Relive the 2014 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships!
Presented by The Pacific Association/USATF and the Sacramento Sports Commission
HELPFUL LINKS
NEWS
Updated July 8, 2014
- Links to Videos of Championships Action
- Spectacular Slide Show of Championships Action from Sacramento Sports Commission Photographer Bryan Patrick
- Capitol Shot Put Men’s Final; Entire Event
- Capitol Shot Put Women’s Final
- News 10 Interview with Michelle Carter
- FloTrack Results and Interviews
- Bernard Lagat 5,000m Win
- Conley/Hasay 10,000m Battle
- Galen Rupp’s 10,0000m Win
- Huddle takes on Rowbury for the 5,000m Win
- Highlights of Men’s and Women’s 100m. Michael Rodgers and Tianna Bartoletta win.
- 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships Overview
- Day 2 Report from KCRA News
- Is Sac on Track for more Track & Field? by Alice Voisin, courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 5: Tarmoh finally earns 200 meter title. by Mark Winitz
- Is Sac back on track for more events? courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Kori Carter wins first national title in 400-meter hurdles courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Sacramento Bee Final News & Notes featuring PA’s Stephanie Brown Trafton’s Return to Competition
- Day 5 News & Notes courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Photo Galleries courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 4: Day Four Yields Solid Performances at 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships. by Mark Winitz
- Day 4 News courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 3: Huddle and Rowbury Wage Memorable Duel for 5,000 meter crown. by Mark Winitz
- Golden West Invitational Results
- Echo Summit Dedication Press coverage
- KCRA Video: “Paying tribute to Olympic heroes in Echo Summit”
- Mountain Democrat: “Protest duo at documentary showing”
- Tahoe Daily Tribune: “Olympians return to Echo Summit”
- USATF News: “1968 Olympians Return to Echo Summit”
- Day 2: Conley and Rupp Garner 10,000 meter Titles. by Mark Winitz
- Kim Conley wins W10,000m: Press Release from John Schumacher
- Juniors Star in Decathlon on Day 2: Press Release from Fred Baer
- Michelle Carter at the Capitol Shot Put from Joe Davis, Sacramento Bee
- Day 1 – Capitol Shot Put: In Depth Article by Mark Winitz
- Pacific Association Athletes Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List
- Californians Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List (courtesy of Mark Winitz)
- Sacramento Bee’s very helpful Guide to 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Local favorite Kim Conley will compete in the 10,000m. Run the Billy Mills 10K (7 pm, 6/26) and then stay to cheer her on! Entry to the Billy Mills 10K includes a ticket for the Nationals June 26 events.
- Echo Summit Track Dedication to be held the morning of June 27. Press Release
- “Capitol Shot” will kick off Championships… at the State Capitol on June 25! Read more.
- 2-Day TF Champs Tickets Are Now Available
- TF Outdoor Champs to host Billy Mills 10K on June 26, 7 pm, before the TF Champs 10,000m event. Entry includes TF Champs ticket!
- 55th Annual Golden West Invitational will be held in conjunction with National Outdoor TF Championships on Saturday, June 28.
- Click HERE for online ticket sales.
- Tickets are available!
- Official USATF Press Release
- FloTrack.com Report
- KCRA News Report
- Sacramento Bee Report
► MTF Irene Obera wins SEVEN Golds, sets THREE WR at World Masters Champs!
More Info! Courtesy of Alan Kolling
Irene won seven gold medals in Lyon at the World Masters Championships that ended Sunday, setting three world records in the process: two WR relay marks plus a WR 80m hurdle time surpassing her Pride Meet WR time. She also took second in the 400m behind the Italian world record holder. PA masters runner Fei-Mei Chou also picked up two golds in the World Record 4x100m, 4x400m Relays and a bronze in the 400m (she is in 4x100m relay photo behind Irene).
Additional note from Irene Herman: “Irene’s gold medals came in the 100, 200, WR 80m hurdles, 200m hurdles, Long Jump, and both the WR 4x100m and 4x400m relays.”
Articles with More WMA Stories/Results
USA’s Winning W80-89 4x100m Relay Team: Irene Obera is on the far left.
USA’s Winning W80-89 400m Relay Team: Irene Obera is on the far left.
► XC Presidio XC Challenge To Be Moved To A New Venue Or Cancelled
Due to trail closures the existing course location will be unavailable. Race organizers are currently looking at other venues for the race. If unsuccessful, the race will be cancelled. Updates will be posted when available.
► RW 3000m Race Walk Results 2015-08-16
The results from Sunday’s 3000m race are up, along with the updated grand prix standings, and the judging summary and lap sheets for the women’s and men’s races.
► RR A word regarding age grading the Road Mile
Those of you familiar with age grading may know that the age-grading tables for road races were significantly updated in 2015. Unfortunately, there has never been an age-grade table for the road mile; we have always had to use the track tables for the mile. This creates two problems. The whole concept of age grading is to allow the comparison of performances by runners of different ages and of different distances. When the age-grade table for one of those distances contains unrealistic and out of date numbers – the track tables have not been updated since 2005 – it produces age grades that have little relationship to those of other distances. Because age grading is such an important factor in Masters LDR, the USATF Masters LDR Committee has been looking for a table for of road mile that was much more in line with the tables for other road events. The schedule for Pacific Association’s Road Grand Prix Short Series provided a perfect opportunity to compare 5K and 1 Mile performances on fast courses that were only 8 day apart. Using the data from the Morgan Hill Freedom Fest 5K and the Marin Miracle Mile along with Jack Daniels VO2 Dot Max data, I was able to construct a mile road table using Alan Jones, up-to-date factors from the road 5K along with much more realistic Open Standard times to produce a table for the road mile that is much more in line with Alan’s 2015 tables for the longer road distances. Earlier this week I submitted my work to Alan for evaluation, and yesterday he approved my road mile table. Don Lein, the USATF Masters LDR Committee Chair also approved the table, so now it is part of the official 2015 road age-grading tables.
I have used this new table for age grading the Marin Miracle Mile.
Tom Bernhard