The local economic boost from TrackTown16 is expected be even greater in 2016 after USA Track & Field announced Thursday that Eugene will host the next round of track trials.
Without Limits, a movie about the life of Steve Prefontaine filmed in Eugene in 1996, will show Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 8:45 p.m., presented by Summer in the City.
Allyson Felix ran a lifetime-best 21.69 seconds in the 200-meter final on a rain-soaked trackSaturday night. Her infamous tie with Jeneba Tarmoh for third in the woman's 100m is still to be determined.
Emma Coburn won her second straight national title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday, Jillian Camerena-Williams also became a repeat Olympian Friday by winning the women's shot put at the U.S. track trials.
Track Town has really come alive with the Olympic Track & Field Trials held at Hayward Field, and now a debate has risen over whether Prefontaine’s stomping grounds should be the permanent spot for the event.