USA Track and Field announced on Friday that the Lone Star Grand Prix, a partnership with Texas A&M University and the City of College Station, will be the newest addition to the inaugural USATF Tour on June 6.
The event will be the one of two World Athletics Continental Tour Gold-labeled meets on the U.S.-based tour and will be held at the university campus at E.B. Cushing Stadium.
“Cushing Stadium is one of the finest track and field facilities in the United States,” USATF CEO Max Siegel said. “The Lone Star Grand Prix will offer U.S. athletes the opportunity to compete domestically against top talent in a world-class setting. It also provides fans with the opportunity to witness America’s best track and field athletes up close.”
More than $200,000 in prize money will up for grabs with a range of track and field events that will be broadcast on NBC.
The second gold level meets on tour will be the Los Angeles Grand Prix held at the the University of Southern California campus on June 13-14.
The USATF Tour was announced in October with the goal of standardizing an event schedule for independent meets and provide athletes more opportunity to compete and improve a set of best practices during the season.
Last year both the New York Grand Prix and Los Angeles Grand Prix events were canceled with little explanation along with the abrupt end of Grand Slam Track’s first season before its final event in Los Angeles in June.
According to USATF, it leaned on the World Athletics method of classifying events and applied similar ideas to what would become the USATF Tour. World Athletics categorizes its meets under four standards: Platinum Label, Gold, Elite, and general Label classification. Platinum has the most stringent requirements, but all categories come with minimum guidelines to the experience is consistent for the next event.
USATF Tour 2026 Schedule
• The TEN – March 28 in San Juan Capistrano, CA
• Miramar Invitational – April 4 in Miramar, FL
• Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational – April 12 in Ramona, OK
• Mt. SAC – April 18 in Walnut, CA
• Drake Relays – April 25 in Des Moines, IA
• Penn Relays – April 25 in Philadelphia, PA
• LA Track Festival – May 23 in Los Angeles, CA
• Tucson Elite Throws – May 23 in Tucson, AZ
• Lone Star Grand Prix – June 6 in College Station, TX
• USATF Distance Classic – June 13 in Los Angeles, CA
• LA Grand Prix – June 14 in Los Angeles, CA
• ATX Classic – June 20 in Georgetown, TX
• Iron Wood Classic – June 20 in Rathdrum, ID
• Portland Track Festival – June 21 in Portland, OR
• LA Throws Cup – June 27 in Los Angeles, CA
• Sunset Tour – July 11 in Los Angeles, CA
• Ed Murphey Classic – July 11-12 in Memphis, TN
