05/07/2008 - GoDucks.com

EUGENE, Ore. – Fans coming to the Friday’s Twilight Meet, the final home meet for the 2008 season, will get a first look at Historic Hayward Field’s Olympic Trials makeover. In addition, the schedule for the 2008 Twilight Meet has been released.

The first event Friday will be the college section of the men’s hammer, which will start at 3:30 p.m. The running events start with the popular middle school mile at 4:30 p.m. Gates will open to the public at 2:30 p.m.

For a complete meet schedule see the attached PDF on the right of this page.

The most prominent feature of Hayward’s new look is the pair of 57-foot tall bleachers lining the south rim of the track, giving that end of the stadium a new closed-in look. The bleachers are not open for the Twilight Meet, but fans will be allowed to use the passageway underneath them to move back and forth from the east side to the west side of the stadium.

All entrances to Hayward Field will be open as usual, and the only advisory fans coming to Friday’s meet should be aware of would be an expected heavy flow of pedestrian traffic through the newly constructed bleachers.

Also, the new hammer throw ring will be utilized on Friday; both the men’s and the women’s hammer will see some of the top competitors in the nation in that event.

The field events feature Olympian women’s javelin thrower Kim Kreiner and men’s hammer thrower A.G. Kruger.

Kreiner headlines the women’s javelin field (7 p.m.). The current American record holder...