If You Were Driving Through All 48 States....

[gh]

(sorry to exclude the non-contiguous ones; this is a feasible road-trip thought)

DJ's comment on the Drake thread about driving through the Field Of Dreams site leads me to ask this question: as a track freak you want to stop at one place in each state that has the most significance (nationally speaking) for our sport, what would it be in each state?

Help me fill in this chart (cut and paste each time you add something). I'll start by cherry-picking two of the easiest ones:

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[trig]

Nevada - pole vault summit in Reno

[tafnut]

Florida - JAMES G. PRESSLY STADIUM AT PERCY BEARD TRACK

aka the UF Track Complex in Gainesville.

[DrJay]

Colorado--uhh...the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where they no longer even have a track??? (Joking, I'll try to do better).

[gh]

C'mon guys, read the instructions! You're supposed to cut and paste the roster of states each time, filling in the State(s) you're adding. Only way anybody will keep track of anything.

[tandfman]

The sites of the Drake and Penn Relays are easy choices for Iowa and Pennsylvania.

And if the Coliseum is ok, even though there's no longer a track there, I suppose the Atlanta Olympic stadium (or what's left of it) is also a legitimate pick

The indoor track at the University of Arkansas is, at least for the time being, a sure choice for that state.

Wallace Wade stadium at Duke should win North Carolina, although there have been some good meets at NC State in Raleigh.

BYU wins Utah

Just added Indy

OK, I'll play cut and paste:

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas - Tyson indoor track, Fayetteville
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia--Ted Turner Field f/k/a/ Olympic Stadium
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana--IUPUI, Indianapolis
Iowa--Drake University, Des Moines
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina--Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania--Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah - BYU, Provo
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[tafnut]

Re: If You Were Driving Through All 48 States....

Fine!!!! Someone will have to help out with the 'real' names of some of these venues.

Alabama
Arizona -
Arkansas - Fayetteville's indoor track
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - JAMES G. PRESSLY STADIUM AT PERCY BEARD TRACK
Georgia - Atlanta's OG track RIP
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana - Indy's OT/TAC track
Iowa - Drake track
Kansas - wherever Jim Ryun ran
Kentucky
Louisiana - Tad Gormley
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Boston's Indoor Arena
Michigan - Ann Arbor aka Jesse's DoD's track
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada - pole vault summit in Reno
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - Randall's Island
North Carolina - Duke's Wallace Wade stadium
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania - Franklin Field
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Knoxville's UT track
Texas - Austin's UT track
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington - uh oh, Seattle or Spokane?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming[/quote]

doh! tandfman was posting as I composed this!

[gh]

You're not limited to stadia, of course.

Like, for Oklahoma is perhaps the best place Prague, the site of the birth of Jim Thorpe?!

And feel free to trash other people's choices of course.

[gm]

I was about to say, what is this, a stadium tour??? :twisted:

[DrJay]

Caint reed to wel, groad up in Kintuky.

[tafnut]

BTW - Connecticut? Yale track, as long as you're talking 1920s or 30s. I can't remember seeing one cool meet there from ages 6-18!

oh and if we're not just talking tracks, for Florida I would like to nominate that dusty road in Baker County where Houston McTear ran his 9.4 in sneakers as an 8th grader!

[gh]

I was about to say, what is this, a stadium tour??? :twisted:

Exactly----Massachusetts would have to be the chunk of road between Hopkinton & Boston, neh? (I'm not filling these parameter-setting suggestions in: my intent was only to jump-start the thread)

[Half Miler]

Alabama
Arizona -
Arkansas - Fayetteville's indoor track
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - JAMES G. PRESSLY STADIUM AT PERCY BEARD TRACK
Georgia - Atlanta's OG track RIP
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana - Indy's OT/TAC track
Iowa - Drake track
Kansas - wherever Jim Ryun ran
Kentucky
Louisiana - Tad Gormley
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Boston's Indoor Arena
Michigan - Ann Arbor aka Jesse's DoD's track
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada - pole vault summit in Reno
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - The Armory / Track & Field Hall of Fame
North Carolina - Duke's Wallace Wade stadium
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania - Franklin Field
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Knoxville's UT track
Texas - Austin's UT track
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington - uh oh, Seattle or Spokane?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

I deleted Randalls Island in favor of the HOF.

[DrJay]

Alabama
Arizona -
Arkansas - Fayetteville's indoor track
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado --Pearl St. in Boulder, former site of the Frank Shorter Running Store, one of the nation's first
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - JAMES G. PRESSLY STADIUM AT PERCY BEARD TRACK
Georgia - Atlanta's OG track RIP
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana - Indy's OT/TAC track
Iowa - Drake track
Kansas - wherever Jim Ryun ran
Kentucky-whatever Bowling Green pub WKU's British Brigade frequented in the 1970s
Louisiana - Tad Gormley
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Boston's Indoor Arena
Michigan - Ann Arbor aka Jesse's DoD's track
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada - pole vault summit in Reno
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - The Armory / Track & Field Hall of Fame
North Carolina - Duke's Wallace Wade stadium
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania - Franklin Field
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Knoxville's UT track
Texas - Austin's UT track
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington - uh oh, Seattle or Spokane?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[gm]

Alabama
Arizona -
Arkansas - Fayetteville's indoor track
California--LA Coliseum, host to two Olympics.
Colorado --Pearl St. in Boulder, former site of Frank Shorter's store
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - JAMES G. PRESSLY STADIUM AT PERCY BEARD TRACK
Georgia - Atlanta's OG track RIP
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana - Indy's OT/TAC track
Iowa - Drake track
Kansas - wherever Jim Ryun ran
Kentucky-whatever Bowling Green pub WKU's British Brigade frequented in the 1970s
Louisiana - Tad Gormley
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Boston's Indoor Arena
Michigan - Ann Arbor aka Jesse's DoD's track
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada - pole vault summit in Reno
New Hampshire
New Jersey -- Willingboro High School
New Mexico
New York - The Armory / Track & Field Hall of Fame
North Carolina - Duke's Wallace Wade stadium
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Hayward Field
Pennsylvania - Franklin Field
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Knoxville's UT track
Texas - Beaumont, to see the Babe Didrikson museum
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington - uh oh, Seattle or Spokane?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming