People forget that the west coast/ western half of the country did little to no indoor track until the mid to late 90’s. If you go look at when Arkansas was rolling in the championships indoors, half the ncaa wasn’t there.
the closest track to Cal Poly is probably Reno? Closest non altitude track doesn’t exist.
People forget that the west coast/ western half of the country did little to no indoor track until the mid to late 90’s. If you go look at when Arkansas was rolling in the championships indoors, half the ncaa wasn’t there.
the closest track to Cal Poly is probably Reno? Closest non altitude track doesn’t exist.
I ran at an indoor meet my senior year of high school in the late 90s. Forget which bball arena but it was on a plywood track. There’s also been the Simplot Games in ID forever. But the point stands. Colleges basically ignored it on the west coast forever.
I don't think there has been an indoor track in Reno for at least 20 years. Can anyone confirm that?
I don't believe there is currently an indoor track in California anymore. Closest maybe Arizona? Or something in Oregon I am guessing.
No track in Reno anymore. No indoor tracks in OR unless you count UP's set-up. AZ's only indoor track is in Flag.. Basically if you're in CA you have to go to Seattle, Spokane, or beyond the Rockies to get onto an indoor track.
A few of the other SoCal schools (like Long Beach) hit up a meet or two in New Mexico or Colorado and that plus conference constitutes their indoor season. Certainly a lot cheeper than going to the East coast and UNM, CU and Airforce have very nice indoor tracks.
The majority of west coast schools (especially in CA) only do a couple indoor meets. It's not important to them because they don't have to be indoors during winter time.
I don't think there has been an indoor track in Reno for at least 20 years. Can anyone confirm that?
I don't believe there is currently an indoor track in California anymore. Closest maybe Arizona? Or something in Oregon I am guessing.
No track in Reno anymore. No indoor tracks in OR unless you count UP's set-up. AZ's only indoor track is in Flag.. Basically if you're in CA you have to go to Seattle, Spokane, or beyond the Rockies to get onto an indoor track.
Why would you not count their "set-up?" They've been hosting meets on it for years (including an annual half time mile during basketball games) and it was recently resurfaced. Granted it's not you're run-of-the mill 200m banked or the 309m Dempsey track inside a football practice facility (FYI UP's is a 240m unbanked around their basketball stands), but still.
No track in Reno anymore. No indoor tracks in OR unless you count UP's set-up. AZ's only indoor track is in Flag.. Basically if you're in CA you have to go to Seattle, Spokane, or beyond the Rockies to get onto an indoor track.
Why would you not count their "set-up?" They've been hosting meets on it for years (including an annual half time mile during basketball games) and it was recently resurfaced. Granted it's not you're run-of-the mill 200m banked or the 309m Dempsey track inside a football practice facility (FYI UP's is a 240m unbanked around their basketball stands), but still.
UP track is actually pretty cool but they don’t offer any field events so that’s prob why people don’t really think of it as a place that hosts “track meets”. And yes most Ca schools just use indoor as fun rust buster races so they can roll right into meaningful outdoor races from day one of the official outdoor season. And if needed they can travel the few legit kids to big meets for national qualifier marks.
People forget that the west coast/ western half of the country did little to no indoor track until the mid to late 90’s. If you go look at when Arkansas was rolling in the championships indoors, half the ncaa wasn’t there.
the closest track to Cal Poly is probably Reno? Closest non altitude track doesn’t exist.
I ran at an indoor meet my senior year of high school in the late 90s. Forget which bball arena but it was on a plywood track. There’s also been the Simplot Games in ID forever. But the point stands. Colleges basically ignored it on the west coast forever.
BYU had an indoor track inside the Smith Field House way back in the 70's and maybe even before then. Besides college track meets they always hosted a high school meet as well.
I see that McCarthy is 49th on the NCAA indoor list. He obvious has no chance to be in the top 16, unless he progresses by 4s. Who knows. However, why is he on the list? Are individual athletes allowed to participate at NCAA even though they are not “eligible for post season competition”. Is post season only the conference champs?
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