June 2010
Northrop HS
Spuller Stadium
Fort Wayne, IN

A meet in which the fastest seniors from the Midwest compete for one last high school track and field victory.

The Midwest Meet of Champions is one of the longest running postseason high school track meets in the nation. It began in 1974 as the Tri-States Meet hosted by Northrop HS in Fort Wayne, IN. Over the years, meet hosting has alternated between Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. 2010 marks the return of the meet to its origins!

Several of its alumni have won medals at the Olympic Games or World championships. Earl Jones, Brian Diemer, Jim Spivey and Maicel Malone are some of the athletes who competed in the meet before having standout careers at the international level.

Jones, a 1982 graduate of Taylor (Mich.) Center High, and Diemer, a 1979 graduate of Grand Rapids (Mich.) South Christian High, won bronze medals in the 1984 Olympics in the men’s 800 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase, respectively.

Spivey, who graduated from Bensenville Fenton High in Illinois in 1978, was a bronze medalist in the 1,500 in the 1987 World championships.

Malone, a 1987 graduate of Indianapolis North Central High, ran a leg on U.S. teams that won gold medals in the women’s 1,600-meter relay in the 1993 World championships and in the 1996 Olympics. She was also a member of silver-medal winning teams in the 1997 and 1999 World championships.