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1 <br /> Oregon Track Club <br /> August 9, 2000 <br /> CONTACT: Kim Mast, City of Eugene, 682-5548 <br /> Larry Norris, Oregon Track Club, 687-0588 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> PRE'S TRAIL SIGNS TO BE UNVEILED <br /> Put on your running shoes and get ready to hit the trail! Signs mapping out the running trail <br /> envisioned by former Olympic track star Steve Prefontaine will be unveiled at Alton Baker Park on <br /> Thursday, August 10, at 12:30 p.m. The three signs offer a brief history of Prefontaine's brief <br /> running career, along with pictures and maps showing distances of various loops of the trail overlaid <br /> on an aerial map of the area. "Pre" blazed this trail while training for various track meets before his <br /> death in 1975 at the age of 24. At the time of his death, Pre held the American record in every <br /> distance race from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. <br /> Pre's parents have been invited to unveil the signs, and speakers from the City of Eugene <br /> and the Oregon Track Club will commemorate the occasion. The unveiling takes place off Leo <br /> Harris Parkway, across the footbridge directly behind Autzen Stadium, on the first day of the USA <br /> Track and Field National Masters Championship at Hayward Field. More than 1,500 Masters <br /> athletes from all over the country will be competing at this three-day event -the largest number of <br /> entrants ever for a U.S. National Masters track and field meet. <br /> Partners. in the sign project include the Oregon Track Club, the Oregon Track Club Masters, <br /> the Steve Prefontaine Foundation, the City of Eugene, and Willamalane Park and Recreation District. <br /> (Editors -Direction to the event.• Take Centennial Blvd to the Leo Harris Parkway, drive to the <br /> <br /> rear of <br /> Autzen stadium, cross footbridge to sign.) <br /> Public Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> • Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />