California Track & Running News Sept–Oct 2013, Volume 39 NUMBER 3 | Page 8

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Improve Your Coaching Effectiveness by Attending
These Coaching Education Opportunities!
Sept. 21–22

Distance Summit West, Chabot College, Hayward
featuring IAAF coach Peter Thompson, coaches Bob Sevene & Jim Hunt

Dec. 14–15

Level 1 School, Sacramento City College

Jan. 18–19

Level 1 School, Chabot College, Hayward

Feb. 1

West Coast SuperClinic, Sacramento City College
featuring Boo Schexnayder and Tom Tellez

Feb. 15–16

Level 1 School, San Diego City College

Answers:
Other sport-related California
State Historic Landmarks:
Los Angeles Coliseum, Long
Beach Marine Stadium,
Squaw Valley Ski Resort, and
Pioneer Ski Area in
Johnsville, Plumas County.

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Read the details at www.pausatf.org Click on Coaches, then Schools/Events.
sons into full swing. Both groups have more than
10 events each, culminating with their association
championships at Golden Gate Park on Nov. 24 on
different courses. Check out both the Cross Country and Youth pages on www.pausatf.org for details. Further west in GG Park, the SF Recreation
and Park Dept. is moving ahead with the renovation of the venerable Kezar Stadium, which is one
of the Association’s most heavily used facilities.
Echo Summit, site of the 1968 Olympic Trials,
is being designated a California State Historical
Landmark. Organizers laid an all-weather track in
the forest at 7,371 feet in an effort to replicate conditions of the ’68 Olympic site in Mexico City,
which is 28 feet lower than Echo Summit. After the
Trials, the track was moved down to the South
Lake Tahoe Junior High, which was recently resurfaced after many years of service. The state plans
to place a commemorative plaque on the site,
which is now a parking lot for a winter snow park
off Highway 50. Of the state’s more than 1,000 historical sites, Echo Summit is only the fifth sport-related site. Can you guess the other four? (Find
answers below left.)
Looking forward, next June will be a busy
time, with two national championships to be held
in the Association. Elite track is returning to Sacramento State, with the recent announcement that
the Association was awarded the 2014 National
Track & Field Championships. Sac State has held
two previous Olympic Trials and NCAA DI T&F
Championships. College of San Mateo, which has
hosted numerous Association and California JC
championships, will host the 2014 Paralympic National Championships, also in late June. Details of
officiating and volunteer opportunities for both
championships will be forthcoming on the Association website.
Preparations for the 2015 National Club Cross
Country Championships in Golden Gate Park are
continuing, with many innovations planned. If you
have any ideas for sponsorship or lea