2019 and 2020 NCAAs NOT at Oregon anymore

philly man wrote:

Penn should host it at Franklin Field

Penn Relays is a larger meet so they can definitely manage NCAAs

Second this.

The stadium also had some renovations done a few years ago so the track is not "sloped" and the water pit is inside the track rather than being stuck in the corner.

In addition, they have some great throwing facilities.

Old April Fools article about this, but why not?

Boogieman wrote:

IUPUI does have a great facility

IUPUI did have a great facility, but is has gone to $H!T

Ytreqi wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

They also would have to want to host it for that to be the case.

The track is cool, though, tucked away on a corner of campus half surrounded by trees.

I’ve been to that track. From what I remember, it would take some doing to get it ready to host an NCAA-sized meet.

Disagree. Look at the stands when the NCAA is hosted at Drake for example. Totally empty. They may need to put in some stands on the backstretch but overall it would look like a filled stadium. They have capacity on the home stretch. It would be a good place to host the meet.

Is there no one else worthy? wrote:

The past hosts not called Eugene "Niketown" Oregon are...

Des Moines 08,11,12

Fayettville 2009

Austin 2004

Sacramento 03,05,06,07

Baton Rouge 2002

I say all of these places suck in June..

Sacramento 2005 was fantastic because they scheduled the events in the evening Pacific Coast time. These were the men's track winning times for the Saturday evening session (the women also competed same session):

200m: 19.91 (Spearmon)

400m: 44.51 (Williamson)

800m: 1:44.74 (Milkevics)

1500m: 3:37.13 (Manzano)

5000m: 13:22, 13:22, 13:27 (Hall, Dobson, Willis)

400HH: 47.56 (Clement)

4x400m: 2:59.59 (LSU, Xavier Carter 44.0)

After that year, they changed the schedule to suit East Coast TV.

Is it a realistic possibility for Franklin Field to host? The stadium is incredible and the new track would be ready for a national meet with the new lanes and steeple pit. Honestly will be missing Hayward field, but Franklin would be kinda amazing...

Franklin Field would need a couple changes to make it work and look good. They would have to tarp the entire upper deck so the stadium doesn't look empty the whole event. The throws are very far from the stadium, so would have to move some of those to the fields next to the stadium and probably put in some sort of warm up area there too.

And coaches would have to be ok with the odd lanes at Penn. Only 5 lanes are over 400m, the inside lanes start behind the finish line for staggered races.

They would also need a new LED board or a rental as theirs is absolute garbage.

Needs a little effort wrote:

Franklin Field would need a couple changes to make it work and look good. They would have to tarp the entire upper deck so the stadium doesn't look empty the whole event. The throws are very far from the stadium, so would have to move some of those to the fields next to the stadium and probably put in some sort of warm up area there too.

And coaches would have to be ok with the odd lanes at Penn. Only 5 lanes are over 400m, the inside lanes start behind the finish line for staggered races.

They would also need a new LED board or a rental as theirs is absolute garbage.

Actually, they have 6 lanes that have the proper stagger now (they used to have 5).

Throws are only 15 min walking distance away. It's not that far.

Warm up area can be all of the lacrosse fields that surround the stadium.

MEEEECHIGAN

is completing their outdoor facility - hopefully they'll put their name in the mix. The whole state aim of their new facilities was to host meets of this magnitude.

Mt SAC would be great as would IU, Penn or Icahn. No way to Texas, North Florida or any of those ridiculously hot places.

That track is a wind tunnel

Agree...Buffalo was great.

Stanford should host (facilities, weather, hotels, restaurants, etc.).

I've suggested it before... with a little work Brown's stadium in Providence RI could host it. Well, maybe a new 8 lane track instead of the current 6 lanes on the turns? It is 8 down the front straight.

Lots of seating. Providence is actually nice in June.

The Ivy's need to support this!

But actually, Icahn stadium makes a ton of sense.

C/M Runner wrote:

Needs a little effort wrote:

Franklin Field would need a couple changes to make it work and look good. They would have to tarp the entire upper deck so the stadium doesn't look empty the whole event. The throws are very far from the stadium, so would have to move some of those to the fields next to the stadium and probably put in some sort of warm up area there too.

They would also need a new LED board or a rental as theirs is absolute garbage.

Throws are only 15 min walking distance away. It's not that far.

Tell that to the throws coaches & watch all hell break loose...

For FF, at the minimum shot put would have come into the stadium on a temporary circle. Still don't think the NCAA would be a big fan of the track layout, although 1976 seems to have been successful. You would definitely have to tarp the upper deck or do something to make it look less empty.

The new outdoor track is not going to be big enough to hold NCAA. The indoor track is another story.

Not a duck wrote:

Not sure why nobody is talking about this, but it was announced a few days ago that due to construction at Hayward Field, Oregon will no longer be hosting NCAAs in 2019 and 2020. Does this mean it heads back to Des Moines? Who is likely to win the bid?

who.

cares.

Fayetteville

Sacramento is a good facility with practice track, hotels, airport, local public transit and some close by things people might want to visit (Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, San Francisco, Redwoods, etc.). Hot during the day though.

Not sure why the schedule would be set up for East Coast TV. Does the NCAA T&F meet actually have live viewers or a TV contract that is lucrative?