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 PA’s Rowbury, SD’s Kovacs at World Champs – Report from Fred Baer
Read Fred's report below.
report from World Champs
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AMERICAN RECORD HOLDER SHANNON ROWBURY ON TRACK FOR WORLD 1500 MEDAL
By Fred Baer
Shannon Rowbury hopes to cap a world and American record breaking season with a World Championship medal Tuesday evening in Beijing.
The San Francisco native out of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep ran smart qualifying and semifinal races to reach the finals of the women’s 1,500 meters — Tuesday’s top women’s race.
Although Rowbury is in the medal hunt, the overwhelming favorite is new world record holder Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia.
Rowbury is very familiar with Dibaba, most recently setting the American record of 3 minutes, 56.29 seconds last month at a Diamond League race in Monaco — where Dibaba set the world record of 3:50.07. Rowbury finished third, finally erasing the 32-year-old U.S. (and North American) mark of 3:57.12 set by Mary Deck Slaney in 1983 (who was also world champion that season – a year before Rowbury was born).
In May, Rowbury ran the 1,600 meter anchor leg on a USA distance medley team which set a world record at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas. She started the year winning USA indoor championships in both the mile and two mile.
Rowbury also knows the Bird’s Next Stadium in Beijing, having placed seventh at the 2008 Olympic Games there (and was sixth, at London in 2012).
She conserved energy as much as possible through the rounds in Beijing so far, just running to qualify and stay out of trouble. “I now have two days to recover,” Rowbury said after placing fifth in her semifinal in 4:16.64. “We went out really slow and I was in front. There was a big move with a little over 400 to go. I was farther back than I would have liked to have been. I had to go pretty wide on the backstretch but I just kept building and kept myself clear. I just made sure to run through the line and get the automatic (qualifying) spot.”
This is the fourth world championships for Rowbury, a 2008 Duke grad. “The world’s can be tricky,” she said. “I didn’t make the finals in 2011.”
–Joe Kovacs won the USA’s only gold medal of the first three days of this year’s world championships, taking the shot put on Sunday night.
“I moved to San Diego and started working with coach Art Venegas,” said the Penn State grad.
Last month, also in Monaco, he had the world’s longest put in 12 years, 74 feet, 1/4 inch. Actually, eliminating drug-suspended marks, it was the best throw since 1989, and No. 7 all-time.
“It’s my first World Championships,” said Kovacs. “Just coming here was just finding a few things. I dealt with it in different ways. Coming in as the favorite, I think anyone in U.S. shot put kind of feels that. We’re always in the mix. It’s the first team I made and being in U.S. shot put, you kind of expect to be at the top. It was supposed to happen, I just had to make it happen.”
► 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.