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I use the 70-200 and 300/400 for track and field. Every once and a while I shoot something wide like the 24-70, but that is pretty rare. A lot of parents make do with a kit lens or a cheaper consumer zoom lens, but if you want to make images that stand out, shoot with longer, big aperture lenses.
Like it has been metioned, watch backgrounds. There is almost always a way to shoot at an angle to get a better view and again, with longer glass, you can blur out some of the junk.
The track meet wil go from beautiful sun to terrible light near the end of the meet. Later in the evening as the sun goes down, you will have the stadium lighting, which is primarily aimed at the football field, and not at the track. This is why where having long glass with big apertures will help. And even then, it can be a crap shoot.
A couple of my images from last season or so:
Track Meet 2
Track Meet 1
Also, you did not say what level of access he has. With high school and middle school, you might have unlimited access, but depending on the college, your access might be much more limited, just like it HS Football is pretty much unlimited, but college is more limited.
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