USATF and Flotrack partner to provide live webcasts of 2009 USA Outdoors

June 23, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS

USA Track & Field announced Tuesday that it will partner with Flotrack.org to provide live webcasts of both open and junior events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. The Championships will be held Thursday through Sunday at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. This event is the selection event for the 2009 IAAF World Championships which will be contested in August in Berlin, Germany.

Flotrack will supplement USATF's official television coverage with live, real-time coverage with race calls of every event at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships while also providing bonus, live, real-time coverage and race calls of select open events during the USA Outdoor Championships.

"As USA Track & Field continues to develop our web-based initiatives, Flotrack presents us with a popular platform to access our fanbase," said USA Track & Field CEO Doug Logan. "Partnering with Flotrack will enable us to provide thorough coverage of our Championships and to expand the reach of our sport."

In addition to race coverage, Flotrack will provide fans with exclusive interviews with track & field superstars, as well as behind the scenes access to select areas such as at the practice track and trackside press conferences.

Coverage begins Thursday with full-day webcasts of all events with a focus on the early rounds of the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and open men's and women's 10,000m finals.

News and Video of the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be available at www.usatf.org and www.visachampionshipseries.com.

About Flotrack.org

Flotrack.org has been a leader in web video coverage for the sport of track & field and long distance running for the last three years. Every year, Flotrack travels to hundreds of events in the U.S. and around the world to showcase some of the biggest and most prestigious events in the sport, with unique event coverage and behind the scenes interviews with athletes, coaches, event directors and legends of the sport, giving track fans the coverage our sport deserves. Track is back. www.Flotrack.org.

About USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.

