City Sports for Kids

City Sports for Kids at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory is a youth track and field program that is part of New York Road Runners. Founded in 1990, City Sports for Kids offers skills training for children of all ability levels in long-distance running, sprints, relays, hurdles, long jump, high jump, and javelin.

Each session includes low-key meets within age-group categories and colorful ribbons and T-shirts for all. The goals of the program are to promote physical fitness, self-esteem, and understanding among youth of different backgrounds. For more information, including applications, please click here.

Program Directors

City Sports for Kids was developed and is directed by fitness expert Bob Glover, co-author of The Runner’s Handbook and The Family Fitness Handbook, and Shelly-Lynn Glover, MS, exercise physiologist. Experienced runners and instructors serve as coaches.

Location

New York Road Runners City Sports for Kids is hosted by the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory, 168th Street at Fort Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan.

New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory—"The World’s Fastest Indoor Track"

The Armory, one of the finest indoor facilities in the country, has been the site of many state, national, and world record-breaking performances. City Sports for Kids uses its 200-meter banked oval track and eight-lane straightaway for running, relays, sprints, and hurdles. Other features of the facility used by the program include sand long-jump pits and a shot-put cage.

The Armory is the mecca for high school and college track in the New York City area. Thousands of youth participate in the various invitational and championship meets held on its state-of-the-art track—including the national high school championships. The National Track and Field Hall of Fame at the Armory opened in 2004.