Ticket Packages on Sale May 6, 2011 for 20102 US Trials (March 4 for 2011 USA Outdoor), release, note by Larry Eder

Okay, sports fans! Eight days of track geek mania, the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials are less than fifteen months away! Get that VW bus working again, pull out the Stop Pre t-shirt, some Grateful Dead tapes, and all those back issues of Track & Field News that you have been saving from 1974, and get ready to roll!

The 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000m, photo by PhotoRun.net.

The eight day ticket packets will go on sale on May 6, 2011 for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials! The 2012 Olympic Trials will be held June 22-July 1.

The tickets for the 2011 U.S.A. Outdoor champs will be held June 23-June 27 and tickets will be available on March 4 on the site noted below!

Hurdle crew, 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Oh, and yes, watch for the various missives from Dr. Peanut Harms, professor emeritus, on the coaching gatherings that should occur during the 2011 and 2012 events! (If one looks closely, Dr. Harms may be in next picture).

atypical track geeks, photo by PhotoRun.net.

The other point that I wanted to make about attending the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. You will become more handsome or more beautiful than you already are (well, inside) by attending eight days & nights of track & field …case in point, look at the three guys shown above….(not all increases in handsomeness or beauty will be equal, I know Einstein was wrong, relativity, down the drain!)

Special padded seat for TV personalities/former high jumpers, photo by PhotoRun.net.

While the LOC can not promise you a seat like Mr. Stones, RBR can assure you that the U.S. Olympic Trials will be eight days of track geek love that you will not soon forget!

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Ticket packages on sale May 6, 2011 for 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field

Track Town, USA expects another record-setting sellout crowd at Historic Hayward Field

Eugene, Ore. –
(Feb. 14, 2011) ÂÂ– Preparations are well underway in Track Town, USA
for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field. This
awe-inspiring event is expected to sell-out, so there are important
dates for track fans across the nation to mark on their calendars.

The
meet – which is being marketed as “TrackTown12” – will be hosted by the
Oregon Track Club at Historic Hayward Field June 22 to July 1, 2012, in
Eugene, Ore. All-session ticket packages for the eight-day competition
will be available for general public purchase beginning May 6, 2011.

“Hayward
Field is the perfect venue for selecting Team USA and showcasing
America’s best athletes as they prepare for outstanding performances at
the London Olympic Games,” said Vin Lananna, co-chair of the Local
Organizing Committee and Associate Athletic Director at the University
of Oregon. “We are excited to welcome fans from across the country to
Track Town, USA and invite everyone to join us in a celebration of the
world’s #1 track and field team.”

According
to Lananna, the community is hard at work to ensure that TrackTown12 is
the best track and field event ever. He expects it to surpass Eugene08 –
which not only drew faithful fans from as across the nation, but also
set the bar for green sporting events by winning the IOC’s first-ever
Sport and Environment Award. A
ticket to Eugene08 was a hot commodity, and all-session packages sold
out several months in advance. Tickets to TrackTown12 are also expected
to sell quickly and a limited number of individual-day tickets will go on sale in April of 2012.

Track
Town Plaza, a festival just outside of the stadium, will once again be
hosted by Portland-based sports marketing company SportsOne. It will
feature entertainment, athlete appearances, a multitude of partner
tents, Nike merchandise, concessions, and the ever-popular Starting
Block–an interactive track and field-oriented youth zone. Inside
Historic Hayward Field, the members of Team USA will be selected in
eight days of exhilarating competition.

So put May 6 on your calendar and visit http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/for further information and regular updates.

A
year before TrackTown12 kicks off, another exciting Team USA event will
occur at Hayward Field: the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field
Championships. From June 23-26, the athletes to represent the United
States at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, will make
themselves known. Don’t miss out on this thrilling prelude to
TrackTown12. Four-day ticket packages will go on sale March 4, 2011.
Visit goducks.com/tracktickets for more information.

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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