track meet
noun
plural track meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a track-and-field competition
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Opening statements were set for Thursday in the murder trial of a former Texas high school athlete accused of taking out a knife during a track meet and fatally stabbing a 17-year-old competitor from a rival team in the stadium's bleachers.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Surveillance video tells the story of the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, and the jury will see it, a prosecutor told the panel on Thursday as the state began its case in Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
Karmelo Anthony, 19, was arrested last year and charged in connection with stabbing Metcalf during an altercation at a track meet at a high school in Frisco, a sprawling suburb of Dallas.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 June 2026
Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old student-athlete, during a Frisco Independent School District track meet on April 2, 2025.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Surveillance video tells the story of the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, and the jury will see it, a prosecutor told the panel on Thursday as the state began its case in Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
Karmelo Anthony, 19, was arrested last year and charged in connection with stabbing Metcalf during an altercation at a track meet at a high school in Frisco, a sprawling suburb of Dallas.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 June 2026
Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old student-athlete, during a Frisco Independent School District track meet on April 2, 2025.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026
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“Track meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/track%20meet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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