Ed Murphey Classic 2024: Schedule, order of events, where to watch

The Ed Murphey Classic 2024 is scheduled from July 11 (Thursday) to July 13 (Saturday) in Memphis, Tennessee. This 2024 edition of the Ed Murphey Classic will be the eighth annual competition since its commencement and is categorized as a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Event featuring some of the top athletes around the World.

The meet is a nonprofit event in which all the proceeds from merchandise, concessions, registration fees, and tickets will be donated to local youth programs. The Ed Murphey Classic 2024 will feature two disciplines - one will be the professional program featuring top athletes and the other one will be a youth program which will further be classified age group wise in three categories namely - Boys & Girls Under 10, 11-14, and 15-18.

The 2024 edition will feature a new format of events where the events in which field events will be held on Thursday, Track events will be held on Friday, and Beale Street Games on Saturday.

Yohan Blake, Trayvon Bromell, and Kyree King are some of the top athletes participating in the professional program

Ed Murphey Classic 2024 - Schedule and Order of Events

The schedule and order of events at the Ed Murphey Classic 2024 over three days from July 11 to July 13, 2024, is as follows:

Note - All times in CST

Thursday, July 11, 2024 (FIELD EVENTS)

Youth Program

1:00 PM - Pole Vault and Long Jump

2:00 PM - Discus

3:00 PM - Triple Jump and Shot Put

Professional Program

5:00 PM - Women’s Long Jump

6:00 PM - Men’s Triple Jump

6:30 PM - Men’s High Jump

6:45 PM - Women’s Shot Put

7:15 PM - Men’s Shot Put

8:00 PM - Post Meet Reception and Meet & Greet with Professional Track Athletes

Friday , July 12, 2024 (TRACK EVENTS)

Youth Program (Order: Under 10, 11-14, 15-18, girls then boys)

Time schedule will be updated once entries are final

10:00 AM Start

400m

100m Hurdles

110m Hurdles

200m

1500m

4x100m Relays

800m

100m (**top 9 girls and boys compete in the final at 7:00 and 7:10 PM)

Professional Program

4:45 PM - Women’s 800m Pre-Program

4:50 PM - Men’s 800m Pre-Program

5:00 PM - Women’s 100m Prelims

5:10 PM - Men’s 100m Prelims

5:30 PM - Men’s 1500m Pre-Program

5:40 PM - Men’s 110m Hurdles Prelims

5:50 PM - Women’s 100m Hurdles Prelims

6:00 PM - Family and Friends 4x400m relay (no registration needed)

6:00 PM - LIVE STREAM BEGINS

6:10 PM - Kids 40-yard dash (no registration needed)

6:20 PM - Women’s 100m Final

6:30 PM - Mike Cody Men’s 800m Invitational

6:40 PM - Women’s 800m Invitational

6:50 PM - Jim Mathis Women’s 400m

7:00 PM - Girls 100m Final (top 9 across age groups from Youth Program)

7:10 PM - Boys 100m Final (top 9 across age groups from Youth Program)

7:20 PM - Men’s 100m Final

7:30 PM - Women’s 200m

7:40 PM - Women’s 1500m Invitational

7:50 PM - Ed Murphey Men’s 1500m Invitational

8:00 PM - Men’s 110m Hurdles Final

8:10 PM - Women’s 100m Hurdles Final

8:15 PM - Post Meet Reception and Meet & Greet with Professional Track Athletes

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Beale Street Games

11:00 AM - Club Invitational Pole Vault

4:30 PM - Beale Street Murphey Mile (Youth, Open, Pro)

5:30 PM - John “Buck” Ewing PRO Women’s Pole Vault

7:30 PM - John “Buck” Ewing PRO Men’s Pole Vault

Ed Murphey Classic 2024 - Where to watch

The Ed Murphey Classic 2024 will be live-streamed on Peacock on July 12, 2024, from 6:00 PM (CST) to 8:10 PM (CST).