and during the event. Program materials can be accessed here.

Part of the brand of the program includes pictograms that celebrate the variety of event disciplines that make up the sport of track and field. The pictograms are all playfully designed to highlight the same rib-like shapes that form the heart of the WCH Oregon22 logo, an homage to the wooden bents that support the roof at the reimagined Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.

WCH Oregon22 will be taking place July 15–24, 2022. General event information can be found here.

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AboutOregon22, LLC

Oregon22, LLC is the local organizing committee managing the 18th edition of the World Athletics Championships. TheWorld Athletics ChampionshipsOregon22will be held atHayward Fieldat theUniversity of Oregonand will be delivered in partnership withUSA Track & Field. It is the first time the competition will take place in the United States, with 2,000 athletes from more than 200nationsexpected to compete July 15–24, 2022.Oregon22, LLC is committed to delivering an unmissable experience that will showcase theState of Oregonand the sport of track and field globally.

For more information, contact:media@worldchampsoregon22.com

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