Hershey's Track & Field Competition June 4

The Johnston County Hershey's Track & Field Competition--which features the long jump and softball throw, plus the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m events and 4x100 relay--is scheduled for Saturday, June 4 at Clayton High School.

The rain date is June 6.

The free local competition, hosted by the Parks & Recreation Department for boys and girls ages 9-14, is set to begin at 10:30 am. Check in time for participants is 10 am.

To register, please visit the Hershey's Track & Field website by clicking here.

The deadline for registration is May 27. For more information, please call the Department at 553-1551.

"You don't need to be a star athlete to participate in track & field," Hershey's says in its promotional material. "You just need to have fun. And you’ll start having fun from day one. Check this out, the fun part isn’t winning (of course, that’s pretty fun too), but it’s running and jumping and throwing. It’s meeting lots of kids just like you. It’s not a video game, it’s a real game. It’s not watching others on a TV show, it’s being the star of your own show. In one word, it’s awesome."

Hershey's Track & Field Program, created 36 years ago to promote youth physical fitness and provide fun learning experiences for children, attracted hundreds of thousands of participants last year in the United States and Canada. Sponsored by the Hershey candy company, its the largest youth sports program of its kind in North America.