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
► TF 2014 Open Track & Field Meet Schedule (updated 11 Feb.)
2014 USATF – Pacific T&F Meets Open to Individual/Open Competitors (as of 1 May 2014)
► TF Kim Conley wins 2000m at New Balance Indoor GP
View results here.
► TF 2014 US Outdoor T&F Championships Coming to Sacramento
June 25, 2014: Shot Put Contested in front of the State Capitol, Sacramento
June 26-29, 2014: Hornet Stadium, California State University Sacramento
HELPFUL LINKS
Results
USATF News
USATF T & F Champs Page
LATEST 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 10Kincludes 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.
Photos below show the press conference held at the site of the competition. (courtesy of Joy Upshaw) 
- 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
► Interview: With New PA Head Coach Jerry Craft of the A1 Track Club
Interview: With New PA Head Coach Jerry Craft of the A1 Track Club
A1 Track Club is gearing up for their very first season as a New and Proud Member of the Pacific Association. In the midst of a their seasonal Spring training, Head Coach and Founder Jerry Craft allowed us to a pay the team a visit as he prepares his student-athletes for the 2010 Track Season.
1. What does exactly does A1 stand for and what’s the meaning behind it?
A1 is the acronym for “AudienceOfOne” we’re a small club with the primary focus on relationships. Everyone wants to know that they are the main focus of attention. A1 is just that, I have nine athletes, but I have a special bond with each one. The connecting rings exemplify the connection between each athlete and myself. We’re working toward a common goal of not just being an exceptional athlete, but an athletic role model both on and off the track.
2. Not many people get a chance to experience what goes on behind the scenes as a Head track & field coach. With a New Team, a New Year and a New Approach, has the pressure of managing a new team eased at all?
The pressure to perform always sits in the back of ones mind, but like with the kids developing as athletes, I continue to develop as a better coach learning, evaluating and growing in the sports I love so much.
3. Now entering your First season as the head coach at A1, what do you expect out of your team this year?
All I expect out of my athletes is to continue to develop nothing more. If they trust in the process, not just listen to what I say, but buy in to it, and respond to it. If they do that we will be successful.
4. With Training in full swing for most of the teams across the association, what is your basic training philosophy approaching mid-season as you prepare your team to compete against some of the Associations best?
At this point in the season it’s about execution of the things we’ve worked hard on at practice. Right now our theme is to understand the actions required and doing the things necessary to execute them consistently. Correct repetitive action brings about positive results.
5. They say there’s no “I” in TEAM. But how important is it to encourage and focus on personal development.
Each athlete understands they are a part of one body working toward a common goal and that’s to continue to develop. It’s equally important that each athlete maintain their own individuality, which makes them who they are.
6. looking at a your student-athletes, what do you look for the most besides their performances on the track?
I desire my athletes to be respectful, encouraging to others, to have a positive demeanor and countenance about themselves. I view A1 as a small corporation and they are direct representation of the company.
7. Who are some of your student-athletes who have shown early signs of success heading into the season?
Each one of my athletes continues to impress me with their work ethic and attitudes toward training. We’ve only competed in one meet, but I’ll say this, “in the upcoming meets A1 will not just show up, but we will show out”.
8. It’s said “Good things come to those who wait” How important is patience when development young athletes?
Patience is the key to success. As coach we make mistakes in training, but one must have the patience when we make a mistake, learn from it, correct it, and be a better coach from it.
9. When it’s time to head home and step away from the oval, how does Coach Craft like to spend his free time?
I’m a husband, a father of 4 children, Minister at my church, High School sprint coach, so you can imagine I say quite busy. I study, I evaluate, and I talk shop with others more experienced than me. As close friend and track coach once said to me, “I don’t sleep”.
10. For anyone out there who wishes to one day start their own Team, what is the best piece of advice that you can give them?
Inspiration starts within, a passion and desire to do something with the gift given to each of us. Each one of us are pregnant with dreams and at any given time with the right timing and support you can give birth to something that can prove to be the standard in which everyone else measure themselves by.
► Honoring Coach Casey: One Hurdle at a Time
Honoring Coach Casey: One Hurdle at a Time
Early fall last year one of Youth Track’s most revered coaches decided to hang up his hurdle. Coach Charles Casey the hurdle coach for 3M Track Club out of Oakland announced his retirement at the annual Track Banquet
Since 1985, Coach Casey has been teaching the art of Hurdles to the members of Oakland’s own, 3M. After coming over from Berkeley East Bay to coach his son Byron. Coach Casey has a background in martial arts and was a track athlete himself. He believes he has been so successful over the past years with his athletes, because they believe he really cares about the whole person.
Many of his athletes begin as midgets bunny hopping over the hurdle which he believes is the most important step, just get over and do it the best way you can. Once they get over, he then can work on other aspects of hurdling. Coach Casey had had tremendous success over the past 25 years, he has helped Coach Pittman and the rest of the 3M Coaching staff build a solid foundation for youth hurdling.
Many of his athletes have gone one to both high school and college using the same hurdle count. As these athletes move on and mature, many have gone on to achieve both state, national and international success. Just recently, former 3M Athlete and UC Berkeley signee, Ray Stewart thanked Coach Casey for giving him the framework for his success as he moves on to his college career.
Julian Purvis: “Coach Casey was a fun coach, he had a lot of energy and was always supportive when you did something well, he made Youth Track Fun”
Even though Youth track last a short time in many of our athletes careers, it is clear the impact that the Coaches like Coach Casey have made on the kids have been enormous. This year at the 3M Invitational, many of Coach Casey’s former athletes will be on hand to recognize his time, energy and enthusiasm, and Coach Casey is excited about seeing them all.
Trinity Wilson: “I still use his hurdle cadence to this day, I hear myself saying it as I hurdle”
Trinity Wilson, the current National record holder in the 100mh, is one of Coach Casey’s former athletes, and she says that she talks to Coach Casey all the time and she loves the fact that he continues to offer words of encouragement and tell her how proud he is of her accomplishments”. Trinity just happened to be one of the athletes that had the honor of signing his record holder shirt. This is a quite an honor for any athlete who has trained under Coach Casey, once you break a national record, you have the honor of signing his shirt with your winning time.
Sasha Wallace: “Its important to me that I make him proud, he spent a lot of time trying to make us all better. Needless to say, he has a lot of signatures on the shirt to date.
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