'Home of the hardest team to make'

11 July 2016 - 09:44
By Prof Ross Tucker

Hayward Field lies at the heart of the University of Oregon campus in the town of Eugene, in the Williamette Valley.It is the spiritual and often physical home of USA Track and Field athletics, and it has, for the last week, played host to the USA Olympic Trials.I spent most of last week attending a USA Track and Field coaching superclinic in Eugene, and it is informative to compare it to the South African system.

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