Prefontaine and Reebok have become the two preeminent meets in the US. Just as we saw some outstanding performances last week in New York I expect that there will be a few events that should be outstanding in Eugene. I’ll be most looking forward to: Women’s 800 Meters – This should be one hot race as we get to see defending World Champion Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) vs Olympic Champion Pamela Jelimo (KEN)! No mark so far this year for Jepkoskei, Jelimo has only run 2:02.46, but both have the ability to run away from a field and tend to do their best running from the front. If both are in…

While the elite are competing in Eugene this weekend at the Prefonataine Invitational, many of the country’s top high school athletes will be strutting their stuff at the California and Texas State Championships. These meets annually are among the best that the high schools have to offer. Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards, Jeremy Wariner, Lashinda Demus and German Fernandez are among the many current stars of the sport that have recently competed in these two great meets. Below are the links to the results sites for both meets, as well as a link to the top high school marks in the country. Check them this weekend to see how well young…

According to a Reuters News article Prefontaine Classic meet director Tom Jordan is trying to get a Tyson Gay/ Asafa Powell head to head at the meet this coming weekend. Tyson’s manager Mark Whetmore is quoted as saying that Tyson wants to run at Pre the only question being whether or not he feels like he is ready to run as the original plan was that his next competition was scheduled to be at the National Championships June 25. While I would love to see a Tyson v Asafa matchup, not sure there is much to be gained right now. Asafa Powell has yet to show the signs of a…

After watching the meet again, actually a couple of times, as well as some video on You Tube, this was one hot meet that deserves some additional comments. But before I comment on the meet, I want to beg NBC, and any others that will be televising meets, to do everything in their power to televise the FULL meet! We missed some outstanding races – men’s 110H and women’s 200 – as well as some outstanding field event competition that could have been shown in between running events. This was a high class competition and every chance we have to showcase the best of this sport to viewers in the…