How about Portland, Oregon, hosting WMA indoor worlds in 2019?
Portland’s green indoor lanes would be good for WMA.
About Ken Stone
Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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At this point, we don’t have a permanent indoor track unfortunately. The city of Portland has apparently sold the track that will be used for IAAF worlds to Iowa State, so we let it slip through our fingers so to speak. It’s a crime that Portland doesn’t have a permanent championship spec indoor track, especially considering how big track is here. I’ve worked a little bit on the issue and have done a feasibility study that shows to me a multi-use facility with a 200m indoor track could operate economically. An indoor track in Portland makes more sense than Eugene because of the much greater infrastructure and proximity to the airport. The problems are of course finding a place to put it and finding the money to build it.
We could hold all the championship meets on a more regular basis-Masters, NCAA’s, etc. I would be interested in hearing other people’s thoughts if they wanted to leave a comment.
In spite of the meet that Portland is having, really, the Pacific Northwest Masters group is in a bit of a mess. The regional coordinator, Rose Schlewitz, quit several years ago due to the health of her husband, in spite of what is listed on the masters USATF website, and in National Masters News. No one has picked up the position and it doesn’t look promising for the future. U of O is pretty much focused on Open and University meets.
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