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
► RR Important info for PA runners regarding The Mile of Truth
Note for Pacific Association runners:
As well as being part of the 2024 PA Road Grand Prix, the Mile of Truth is also the site of the USATF Masters Mile Championships. All PA Masters runners who wish to participate in the USATF Masters Mile Championships must register through the USATF registration page, which should be live soon. Unfortunately, comped entries are not available for USATF Championships. This means PA Masters runners who were comped for the 2024 PA Road Grand Prix Short Series races cannot be comped for the USATF Masters Mile Championships. PA Masters who were comped for the Short Series and do not wish to participate in the USATF Masters Mile Championships should go to the 2024 PA Road Grand Prix Schedule page and click the Mile of Truth comp link to get your comp code and then register at MOT Registration
Note however that those registering at this site will not be able to score either as an individual or on a team in USATF Masters Mile Championships. All non-comped Masters PA runners should register through the USATF registration page, and you will be scored in both the USATF Masters Mile Championships and the PA 2024 PA Road Grand Prix. This is exactly how SACTOWN Run was handled in 2022 and 2023. The registration price at either site is the same.
Also note that there is no PA Masters prize money for the Mile of Truth. All Masters prize money, team and individual, will come from the USATF Masters Mile Championships prize purse, also as the SACTOWN Run was handled in 2022 and 2 023. This is exactly the same as the SACTOWN Run was handled in 2022 and 2023. This is exactly the same as the SACTOWN Run was handled in 2022 and 2023.
PA Open runners who are comped for the 2024 PA Road Grand Prix Short Series races should go to the 2024 PA Road Grand Prix Schedule page and click the Mile of Truth comp link to get your comp code and then register at MOT Registration
► ELITE PA-Connected Fiona O’Keefe: 1st Olympic Marathon Trials Woman!
Congratulations Fiona from your fans at USATF Pacific!
This was described by many as a surprise or “darkhorse” win, since the OMT was her first marathon (she achieved the OMT entry by making the half marathon standard 0f 1:12 or faster at the 2022 Houston Half Marathon with a time of 1:07:42), and she was the youngest competitor in the field. As it turns out she was the youngest finisher to ever actually win the OMT, and she set an OMT women’s record in the process. Historic! Read on to discover why Fiona’s performance might not be fully deserving of that surprise factor.
Fiona (born 1998) hails from Davis, California, and her distance running talent was nurtured at Davis High School. She was coached by Bill Gregg, Davis HS Distance & XC Coach since 1996, whose kids, Brendan and Kaitlin, also continued their running careers after high school. Those of us living in the surrounding area were impressed with Fiona’s high school accomplishments: multiple times she was an achievement award winner at the Sacramento Running Association’s Annual Awards Banquet. Coach Gregg received the SRA “Coach of the Year” Award in 2014. Here is a summary of Fiona’s HS accomplishments:
- Her 15:56.84 from U.S. Juniors placed her No. 6 on the all-time high school performers and performances lists, and blew away her previous best of 16:28.35, which she ran at the Stanford Twilight meet on April 22, 2016.
- Won 2016 California track title in the 3,200 (10:12.02) while running for Davis Senior High, and was second in 2015.
- Two-time California state Division I cross-country champion.
- First place in the 5K at the Stanford Invitational seeded cross country race, establishing the fastest time in the country (16:32.1) to that point.
- Set a Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet record in 2015 by running 10:00.85 in the 3,200 meters.
- 2014 Gatorade California Cross Country Runner of the Year.
- Two-time Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet champion at 3,200.
She chose Stanford for college among the many top universities in the country who courted her, and she did not disappoint. Here is Stanford’s summary of those achievements.
- Six-time All-America
- U.S. junior national 5,000 champion (2016)
- Pac-12 cross country individual champion (2019)
- Three-time XC All-West Region (2016-18)
- Two-time MPSF indoor 3,000 champion (2018, 2019)
- Pac-12 team champion (2019)
- Three-time XC All-Pac-12 first team (2017-19)
- XC All-Pac-12 second team (2016)
- Stanford Athletic Board Women’s Conference Athlete of the Year (e2020)
- Two-time CoSIDA T&F/XC Academic All-American (2019, 2020)
- Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F 2018, 2019; XC 2019)
- T&F/XC Academic All-District 8 first team (2020)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (XC 2019)
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team (T&F 2019)
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic second team (XC 2017, T&F 2018, XC 2018)
- Two-time MPSF All-Academic (2018, 2019)
Fiona graduated from Stanford (Earth Science major) in 2020, and her positive training and competition experiences there caused her to pursue a professional running career. After a brief stint starting a Masters program at University of New Mexico, she realized how strong the call to a running career was. She found a relatively new coaching team, Amy and Alistair Cragg, sponsored by Puma and based in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fiona’s choice was made based on their emphasis on the marathon: Amy née Hastings, placed 4th in the 2012 Trials, won the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials with a 9th place finish at Rio, went on to a 3rd place finish in the 2017 World Champs Marathon and 7 months later achieved an all time PR at the Tokyo Marathon (2:21:42). Alistair was born in South Africa, but has lived in Ireland and the U.S., and competed internationally in XC, 5,000m, 10,000m. Also, Fiona approved of the Craggs’ goal to have a group of compatible team members who can support each other and share their careers’ ups and downs.
We will all look forward to watching Fiona’s performance at the 2024 Olympic Marathon in Paris on August 11!
► PA Banquet Sign Up Deadline is 1/25 AT NOON!!
USATF Pacific 4th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet
NOW’s your last chance to sign up! Absolute deadline is Thursday, January 25 at noon!
- No sign ups can be made after Thursday at noon.
- No one will be admitted at the door!
- Registration Form: https://www.simplyregister.net/register/?e=125252
- Registration Status: https://www.simplyregister.net/status/?e=125252
- Deadline to register is THURSDAY, JAN. 25 at NOON.
- Saturday January 27, 2024
- Time: 4:45pm- 8:00pm