Hayward Field
2011 Prefontaine Classic
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| Location | 1580 E. 15th Street Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 44°02′31″N 123°04′16″W / 44.042°N 123.071°WCoordinates: 44°02′31″N 123°04′16″W / 44.042°N 123.071°W |
| Owner | University of Oregon |
| Operator | University of Oregon |
| Capacity | 10,500 (expandable 21,000) |
| Surface | Natural grass infield (1937–present) Dirt / sawdust (1919–1936) |
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| Broke ground | 1919, 98 years ago |
| Opened | 1919 – (for football) 1921 – (for track) |
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Oregon Ducks track and field Oregon Ducks football (1919–1966) 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics 2021 IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
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Hayward Field is one of the world's best-known historic track and field stadiums, located in the northwest United States in Eugene, Oregon. Nearly a century in age, it has been the home of the University of Oregon's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campus home of the varsity football team from 1919 through 1966.
Hayward Field was named after track coach Bill Hayward (1868–1947), who ran the Ducks' program from 1904 to 1947. Renovated in 2004, it is one of only five International Association of Athletics Federations Class 1 certified tracks in the United States (along with Hutsell-Rosen Track, Icahn Stadium, John McDonnell Field and Rock Chalk Park). The elevation of Hayward Field is approximately 420 feet (130 m) above sea level and its infield has a conventional north-south orientation. The Pacific Ocean is approximately fifty miles (80 km) to the west, separated by the Coast Range.
Hayward was built 98 years ago in 1919 to replace Kincaid Field, and was intended to primarily serve the school's football program. During halftime of the season opener that year, the venue was named for track coach Hayward; he was busy working as the team's trainer during the break, and did not know of the honor until the following day. In 1921, a six-lane cinder track was constructed around the football field. A natural grass field was first installed at Hayward Field in 1937; the surface was previously a mixture of dirt and sawdust. That field surface was not unique in the Northwest in the Pacific Coast Conference: Bell Field in Corvallis, Multnomah Stadium in Portland, and Husky Stadium in Seattle made similar transitions to natural grass in this period of time.
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