K-State Track

[Kat Kid]

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[sonofdaxjones]

Janee Kassanavoid finished second in the hammer at the US Championships last weekend, which means she'll be competing in the world championships in a couple of weeks (for the first time ever, the world championships will be held in the U.S. in the self-annointed "track town USA" aka Eugene). She's currently ranked sixth in the world and has a decent chance to medal.

The K-State SID folks suck with track, so hard to say if Kassanavoid will be the only alum competing, but the official start list should be up in another week or so.

K-State alum competed at the @usatf Outdoor Championships this past weekend!

📰 https://t.co/Dil8MtlPGq#KStateTF x #USATF pic.twitter.com/AgSFvdQrQZ

— K-State Track (@KStateTFXC) June 27, 2022

Great for her.

Less than impressed with the crowds I'm seeing for major meets in Eugene. 

[Spracne]

Janee Kassanavoid finished second in the hammer at the US Championships last weekend, which means she'll be competing in the world championships in a couple of weeks (for the first time ever, the world championships will be held in the U.S. in the self-annointed "track town USA" aka Eugene). She's currently ranked sixth in the world and has a decent chance to medal.

The K-State SID folks suck with track, so hard to say if Kassanavoid will be the only alum competing, but the official start list should be up in another week or so.

K-State alum competed at the @usatf Outdoor Championships this past weekend!

📰 https://t.co/Dil8MtlPGq#KStateTF x #USATF pic.twitter.com/AgSFvdQrQZ

— K-State Track (@KStateTFXC) June 27, 2022

Great for her.

Less than impressed with the crowds I'm seeing for major meets in Eugene.

I've been beating the drum about the Eugene crowds for years, now.

Also, she could crush me like an anaconda with those thighs! 

[sonofdaxjones]

Locals who used to go are backing away apparently.  It all got very corporate after they built the new facility.

Stories of the locals taking vacation during the big meets to attend and being able to buy discounted tickets at the old track etc. etc. 

[Kid In the Hall]

Locals who used to go are backing away apparently.  It all got very corporate after they built the new facility.

Stories of the locals taking vacation during the big meets to attend and being able to buy discounted tickets at the old track etc. etc.

My view of Eugene is that it received the hype of "Track Town" mostly because of comparisons to how much most of the other cities across the U.S. care about track (which is to say that, outside of a few annual events that draw well, most people don't care). Because Eugene "kind of" cared, it became the standard bearer in the U.S. (which still pales in comparison to most international cities that host major meets).

Eugene is also - by far - the smallest city to host a track world championship meet in the last 30 years.

[sonofdaxjones]

Locals who used to go are backing away apparently.  It all got very corporate after they built the new facility.

Stories of the locals taking vacation during the big meets to attend and being able to buy discounted tickets at the old track etc. etc.

My view of Eugene is that it received the hype of "Track Town" mostly because of comparisons to how much most of the other cities across the U.S. care about track (which is to say that, outside of a few annual events that draw well, most people don't care). Because Eugene "kind of" cared, it became the standard bearer in the U.S. (which still pales in comparison to most international cities that host major meets).

Eugene is also - by far - the smallest city to host a track world championship meet in the last 30 years.

I agree, no doubt those are all substantial factors and yes T&F is much bigger in Europe.  American's are far too short attention span theater for most track and field meets. 

[Kid In the Hall]

The other piece is that if the IAAF was set on the meet being in the U.S., there are probably less than 10 Class 1 tracks in the country.

I went to a meet at Randall's Island in NY shortly after it opened in 2004 or 2005 and if I remember correctly, it was the only Class 1 track in the country at that time.

[sonofdaxjones]

Rock Chalked "longterm lease" Park is a Class 1 rated facility.

RV Christian Track has the same surface.


Beynon BSS-2000

[steve dave]

HOW

Slow motion of 17-year-old Mondo Duplantis' record-breaking jump...

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[sonofdaxjones]

Helluva vault

[Kid In the Hall]

For the track nerds - World Championships started today. Fair bit of it is on TV (schedule link below).

Kassanavoid already threw in the prelims this morning and advanced with the best mark in her group.

Results:
https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable

TV/Streaming Schedule:
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/07/television-and-streaming-information-for-2022-world-athletics-championships-in-eugene/

[KST8FAN]

One of my college bffs is a major track geek.  He is in Eugene for the 10 day event.


Tom

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[Kid In the Hall]

Less than stellar crowds so far...

Kassanavoid takes the bronze and another American wins gold (first time the U.S. has captured two podium spots in the hammer at the world championships)

[MakeItRain]

That crap was lit!

[Kid In the Hall]

Kassanovoid takes silver in the hammer at the world championships - just needs a gold to complete her set.

https://www.teamusa.com/news/2023/august/24/proud-night-for-u-s-women-hammer-throwers-as-janee-kassanavoid-and-deanna-price-win-silver-and-bronze-at-worlds

[Cire]

Hell Yeah


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