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2008 OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS <br /> Involvement <br /> We feel Eugene is the ideal place for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials. We are <br /> confident that we will create a warm and welcoming environment for the athletes, their <br /> families and the spectators. Our goal is to get everyone involved, and our community is a <br /> perfect size to do just that. With Lane County taking the lead and the City of Eugene <br /> Library, Recreation and Cultural Services Department a strong partner, we will develop a <br /> marketing campaign that ensures everyone is aware of the event. We have established <br /> many valuable community partnerships, which will better enable us to bombard the <br /> community with a comprehensive marketing initiative: our Downtown area, our City <br /> buildings, our performing arts centers, our recreation facilities, our parks, and our schools <br /> will all participate. Eugeneans are typically friendly and very involved in community <br /> activities; they are the savvy, athletically and politically - involved citizenry found in <br /> university towns. We will provide ambassadors as volunteers to assist the athletes and <br /> make them feel comfortable. For evidence of this area's interest and commitment to <br /> athletics, just hang around some weekend when a University of Oregon Ducks' game is <br /> taking place; the whole world turns green and yellow. <br /> Youth <br /> We have a strong commitment to youth development with a heavy emphasis on health <br /> issues, especially in light of the national focus on combating youth obesity. Our Recreation <br /> programs and services are designed to develop our youth emotionally and physically. <br /> Competitive amateur athletics is highly valued in our community. We have a lifelong <br /> commitment to the development of track and field. We have good working relationships <br /> with our local schools and will work together to promote and support the event. <br /> World's Greatest City for the Arts & Outdoors <br /> We are the home of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Cuthbert Amphitheater, and <br /> The Shedd, venues which attract world -class performers, which will ensure excellent <br /> indoor and outdoor entertainment. Eugene's summer weather is ideal: clear, sunny and <br /> dry, but not too hot, with cool mornings and evenings. We have it all: clean rivers and <br /> lakes, awesome mountains, and the breathtaking Oregon Coast only one hour away. <br /> Hayward Field is designated exclusively for track and has served as the home of three <br /> Olympic trials, eight NCAA championships, and other world -class track events, such as <br /> the National Masters Track and Field meet, the World Veteran Games, the Pan American <br /> Games trials, and the Prefontaine Classic, which has been ranked first among all annual <br /> track & field meets in the U.S. by the IAAF since 1996. Athletes must be ranked in the <br /> Top 50 in the world in their events to be eligible to compete. Hayward Field is the <br /> Carnegie Hall of track and field, and the primary reason for Eugene's fitting nickname, <br /> "TrackTown USA." <br /> 7 ,St nn co C <br />