PORTLAND, Ore. – After a tour of the Oregon Convention Center on Wednesday, more than 50 middle school students from the SEI Academyhad a chance to race through the OCC exhibit halls three weeks before the world’s best athletes compete in the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016, March 17-20. The field trip was a new element … Read morePORTLAND 2016 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS OFF TO QUICK START
PORTLAND, Ore. – It’s not often that high school athletes get a chance to compete alongside their heroes. But that’s exactly what will happen for a total of 144 prep sprinters representing 36 teams from Oregon, Washington and Idaho at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. The four-day meet will be held March 17-20 at … Read moreHIGH SCHOOL RELAY TEAMS TO COMPETE AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tori Bowie was the only American in the final of the women’s 100 meters last August at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing. However, being in the final was hardly the US champion’s goal. She had podium dreams in mind. At the end of the race, Bowie had run 10.86 seconds to finish third … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – TORI BOWIE
Matthew Centrowitz normally saves his best performances for the world’s biggest stages. The University of Oregon alum, who now competes for Portland-based Nike Oregon Project, was a medalist in the 1,500 meters at both the 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships, and missed a bronze medal in the 1,500 at the 2012 London Olympics by … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – MATTHEW CENTROWITZ
REE TO THE PUBLIC. Pioneer Courthouse Square is the place to be for Portland 2016. The party begins on March 17th – 6:00pm March 18th – 8:30pm March 19th – 8:30pm March 20th – 3:00pm Come for the Northwest food and beer. Stay for the free concerts. Watch the action. Meet the athletes. Welcome the world to Portland! Medal Ceremonies … Read moreMEDAL CEREMONY PLAZA
Nick Willis won his first international medal, a silver at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when he was 25 years old. This week, the New Zealand harrier will look to repeat that medal feat at the age of 32. Willis arrives at the 2016 IAAF Indoor Championships in Portland as one of the favorites … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – NICK WILLIS
For all that she accomplished in 2015, Oregon Track Club Elite’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton still wasn’t satisfied. The University of Oregon alum finished the year as the world leader in the heptathlon with a personal best and Canadian record of 6,808 points at the prestigious Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, Austria at the end of May. However, … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – BRIANNE THEISEN-EATON
Since 2009, Chinese shot putter Gong Lijiao has amassed a total of five Olympic and World Championships medals. The one thing missing from her impressive collection: the color gold. Lijiao’s closest call came when she nished second last year at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing. Lijiao’s opening mark of 66 feet, 7 1⁄4 inches … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – GONG LIJIAO
If all goes well on the pole vault runway, Fabiana Murer of Brazil will celebrate her birthday one day late in 2016. The accomplished vaulter turns 35 on March 16, one day before the best vaulters in the world gather at the Oregon Convention Center for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. All of … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – FABIANA MURER
If you take a peek at his Twitter account (@mutazbarshim), Mutaz Essa Barshim can be seen in some photos wearing a cap emblazoned with the words, “WHAT GRAVITY?’’ What gravity, indeed. The 24-year-old high jumper from Qatar is doing his best to defy the reality of what comes up, must come down for as long … Read moreATHLETE PROFILE – MUTAZ ESSA BARSHIM