Texas Distance Festival Is BACK!


Last year, COVID-19 seemed to all of a sudden take everything we knew as normal and everything we loved, including the best track meets for track and field fans and athletes.

One of those was a meet that is becoming as iconic of a track and field meet  as one can possibly be - - the Texas Distance Festival (TDF). The meet is so huge, it is known nation wide by it's three letter acronym and it's meet merchandise is so coveted that hundreds of shirts are a sell out every single year.

Last year, just two days before the event, it was unfortunately cancelled because of COVID. This year, the Southlake Running Company is bringing it back. To help limit the amount of athletes and spectators in the facility, this year's event will be a two day event, scheduled for Friday March 19th and Saturday March 20th.


(2020 Twitter announcement of COVID-19 cancellation)

"You don't go to (Texas Distance Festival) to run slow."

Cory Mull, MileSplit editor

Every year, the TDF attracts the best distance athletes from all over Texas as well as some of the best distance talent from across the country. MileSplit editor, Cory Mull said, "you're going there for a purpose, you don't go to (Texas Distance Festival) to run slow in the 5K." 

This year will be no different as registration for the event is already growing. Registration is open now and closes March 12, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. The 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m and the 5,000m will still be the competed events.

TDF is not a UIL sanctioned event, so there will be no school affiliation (uniforms, registering, buses, or school payments) are allowed for the meet. Everything must be done separate and unattached.

Register for Texas Distance Festival on MileSplit! 

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Top 15 - Boys 5K Times:

14:13.26 - Teare, Cooper (Notre Dame, CA) -2017

14:17.89 - Lane, Connor (Cardinal Gibbons, NC) - 2017

14:18.26 - Affolder, Noah (Carlisle, PA) - 2017

14:25.03 - Hirsch, Seth (Millard West, NE) - 2017

14:25.60 - Maier, Alex (Flower Mound) - 2017

14:27.58 - Schoppe, Ryan (La Porte) - 2019

14:27.95 - Morris, Graydon (Aledo) - 2019

14:29.27 - Viegra, Daniel (Pflugerville Hendrickson) -2017

14:29.44 - Bernal, Daniel (El Paso Eastwood) - 2017

14:33.48 - Knight, Haftu(Tyler Lee) - 2019

14:35.53 - Baker, Collin (North Charleston, SC) 2019

14:35.78 - Grijalva, Luis (Armijo, CA) - 2017

14:36.60 - Cheeseman, Carter (Ft. Worth Christian) 2018

14:36.78 - Kilrea, Danny (Lyons Township, IL) 2018

14:37.51 - Brown, Reed (Carroll) - 2017


Top 15 - Girls 5K Times:

    16:25.47 - Brown, Brynn ( Denton Guyer) 2019

    16:39.91 - Cook, Natalie (Flower Mound) 2019

    16:44.83 - Culbreath, London (McKinney North) 2018

    16:45.60 - Hillyard, Ashlyn (Plano) 2019

    16:50.09 - Stegmann, Colleen (Frisco Reedy) 2019

    16:51.39 - McGrath, Libby(San Antonio Home School) 2018

    16:53.21 - Wilson, Alison (Montgomery) 2019

    17:03.23 - Peeples, Ava (Lake Highlands) 2019

    17:08.42 - Kriegshauser, Courtney (Carroll) 2013

    17:10.80 - Hillyard, Ashlyn - (Plano) 2018

    17:17.29 - Prickett, Jessica (Burleson) 2013

    17:17.74 - Mathis, Jordan (Austin Vandegrift) 2019

    17:17.90 - Endsley, Ashton (Abilene) 2016

    17:22.43 - Sutlif Rachel (Grapevine) 2019

    17:24.94 - Reed, Madeline (Marcus) 2015