For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org

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#73	Joseph Burleson June 29 at 5:37pm There is a tremendous market in the East coast among baby boomers and all age groups who would would appreciate seeing our masters superstars! reply
#72	KC June 27 at 1:17am Please show the masters races reply
#71	Brad June 24 at 9:57pm Way to go Mark and Ryan. I look forward to the great coverage. reply
#70	Tinkerbell June 24 at 8:09pm Please make sure thi site doesnt crash during the 1500 tommorow reply
#69	Field And Track June 24 at 7:49pm Agree that web video coverage is a giant plus. Hope you will be able to get some coverage of the multi events and field events. Thanks so much. reply
#68	Justin Gabriel June 24 at 12:24pm Alright....and the snow ball just got pushed over a cliff, let the good times roll reply
#67	Terry Ballou June 24 at 11:14am I would love to see Flotrack post videos of the masters exhibition races held in Eugene at the USA Outdoor Championships (women's 1500 and men's 400). There are many masters runners in this country who would be thrilled to see such exceptional athletes competing at such a prestigious event. Please include the masters in your video broadcast!!! reply
#66	Anonymous Coward June 24 at 9:23am Congrats Flotrack and Flotrack fans. This is really a great news for all of us to be proud of. reply
#65	Gary June 24 at 7:56am This is great. Would be cool to see the Master's races. And did you guys shave off those horrible Stashes? Nice! reply
#64	Anonymous June 24 at 7:40am I would really like to see coverage of the master's exhibition races. Thank you! reply
#63	Joan June 24 at 7:19am Would really like to see the masters exhibition races included in your coverage. reply
#62	Fidel June 23 at 9:30pm We are hoping to see the Masters Exhibition events. 400m & 1500m. reply
#61	Matthew Duncan June 23 at 9:18pm Congratulations Mark! reply
#60	Bongturk June 23 at 9:08pm this is great news. now lets start working on getting back the NIN and NON meets. runnerspace is beyond awful. reply
#59	James Croft June 23 at 9:08pm sweet, does this mean Flotrack will get some tv advertising?? reply
#58	So Very Happy June 23 at 8:48pm Good job guys!!! Wow smart move on USATF.... this can only mean bigger and better things for American Track and Field, Im stoked ! reply
#57	Poppingblisters June 23 at 8:42pm This is huge. Flotrack, you are an inspiration. reply
#56	Matt Lemanski June 23 at 7:56pm Dan said: “Hope you are able to have the four-wheeler on the track with a camera, moving with the athletes along the track. I forget which meets flotrack did that, maybe brutus hamilton...but it was pretty bad ass.” http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234901-2009-asu-sun-angel-track-classic/169712-m-800-h01-premiere-track-side reply
#55	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 7:20pm So I'll actually be able to watch all 25 laps of the 10k???? AWESOME!! reply
#54	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 7:14pm flotrack is the best thing that ever happened to my life reply
#53	Greg June 23 at 6:54pm Anybody can set up cameras and hit the on button. But RunnerSpace isn't even in contention when it comes to the blow by blow race coverage. This is awesome. So glad Flotrack got this deal with the USATF. I agree the four wheeler is kinda cool. But on the stationary cameras please don't do the head on shots down the straight way for the relays handoffs or finishes because you can't tell how much seperation there is between the runners. I think you guys tried that at the Mt. Sac Meet. I didn't like that angle much. Otherwise GREAT JOB!!! I can't wait. reply
#52	J. A. Cisneros June 23 at 6:50pm The running Gods shine upon us... reply
#51	Dan June 23 at 6:37pm Hope you are able to have the four-wheeler on the track with a camera, moving with the athletes along the track. I forget which meets flotrack did that, maybe brutus hamilton...but it was pretty bad ass. reply
#50	Benladen024 June 23 at 6:06pm flotrack>runnerspace runnerspace=s reply
#49	Dan Knewitz June 23 at 5:47pm cant wait said: “that is AWESOME!! Cudos to Doug Logan for seeing the brilliance that is Flotrack” agreed. reply
#48	Stu June 23 at 5:46pm Woot! reply
#47	HT June 23 at 5:30pm This is amazing. I love you flotrack! reply
#46	The Eagle June 23 at 5:19pm Congrats, Flotrack.. Read about it on the usatf.org site and felt that finally your hard work gets rewarded by the USATF - finally you're taken seriously. Also - being a European track fan you've given such great info on American track over the last years. Make sure to celebrate this milestone and keep up the good work. I look forward to this and future coverages.. reply
#45	Matt Lemanski June 23 at 4:05pm RunnersSpace said: “We are three times better than this website. We will be bringing high-definition live coverage from tracktown themselves. You guys will not want to miss out. Also, check out our hundreds of videos already uploaded from events such as Nike Outdoor Nationals and more.” Please don't advertise yourself if you're not even going to spell your website's name right. Flotrack rules all. reply
#44	Uhh June 23 at 3:52pm But RunnersSpace doesn't have staches. nuff said. reply
#43	RunnersSpace June 23 at 3:39pm We are three times better than this website. We will be bringing high-definition live coverage from tracktown themselves. You guys will not want to miss out. Also, check out our hundreds of videos already uploaded from events such as Nike Outdoor Nationals and more. reply
#42	Cant Wait June 23 at 3:34pm that is AWESOME!! Cudos to Doug Logan for seeing the brilliance that is Flotrack reply
#41	Trackfan June 23 at 3:28pm Would love to see coverage include the masters events. Thanks guys for continued spectacular coverage as usual! reply
#40	Ron Webb June 23 at 3:24pm We will We will watch you! reply
