I am not sure if anyone has posted this link before, but I just stumbled upon it in Youtube. It is a video of the Oregon vs. Oregon State dual track meet in May 2, 1970. Just a series of snippets really, but an interesting historical glimpse of collegiate track and field (and Hayward Field) in the early 70s. Pre makes an appearance at the 4:50 mark and again at 7:28 (congratulating an Oregon pole vaulter).
Great link--thanks!
Yeah, lotsa hair in those days--and the guys Back East had even more. A pretty wigged-out bunch back then...
Check the crowd. This is for a dual meet. Sadly, track doesn't draw that many more people for the Olympic Trials nowadays.
this is excellent. It is great that somebody kept this film for 40 years. This is what makes Youtube so great.
not certain what type of surface is on the track. I would have thought it was cinders but it appears to be rubber.
cool video
thanks!
Ternowski wrote:
not certain what type of surface is on the track. I would have thought it was cinders but it appears to be rubber.
That was a urethane track. It was state of the art at the time. Very hard surface, but fast.
Yes - the track was urethane; very hard and fast. It had sand as a part of its composition, which gave it a gritty texture. I think 1970 was the first season for that track surface at Oregon. For a HS runner in the early 1970s (who ran on that track in the 1972 Oregon HS state meet), it was an unbelievably unique surface, as many high schools still ran on cinders.
you can see a young Pat Tyson lounging in the first ten seconds or so.
7:28 was two dorks on a stepladder, which one was pre?
Or maybe you mean the two pretty boys making out at 7:18.
This video proves that the UO has added almost 100 seats to Hayward Field since 42 years ago. A proud achievement for that storied program.
Hey, Wiggy-poo.
Loved that track surface. Got my 800 PR on it.