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Once every four years, America revives its love for sports that typically don’t garner a lot of mainstream attention, especially gymnastics, swimming and diving, and, yes, track and field. That time is now.
For track and field athletes, it all starts with the June 21-30 U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward field in Eugene, Oregon. Over 10 days of immense pressure, fierce competition, heartache, and glory, an estimated 900 athletes will compete for coveted spots to represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics this summer. It’s the best track meet in the world—save the Olympic Games themselves.
Hype around America’s top stars, including Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Ryan Crouser, Elle St. Pierre, Yared Neguse, Grant Holloway, and Anna Hall, is about to inundate your feed. Prediction contests will pop up. Track and field mania might even…