#39	Geezer June 23 at 3:15pm Please webcast the masters exhibition events as well! LOTS of us are watching with great interest! reply
#38	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 3:10pm this is off the subject, but does anyone know what happened to brie felnagle from noth carolina this outdoor season? reply
#37	Will Forrester June 23 at 2:11pm Be profressional! reply
#36	Graham Shorr June 23 at 2:10pm congratulations Mark and Ryan! you guys are finally getting the respect from the big dogs that you deserve reply
#35	Francoise Barnes June 23 at 2:08pm Hi , Just a very quick PLEASE PLEASE cover the women 1500m and other women events!!! THANKS a bunch to all, Way to go!!!!! reply
#34	Steve Cary June 23 at 2:05pm This is awesome! I will now get to watch the meet in its entirety, instead of the condensed version on NBC... Great news Flotrack! reply
#33	T-bone June 23 at 1:58pm Will you be covering throws? I'm a masters thrower and I learn a lot from the good guys (and gals) and their assortment of styles. Would love to watch hammer, javelin, and discus. Thanks. reply
#32	Knew It June 23 at 1:47pm i knew it would happen im happy it happened so quick. Finally logan figured out that he cant broadcasts track for , and handed it over to the experts, way to go flotrack! reply
#31	William Seidel June 23 at 1:41pm This is fantastic news. Way to go flotrack! reply
#30	Charles Stivason June 23 at 1:38pm I have watched alot of your track coverage to date and it's been great. Could you please cover the women's maters 1500 and the men's master 400 at the nationals. Thanks reply
#29	whitehnsn June 23 at 1:19pm when i start up my browser everyday my homepage open up to usatf and well i see the latest news story and you guys are it. when seeing this i immediately said WTF? congrats i remember last year the blog that was posted stating that you guys would not back down to pressures and that you would prevail. well i found that posting and i read it again truly remarkable. http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/mark/2653-we-will-not-back-down reply
#28	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 1:16pm Awesome guys, just awesome. reply
#27	Darren Grose June 23 at 1:05pm Congratulations fellas. reply
#26	Colin Slattery June 23 at 1:03pm RAHHH reply
#25	Dan Knewitz June 23 at 12:32pm Wow! Congratulations Flotrack team! Make sure to keep the humor side to the site with your increasing success. I really think this is a great decision made by the USATF as well. reply
#24	Jason Smith June 23 at 12:18pm YES! reply
#23	Respect June 23 at 12:17pm Finally you guys are being given the respect you deserve for positively promoting our sport. More resources and coverage is better for the sport and you guys are doing a great job of that. keep it up. before long they are going to be requesting you guys make appearances on the big name stations. reply
#22	Carmel Papworth-Barnum June 23 at 12:09pm Love what you're doing. Want to see this weekend's masters event. Big thrill for masters to be running Eugene. Women & men will be flying, please show us the action. reply
#21	Scott Freed June 23 at 12:07pm This is great. Track will be covered by people who know about track and for people who love the sport. Getting the NCAA on board would be a great thing too. reply
#20	Marc Mcgeary June 23 at 12:04pm congrats Flo. you're doing it big! FINALLY THE YOU GUYS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR BEING AWESOME! i hope this leads to bigger and better opportunities for Flotrack and running. reply
#19	Finally June 23 at 12:03pm hell yeah reply
#18	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 11:58am YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reply
#17	darklucia June 23 at 11:45am Thanks Flotrack for bonus coverage! Can't wait to watch the videos. reply
#16	Mark June 23 at 11:43am wow this is breakthrough about time, reply
#15	Jorge June 23 at 11:30am Cool Beans reply
#14	Ken Stone June 23 at 11:22am This is wonderful news, ladies and gents -- a breakthrough for coverage of elite nationals! But I humbly request that you include in your Webcast a couple Sunday events around 12:45 p.m. -- the men's and women's masters exhibitions. The women, led by W40 superstar Aeron Arlin Genet, will run 1500 and the over-40 men will run the 400 -- the first time this masters event has been contested at open USA nationals. Both events take place just before the open men's 400 hurdles final. All masters tracksters everywhere would be grateful if you include these important exhibitions in your live coverage and archive them here as well. Thanks for all your hard work! reply
#13	Marc Kaiser June 23 at 11:12am this is excellent! reply
#12	Adam Cummings June 23 at 11:11am ok great flo track..i can watch USATF championship and JAAAC at the same time congrats keep grownin ..flo to d worllll reply
#11	Brett Harvey June 23 at 11:03am best news I have heard in a LONG time. reply
#10	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 10:55am This is fantastic!!! Congrats, Flotrack, and THANK YOU for striving to bring us more and more coverage!!! reply
#9	Esabljak June 23 at 10:50am congrats! should be a good meet reply
#8	Teton June 23 at 10:42am Way to go, Flotrack! This coverage will be a big step forward. reply
#7	Jay Morse June 23 at 10:42am Flo you are only gettin' bigger and better. Keep growin' reply
#6	Eric Blake June 23 at 10:18am Yes, none of that copyright crap! reply
#5	Anonymous Coward June 23 at 10:16am great news for flotrack and fans....thanks!! reply
#4	Pete June 23 at 10:08am awesome reply
#3	wtfpillowshirt June 23 at 9:49am Rock solid! reply
#2	Dave Fontaine June 23 at 9:39am This is the best news for track fans. USATF has really hit one out of the park. Now, if we could just get NBC thinking like Doug Logan... reply
#1	Dan Stiles June 23 at 9:33am Congrats Flotrack! reply