EVENT INFO
2025 Competition Event Information
We hope your students will join us at the 45th Annual Running Room Indoor Games presented by New Balance. The Running Room Indoor Games is a community track and field event that allows children from grades 3 -12 the opportunity to experience the thrill of competition -- against themselves and each other.
Track events for girls and boys include 200m and 800m individual events as well as 8 x 200m relay events. Mixed relay events are offered for small elementary and junior high schools (further details are supplied in this document and on the web site). Long jump competitions are open for elementary students. A teachers’ relay race and select invitational events are also available for your participation.
Event Schedule
Monday, February 10
Practice Night from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 20th
Junior High and Senior High Elimination (Entry Deadline February 13)
Starts @ 4:30 p.m. (First Race) – 7:00 p.m.
Teachers’ Relay Day 1 (Entry Deadline February 13)
Friday, February 21st
Elementary Elimination (Sessions A, B, C) (Entry Deadline February 13)
Session A (10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Session B (2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Session C (5:20 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Teachers’ Relay Day 2 (Entry Deadline February 13)
Monday, February 24th
Elementary Elimination (Sessions D, E, F) (Entry Deadline February 13)
Session D (10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Session E (2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Session F (5:20 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Teachers’ Relay Day 3 (Entry Deadline February 13)
Saturday, March 8th
Indoor Games Finals from 9:15 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
​Includes Senior High Relays.
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Open Practice Night is on Monday, February 10th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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The Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals are on Saturday, March 8th from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for athletes and teams that qualified from the Preliminaries.
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Participants must be registered students of the school they are representing.
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Students are limited to one individual event and one relay team.
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Entry fee is $15 per individual and $45 per relay team. Teachers’ Relay entry is no charge.
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Age Restrictions: Elementary born March 1, 2012 or later; Junior High born March 1, 2009 or later; High School born March 1, 2006 or later.
For information on invitational events, please contact indoorgames@runningroom.com.
Register for the Running Room Indoor Games email list to receive event news and updates.
Schedule, Meet Programme, and Confirmation Lists announced before the event.
Please see Register page for registration instructions, forms, and waivers.
Note: Payment must be received before teams are allowed to compete, and all confirmed entries after their respective entry deadline must be paid for. Running Room Indoor Games Waiver of Liability Agreement or Informed Consent Form MUST be signed by the Parent or Guardian for ALL participants and provided at the registration table on the FIRST DAY of competitions.
GENERAL NOTICE: Running Room Indoor Games is a public event. Photographers/reporters will be on site for all preliminaries and the finals. Photos/footage will be taken and athletes’ names will be published. Anyone registering a child athlete with FOIP concerns should be aware of this.
Venue Location
The Running Room Indoor Games take place at the Universiade Pavilion (Butterdome) on the University of Alberta campus (114 Street and 87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta).
Directions to the Butterdome (on North Campus) can be found on the Campus Maps webpage.