Definitely in the homestretch now.
Found a great picture book about Hayward Field; in it, a nice shot about fellow umpire Grace, one of UO’s most decorated runners (with a penchant for the unconventional).
Walking onto the track, we see ESPN’s Mike Tirico doing a promo. I yell, ‘Hey Mike!’ Not sure if that made it into the camera shot.
Several times throughout the meet, I am asked questions about meet management and clerking by officials I don’t know. Several times throughout the meet, Starting Line Clerk Anthony is asked similar questions about umpiring. I’m not sure what’s going on here…
Good swag….unfortunately, not free for umpires.
What makes the (track) world go round? Nike founder Phil Knight’s checkbook. This meet doesn’t happen without his $275m stadium. Thanks, Uncle Phil.
From my classmate Duncan:
Me giving rowdy backstretch spectators the stink-eye…
The temperature is straight out of Dante’s Inferno. Here’s High Jump official (and great guy) James, whose level of thinking is clearly high above my own:
RJ with some great victory lap shots:
110HH: Grant Holloway is 0.01 second off the world record. I was behind the starting block, and saw a buttery smooth race with amazing power. He cleared each hurdle by a millimeter.
Harvard’s Gabby Thomas runs the second fastest 200m ever, ‘moving past Marion Jones.’ Yeah, convicted doper. And FloJo’s record is probably doped as well….so let’s hear it for the Ivy League!
A 17 yr old from Tampa wins his own 200m semi while looking like a model for juice boxes. Trish and Steve, what’s in the water down there?
Shot Put WR holder Ryan Crouser. He is a big, big man!
One more day. Sad Panda…
We have good water down here! - nice report and officiating!
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