Went over to the Glenn D. Loucks Games at White Plains High today. Quite a spectacle on a spectacular day. Brought the 55 sunblock, and still went home looking like a live lobster.

I hadn’t seen the Loucks Games in decades, and had forgotten how great an event it is. It’s like a giant tailgate party, with races and athletic competitions.

This was the biggest event ever, and with 1,800 kids representing 225 teams or so, from Canada and all of the Northeast, it’s not slowing down. In fact, when the Loucks Games resume for the 41st event in history, WPHS will have an all new turf field for football, etc., surrounded by a state of the art eight-lane track.

Speaking of that, the Tigers’ football teams—two modified, freshman, JV and varsity—are still unsure where they will play next season. The school is trying to come up with a temporary place for home games until the new field is ready in November.

Back to the Loucks Games, many former Loucks champs came back to take part in the opening ceremonies and awarded medals to the kids. There were also two Olympic gold medalists present—Derrick Adkins and Larry James.

I wrote a column for The Journal News and LoHud.com Sunday about former Loucks champ and record-holder Fred Singleton, who is now the meet director (and Ken Singleton’s brother). He’s a good guy with a great passion for this meet, and a guy who gave up coaching outdoor track to focus on the meet director’s job, then gave up indoor track coaching to spend time with his dad, who died from cancer in Baltimore April 21.