Matthew Centrowitz and Brittney Reese Go #1 Overall In 1st-Ever Professional Track and Field Draft
by LetsRun.com
June 25, 2016
The first-ever draft in track and field history was held on Saturday night. The #1 overall picks were Matthew Centrowitz and Brittney Reese who were selected by New York.
LetsRun.com can’t confirm that the lottery balls giving NY the first pick were rigged just as they were when the Knicks got to select Patrick Ewing in 1985.
The picks by round were as follows.
Talk about the draft on our fan forum: FF The world’s first-ever track and field draft was yesterday – Guess who went #1 overall?
With the first overall pick, New York selects:
Matthew Centrowitz & Brittney Reese
San Francisco is now on the clock pic.twitter.com/ooqE89j3YQ— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
The first round of the first ever TrackTown #SummerSeries Athlete Draft is complete.
Here's a quick summary: pic.twitter.com/I0QgsnUEIa— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
Round 2 of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft is in the books!
Here's a quick recap: pic.twitter.com/FtTU1QpXRR— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
That's a wrap for Round 3 of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft!
Here's your recap: pic.twitter.com/Ip0hcUIZRe— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
That's the end of the 4th Round of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft!
Take a look at what happened > pic.twitter.com/lWXIA1vFO6— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
The 5th Round of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft is in the rear view mirror.
Here's your recap: pic.twitter.com/8sNee4rdtX— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
Round 6 of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft has come to a close.
Check out what happened: pic.twitter.com/HPU5LQlMp4— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
1 Round left in the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft.
Here's what happened in Round 7: pic.twitter.com/0MoKacYyNw— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
The Final Round of the #SummerSeries Athlete Draft has come to an end.
Here's how it all wrapped up: pic.twitter.com/TJFzgB3nNo— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016
Hope you enjoyed the first ever #SummerSeries Athlete Draft!
Here are the team draft breakdowns > pic.twitter.com/BJjstfGlZT— TrackTown USA (@GoTrackTownUSA) June 26, 2016