Ankara

Runners head into the last lap of the girls 800-meter race at the 2019 DODEA-Europe track and field championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, during the last time finals were held. Last year's track season was canceled due to the coronavirus. This year, the championships will only be virtual. <br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

DODEA-Europe will crown track champions in May

Rare season-ending championships in coronavirus era will be held in May thanks to ability to conduct event virtually.

Stuttgart, Naples earn loudest cheers as fall season concludes

Panthers and Wildcats top their divisions in cheerleading competition conducted virtually.

Vilseck's Nicolas Holcomb, right, participates during the pushups event at the European Athletic Fitness Games championships at Vilseck, Germany on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.<br>Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes

DODEA-Europe crowns more cross country champs, fitness games winners

In the inaugural fitness games competition, Ramstein’s boys team, Kaiserslautern’s co-ed team and Wiesbaden’s girls team came out on top.

Coach Brian Swenty, right, speaks to competitors before the start of the European Athletic Fitness Games championships at Vilseck, Germany on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.
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Competitors get one last chance to show their fitness

It might be remembered in future years as one of the strangest DODEA-Europe fall sports seasons in history.

Cross country runners in Germany competed in a shortened season this fall with social-distancing rules introduced. They'll have at least a virtual championship to end their season, but their tennis-playing peers won't after DODEA-Europe canceled the event Tuesday.<br>Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes

Prep tennis finals in Europe axed by coronavirus spike in Germany

Cross country finals could still happen Saturday, with virtual competitions in cross country, cheer and European Athletic Fitness Games set next week.

American Overseas School of Rome's Eduardo Lin sets the ball to his teammates Saturday while Aviano's Adrian Vasquez waits on the other side of the net in ta match in Aviano, Italy, Sept. 14, 2019. Boys volleyball will be played north of the Alps this coming DODEA-Europe winter sports season, replacing basketball due to coronavirus concerns.<br>KENT HARRIS/STARS AND STRIPES

DODEA-Europe cuts basketball and wrestling, adds volleyball and weightlifting

Volleyball, dropped in the fall along with football in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, will be offered in the winter — not only for girls but for boys.

Runners sprint for position at the start of the boys race at the 2019 DODEA-Europe cross country championships last October, in Baumholder, Germany. This year's season gets underway this weekend.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Europe's athletes finally competing again

Cross country, golf, tennis start again this week - the first time DODEA-Europe athletes have competed in seven months.

Ankara school info

Location: Ankara, Turkey
Mascot: Trojans
Enrollment: 48
Website: http://www.anka-ehs.eu.dodea.edu/

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DODEA-Europe to debut new multi-event sport this weekend

Football and volleyball are out this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Enter an eight-event team competition that bears at least some resemblance to a heptathlon or decathlon.

Ramstein's Matt Miller putts on the day's final hole at the DODEA-Europe high school golf championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, in October 2019, as teammate Chris Angeles, Stuttgart's Jonathan Keathley and Kaiserslautern's Mathias Perrin watch. Golfers will take to the links this season with coronavirus precautions.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

Prep athletes return to practice fields in Europe

It appears that — at least for now — competition among rival schools will only happen in person in Germany. But golfers, cross country runners, tennis players and cheerleaders are all back to perfecting their skills.