Mile News Tagged Hayward Field


A Falcon and a Duck Made the Pre Classic Fly

May 25, 2017

Without a doubt, though, the big, highly anticipated Mile race - Wottle vs. Pre - established this meet as the USA’s must-see outdoor invitational.

By Jesse Squire, Citius Mag

The Prefontaine Classic might not exist without Bowling Green. I am not making this up.

I ran at Bowling Green...

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Hayward Field ready to host its third straight U.S. Olympic Trials

June 28, 2016

Approximately 1,100 track & field athletes vying for coveted Team USA berths at Rio Olympics; 1500 meter heats begin Thursday, July 7 at storied venue

By Chris Hansen, The Register-Guard

Vin Lananna had been in Eugene for barely a month when he hopped onto a plane bound for Helsinki, Finland,...

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1973 Hayward Field Restoration: Prefontaine takes on Wottle

October 14, 2014

“I can remember just thinking that to me it was one person wins, one person loses, but he had the perspective that I wished I had. He kind of knew that often times, it’s not you. It’s your competitors and your coach and all the other things. It all mixes together to develop a world class runner."...

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Nike campers to run exhibition Mile at Trials

June 29, 2012

By Doug Binder, ESPN / Dyestat

The third Nike Elite Camp will bring together 20 top high school cross country runners and the program includes an exhibition Mile that will be held on June 29 at Hayward Field.

As a stipulation mandated by NCAA rules, the shoe-company sponsored event has to...

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