PREVIEW: Wanda Diamond League makes its annual Eugene stop for Nike Pre Classic...
Starting Friday evening, the Nike Prefontaine Classic kicks off with a three and a half hour window starting at 6 pm at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. The Pre Classic is the ninth stop on the season long Wanda Diamond League tour, and is the only stop in North America. Though there were no athletes with Washington ties that competed at the previous stop in Paris on Sunday, the Meeting de Paris was marked by outstanding performances by Sweden's Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault, and Switzerland's Audrey Werro in the 800. Friday night's session consists of non-Diamond League scoring events. When you look at Friday night's session, with the exception of the men's hammer, which kicks off the meet at 6 pm, the bulk of the session happens between 8 and 9 30 pm. The women's pole vault at 8 pm features a reunion of last year's USA world championship team, headlined by reigning world champ and former Pullman resident Katie Moon (photo courtesy W...
