2012 Olympic Track Trials

Because we essentially missed all of the Olympics this year, I'm extra glad we made the effort to go to the Track & Field Trials when they were held in Eugene.  

We had seats very close to the track, on the non-finish-line side, and it was awesome!  We got to see women's pole vault, women's discus (which turned out to be very exciting, actually), men's shot put, and a few sprints.  Men's 100m, Women's 400m, and Men's 400m.

When the winners did their victory laps, we actually got to give them a high-five and offer our personal congrats!

This is the reigning gold medal discus thrower.  Her coach was sitting near us, so when she came for pointers, we got to listen to him talk to her.

All the other athletes jogged their victory lap...except the shotputers :)

It was a neat event to experience; the security was like TSA and the energy in the stadium was palpable.  Lots of tight muscles to admire, too, along the way :)  Go Team USA!