Oregon 07/2008 Asa & Graves Day 5

Saturday morning began early for me and the Graves, as we had to get up early and drive to Portland in order to drop the Graves off at the airport for their return flight home. They had to head home early in order for Jordan to attend RYM. They made it home, without event. Upon my return to Eugene at about 11 pm, I got the news that we had tickets to the Olympic Trials. They were pretty hard to come by, as they sold out 2 weeks after they went on sale, some 2 years ago. We got four tickets, courtesy of the parents of a member of Cascade Presbyterian, who were up for the festivities from Santa Barbara, CA.

And they're off! We had great seats, 2nd row in front of the first hurdle and almost in front of the starting line.

Here they come.

This is John Yarbrough, who as you can see was properly educated at The University. Go Rebs.

The athletes are being lead to the starting line.

Tyson Gay, odds on favorite to win gold medals in the Olympics, pulled a hamstring and went down during a race. He is down on the track to the right of the yellow flags and above the Visa sign.

He was not able to recover in time for the Olympics a few months later.

This is the main Grandstand at Hayward Field.

Told you we had good seats.

Asa, Kyle Parker, and Kyle Perrett.

Asa and the historic track at Hayward Field.

Next, we dropped by the Saturday Market. All sorts of interesting things on sale here.

A little tie-dye.

A hemp celebration.