THE WEEKEND AHEAD: USATF Lone Star GP, Stockholm Diamond League & Brooks PR on tap...
The USATF Lone Star Grand Prix in College Station, Texas, the Bauhaus Galan Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, and the Brooks PR high school all-star meet in Renton highlights this weekend's track and field action. The US pro track circuit goes into College Station for the first time as USA Track & Field organizes the Lone Star Grand Prix meet at the home of Texas A&M's nationally ranked track team, E.B. Cushing Stadium. Washington State alum CJ Allen (Paul Merca file photo) , who ran in the first two Wanda Diamond League meets in China, is entered in the field in the 400 hurdles. He faces a field that includes Ezekiel Nathaniel of Nigeria, who was the NCAA 400 hurdles champ for Baylor, and finished fourth in the finals of the 400H at the world championships in Tokyo. Allen also goes against fellow American Trevor Bassitt, who finished ahead of him in both Diamond League races in China. Texas A&M alum Sam Whitmarsh of the Brooks Beasts returns to his home track ...
