track meet

noun

plural track meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a track-and-field competition

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Karmelo Anthony case Anthony was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old student-athlete, during a Frisco Independent School District track meet on April 2, 2025. J.d. Miles, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Anthony, 19, was sentenced earlier this month to 35 years in prison after a Collin County jury convicted him of murder in the April 2, 2025, stabbing death of Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Prosecutors argued that the stabbing was an unjustified attack that stemmed from a disagreement over Anthony's presence under a Memorial High School team tent during the rainy track meet, the Associated Press reported. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 June 2026 Anthony stabbed Metcalf during a track meet on April 2, 2025. Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for track meet

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of track meet was in 1904

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“Track meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/track%20meet. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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