U.S. Champs Begin, Wednesday, June 23, by Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

Jennie Suhr, adidas Grand Prix, June 12, 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Walt Murphy provides you several ways to view the USA Junior & Senior Championships, which begin on Wednesday. RBR will be there and will provide a daily update on what is happening in our sport from Des Moines, Iowa.

Jennie Suhr, pictured above, opened her season at the adidas Grand Prix. Suhr, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the pole vault, will be competing against 2009 World Champ silver medalist Chelsea Johnson in the women’s pole vault.

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The U.S. Championships begin on Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa. with the
first day’s events in the Junior Decathlon and Heptathlon. Things pick
up on Thursday with a full day of Junior and Senior events and continue
through Sunday.

USATF has joined forces with RunnerSpace.com to provide live streaming
video of events that won’t be shown live on ESPN or NBC (see TV
schedule below). One of the highlight segments of the webcast will be
the senior men’s and women’s 10,000-meters on Thursday evening.
http://www.runnerspace.com/

USATF Sites
Juniors: http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships/
Seniors: http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/
(Click on Status of Entries to see who is in each event)

Results: http://flashresults.com/

Previews
Juniors: http://tinyurl.com/34xstso
Seniors: http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/news.asp

TV Schedule (Times are all Eastern)
ESPN, June 25 8:00-10:00 pm
ESPN, June 26 1:00-2:30 pm
NBC, June 26 3:00-4:00 pm
ESPN, June 27 1:00-2:30 pm
NBC, June 27 3:00-4:00 pm

Additional Coverage
T&F News
Articles: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/
Discussion: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=86d55b2fca78311d522ddcd94e6fd703
Armory: www.armorytrack.com
Dyestat: http://tinyurl.com/2w7c8l2
MileSplit: http://ia.milesplit.us/meets/71749

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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