Vandy indoor track facility

[BillVol]

http://www.utsports.com/view.gal?id=201267

Looks like Vanderbilt has an indoor track and it is nice.

[tandfman]

Is there good seating for spectators? It was hard to see any in those pictures.

[NotDutra5]

Is there good seating for spectators? It was hard to see any in those pictures.

http://www.vucommodores.com/ot/multipurposefacility.html

[Bruce Kritzler]

They hosted indoor meets there in 2016, and host SEC this year.

[aaronk]

It's 300 meters, so it's an OT---which means NONE of the times run at SEC's this year will count for record or list purposes!!
OT's need to be BANNED for qualifying, and for championship or conference meets!!

[The Klingon]

Is there good seating for spectators? It was hard to see any in those pictures.

I must be blind in one eye and can't see out of the other one, because I don't see any seats in that facility.

[NotDutra5]

It's 300 meters, so it's an OT---which means NONE of the times run at SEC's this year will count for record or list purposes!!
OT's need to be BANNED for qualifying, and for championship or conference meets!!

We get it. You don't like oversized tracks. I don't think the board needs to be reminded of it in every thread. It's a track. People run around it. Sometimes they run fast. It's all good even if we can't write it down in a book.

[tandfman]

I must be blind in one eye and can't see out of the other one, because I don't see any seats in that facility.

The link posted by NotDutra5 seems to confirm the absence of spectator seating.

[NotDutra5]

The link posted by NotDutra5 seems to confirm the absence of spectator seating.

It's a similar appearing facility to others I've seen such as the Tressel facility at Youngstown State (which also provides an indoor football practice field IIRC). Barely enough room to get the athletes in the building.

[gh]

Washington State used to put a set of bleachers on the infield (along the backstretch, facing inwards) for its one "big" indoor meet of the year.

I was always shocked that a few hundred people would turn out, given that we're talking a big brick barn with no heating at a time of year when it was freezing out, and the inside walls had ice formations. Fortunately, the dirt stayed relatively soft

(i know, file this under, "uh-oh, here comes dad's story about walkign uphill both ways to school across ice floes")

[br]

Looks like Vandy sets up some bleachers, too.

[Atticus]

We get it. You don't like oversized tracks. I don't think the board needs to be reminded of it in every thread. It's a track. People run around it. Sometimes they run fast. It's all good even if we can't write it down in a book.

I PREFER OT indoor tracks precisely because they CAN run faster. Isn't that kinda the point?

[gh]

using that logic, MLB should play in Little League parks because there'd be a lot more home runs

[Atticus]

using that logic, MLB should play in Little League parks because there'd be a lot more home runs

Error. A HR would be meaningless in a LL park. A time on a 300m oval is 'slower' but comparable to an outdoor track (esp. a banked 300-er.) Plus, all indoor 200m track are not equivalent. A flat board track is nowhere near the same as a banked Mondo track.

[aaronk]

Let this "broken record" explain it this way---

Jenny (Barringer) Simpson ran 15:01.70 for the fastest Collegiate time ever INdoors---yet is NOT on any official list, and is NOT considered the CR holder!

Sophie Cantine ran 2:47.64 for 1000 as a Frosh 3 years ago?
That "shattered" the Frosh Class record held by Mary Cain---except it didn't!!

A couple of Men's milers ran sub-3:54's a year or so ago!
Nowhere to be found on official lists!

A year ago, Kim Conley ran 15:09, and Allie Ostrander ran 15:21, yet neither name is on any official Top 10 or Top 100 list!!

And Kate Grace ran purportedly the 10th fastest 3K yesterday!
Yet, again, invisable to official list checkers!!

It's great they ran fast---but wouldn't it be so much greater if their times were seen on official lists??

SOME people care about that!!