What a fantastic way to spend two hours for a track nerd! I spent my evening this evening at the Track Town Legends talk listening to Wade Bell, Roscoe Divine, Tom Heinonen, Kenny Moore, Jim Hill, Mike Manley, Cathie Twomey-Bellamy, and Kathy (Hayes) Herrmann talking about bygone days of track and field surrounding their experiences at Hayward Field.

Tom is encyclopedic in his memory and knowledge of the sport, quoting first and last names of high school women from 30 years ago and times from memory. Wade Bell and Roscoe were hilarious and gracious recounting some of their interactions with other world-class athletes. Kenny Moore's passion for the history of track and cross country in Eugene is immeasurable. All panelists had great stories

We're going to be breaking these stories down from the over two hours of video I took from this discussion. We'll be segmenting them into smaller, more digestible stories including Wade discussing how the eight-day Olympic Trials was invented, the incarnation of UO cross country success by Kenny Moore, and Cathie's experience with Athletic West as well as some of their contract situations.

As we continue to keep busy with Olympic Trials preparations and surrounding meet coverage, this material will sprinkle in gradually over the next month or so. We really look forward to sharing this priceless event with you and will certainly feature the event once we get all the stories up!