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Uploaded by Ryan From Flotrack | February 13, 2013

Track and field is heading in the right direction. As the president of Track Town USA, Vin Lananna's job is to look at the big goals for track and field. Although it's based in Eugene, Track Town isn't a geographic location, but an organization that is looking to move the sport forward.

In his first ever Skype interview, Lananna clears the air about the USATF position, recalls his favorite moments as a coach, and explains the purpose of Track Town.

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Mike Mather 3 months ago

Great White North picked it. He went with the Canadian, Sheila Reid. So, as agreed, I'm about to grace my living room with my rendition of "Oh Canada". Good call GWN. Got to give Reid some credit. That's her fastest mile ever, in or out of doors! Mamy others wern't too far off with Mary Cain either. I'm just trying to grasp a high school junior running an indoor 4:29!

Anonymous Coward 3 months ago

Always a great interview with Coach Vin, really glad that Flotrack was able to get this exclusive interview. Tons of ideas and vision brought by that man and it will be interesting to see it come to fruition. Hopefully he will help to grow the FloRevolution in Track and Field.

As for the FloRevolution, I'd like to know about how Flotrack gained streaming access to the overseas meets lately? Flotrack on the ground there, or just patching into the meet feed? Also I'm guessing that this might lead to summer meets streamed too, good guess? That's fantastic and I hope the streaming package (summer Euro adventure meets and of course more indoor) becomes more robust so more people will find the value in paying for the feed. Great to see track and field have the opportunity to be seen on a more consistent basis. M

Anonymous Coward 3 months ago

I don't understand why many people want a unified direction for the promotion of track and field. Lananna talks about different directions tugging track and field as a bad thing. Why is that? Track and field needs to grow period, so let's not try to funnel it into one direction. I like Nike and what it has done for track and field, but I see a problem with the way it and the USATF are so closely tied together, giving Nike more control over the market. A couple great things I have seen recently is the amount of sponsorship and support New Balance and Brooks have been giving. (Also, Oiselle although much smaller is impressive as well.) The directions those companies want to take track and field are probably not the same as Nike. And that's okay. What they are doing is giving track and field an image that Nike could not provide because they are focused on being Nike. And that, also, is okay. What's good about many sports and many products in general is the diversity of options one has. Each company produces a product based on their philosophies. The danger with Nike being tied so close with USATF and USATF trying to unify a direction is the lack of options the audience has to connect with track and field.

Mike Mather 3 months ago

I'm more concerned with Sheila than Hilary. But one's fresh off the Nova' team and the other was a Wisconsin Badger (but that was a while ago). If either wins I'll stand up and sing Oh! Canada with you! I can see Kingston, Ontario across the lake from where I grew up in NY State. C-Ah! N-Ah! D-Ah!, get it, Ah?

Great White North 3 months ago

My picks. Canadians go 1-2!!

1. Hilary Stellingwerff
2. Sheila Reid

Mike Mather 3 months ago

I've heard lots of details at the local GoDucks.com site AC. Many times. He keeps the school up to date. This wasn't supposed to be a half hour/45 minute interview.
(So what's your pic among the girls at the Melrose mile? I don't want to even hazzard a guess. Way too close. I think it will come down to who's having the best day.)

Anonymous Coward 3 months ago

Could his answers be any vaguer?

Mike Mather 3 months ago

Had to doctor my sound card settings to get the echo out of the sound, BUT, it was exciting to hear from Coach Vin as the Oregon program starts flexing its muscles in the indoor season. The Ducks are one of the "healthiest" programs in NCAA. By that I mean the entire program, from recruiting to NCAA Championships, is operating at a level few colleges and universities have ever seen. Keep in mind this is an 18,000 population school, well under the huge numbers of a Texas A&M or Ohio State program. It is just fascinating to see the high school and graduate school students with remaining elegibility line up to get into this running program. In my mind one of the great strong points of this program is where the Oregon athletes progress to after NCAA. If the program is solid you will see that progression. In the future I would like to be there for the ground-breaking of the new indoor track facility. If you think the Ducks are strong now, wait until that project is completed and we get them out of the winter rain practices.
Thank you coach for the interview.

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