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Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, is one amongst the known historic track and field stadiums within the us. Nearly a century in age, it had been the house of the University Of Oregon’s eleven from 1919 through 1966, and has been the house to the Ducks’ track and field groups since 1921. Hayward Field was named when track coach Bill Hayward, United Nations agency ran the Ducks’ program from 1904 to 1947. Restored in 2004, it’s one amongst solely four International Association of Athletic Federations category one certified tracks within the us (along with Hutsell-Rosen Track, Icahn construction, John McDonnell Field).
Hayward was in-built 1919 to switch Kincaid Field, and was meant to primarily serve the school’s soccer program. In 1921, a six-lane track was created round the gridiron. By the mid-1960s, the eleven had outgrown the venue and affected to the new Autzen construction in Gregorian calendar month 1967, and Hayward Field became a facility only for track and field. Its track was widened to eight lanes in 1970 And regenerate to an unrestricted surface. The track was regenerate to metric in 1988, its lap length reduced a pair of.336 m (7 foot. 8 in.) from a quarter mile (402.336 m) to four hundred meters. Additionally, a two hundred m warmup track was superimposed to the south of the most track, together with a brand new hammer space and a weight area facility. A progressive board was superimposed in 1991, that gave unofficial times and competitors’ placings simply seconds when race completion.
After a donation by Bill Bowerman, UO’s old track coach, the 15,000-square-foot (1,400 Sq mi) Bowerman Building was superimposed to the northwest of the track, housing locker rooms, U of O track record and the university’s International Institute for Sport and Human Performance. Bowerman began a public jogging program at Hayward Field in 1963 after a visit to New Zealand, galvanized by coach Arthur Lydiard. A major renovation in 2004 superimposed a new entrance named Powell Plaza. It conjointly affected the apply track, dilated it to four hundred meters, and replaced the aging fencing bordering the advanced. When Eugene was awarded the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Hayward Field underwent further renovations in 2007. Eight light poles were installed for televised night events, and therefore the topped parcel was removed and reconfigured. A walk was superimposed behind the west grandstand, and a new board was put in, because of a donation by grad Phil Knight and Greek deity.
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