Harris Family Track and Field Stadium

The Harris Family Track and Field facility is located on the west side of the nine-lane outdoor track in the southeast corner of the Notre Dame campus. The building houses a number of team support areas, including student-athlete and coach locker rooms, team meeting and event operations space, a nutrition station, and a satellite athletic training area. 

The track meets IAAF guidelines and features the widest possible turns.

One synthetic “D” zone is provided at the south end of the track. Throwing and jumping events are located in two directions, and a warm-up area can be found at one end of the track.

Lead gifts for the project came from an anonymous benefactor, as well as six named Notre Dame supporters: John Hatherly ’82, who ran track for the Irish as a miler; Dr. Bob Harris ’69, a chemistry major who played intramural football and has participated in Notre Dame’s Football Fantasy Camp; Dr. Jim Kerrigan ’79, a Monogram winner for the Notre Dame track team; John Leahy ’84, who continues the Leahy athletic legacy at Notre Dame; Mike Lukas ’79 MA, whose daughter, Katherine, graduated Notre Dame in 2012; and Rick Peltz, a South Bend/Indianapolis business man.

In June 2008, ground was broken for the construction of the new $3 million nine-lane outdoor track complex, with the 2009-10 school year marking the first season of practice in the new facility for the Irish.