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Track and Field
fall/winter 2025 track & Field development program
Program Description: Lakehead’s Track & Field/Cross-Country program’s aim is to introduce athletes in Grades 3 through 7 to the sport of Athletics, as well as athletic competitions. Track & Field/Cross-Country are foundational sports for all ages and abilities, structured around the development of skills and competition associated with running, jumping and throwing. We aim to create learning opportunities for athletes to actively participate competitively or recreationally in all disciplines of athletics and obtain new multisport skills.
Divisions: This program has two age divisions – one for Grade 3 to 5’s, and one for Grade 6 & 7’s.
Looking for programming for Grade 8’s and up? Please see info on the Lakehead Track & Field Club here.
Dates/Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm, starting October 7th through until Tuesday March 3rd. There will be no sessions on the following dates:
- Winter Break – Dec 23, 25, 30, and Jan 1
- Thursday Mar 5 – due to travel day needed for Indoor Championships
Cost: Cost includes registration for all Lakehead Home meets, the U12/U14 Manitoba Provincial Indoor Track & Field Championships in March 2026, as well as a Lakehead Track & Field Competition Singlet. The cost per division is as follows:
- Both Days – $360
- Tuesdays Only – $200
- Thursdays Only – $190
Registration: Registration opens August 20th at 9:00 am, until program start or filled to capacity!
Click here to register online!
Registration Instructions
- Navigate to our registration portal at: https://luathletics.lakeheadu.ca/
- Log in to your account by clicking “Sign In” at the top right of our registration portal. Be sure to use the main username/email box to sign in, unless you are a lakehead faculty, student, or staff. If you are a current lakehead faculty, student, or staff with a MyInfo login, please select “click here for Lakehead User login” and use those credentials.
- For first time users, hit “sign up” at the bottom of the pop up box. Please create your user account using the parents information. Do not create the account in your child’s name.
- If you do not remember your username or password, you can hit “trouble logging in” to get your username sent to you or request a password reset email. You can also email athleticsfrontdesk@lakeheadu.ca or activeu@lakeheadu.ca for account access support
- Navigate to your program of choice by going to Program Registration, selecting the classification “Youth Programs”, and then selecting the correct “Semester (which is Spring/Summer 2024 for summer camps”. You can narrow your search further by “Category” if desired (ActiveU, Basketball, etc.)
- Select your desired program.
- Click “Register” next to the offering you are wanting to register for. Then, click “register” next to your child’s name. If your child is not there, click “add a family member” to create their profile
- If the register button is missing, it is likely that you or your child are missing a birthday on your profile! You can edit or add birthdays by hitting your username in the top right corner of the page. You’ll need to change the ‘Viewing As’ person to the individual whose birthday you are trying to change, and then can hit the edit button.
- Complete the camp registration steps
- For the waiver page, be sure to click on the grey box and then sign in the white pop up box
- For the custom prompts, make sure you have selected a response for all required questions
- Check out
- You will receive a confirmation email if registration has been completed correctly.