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US Nationals Preview
We’re days from the selection of the US team for the World Championships in Tokyo. It’s been a very long lead up to this point given we’re near the end of July, but that’s the end result of moving the World Championships to the end of the season. We’ll see how that’s worked out given that athletes have been on different and varying times lines during the course of the season. Regardless of the approach taken, American athletes must note be ready for the ultimate battle, the US Trials! July 31 thru August 3. Entries are now closed, and here are my general thoughts as we head to Eugene. In…
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What Happened to Grand Slam
By now everyone is aware of what’s been going on with Grand Slam. Ended early. Owes millions to athletes and others. I’ve hesitated to write about what’s happened, because I don’t want to appear negative. Unfortunately however, there are many negative things taking place in our sport that need to be addressed if we hope to fix them, and I was hoping that Grand Slam would be a fix, not a problem. For what it’s worth, I hope that Grand Slam gets it’s issues fixed, because there were good things taking place. Chief among them, it was dragging prime time track and field out of the small confines of Eugene…