(07-20-2017 11:08 AM)SactoHornetAlum Wrote:  

(07-20-2017 11:01 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Thanks, I see that. But it does mean all the throws are essentially excluded from the atmosphere of the stadium.

Might not really matter ... but just pointing it out. In the sense of Oregon's stadium, which has won a lot of bids to host the NCAA finals and USA championships.

The university's priority is football. We also host the local section high school and state championships for football at Hornet Stadium. We get more use out of Hornet Stadium for football than track.

The city of Sac's priority is track. Too bad they can't get their heads out of their rears to see that they are trying to market something on maybe at best one good event a year (NCAA's) and every four years (Olympic Trials).

As for atmosphere, the throws competitions are always very early in the day when they are scheduled when less people (if they come to a track meet) are there. Actually, with the way its set-up, we allow the fans to be a lot closer to the throws competitions than if they were sitting in Hornet Stadium. IMO its a win-win.

They should try and market themselves better, and get Sacramento State into a better conference. Maybe MWC on the west? They had the chance to go to the WAC a few years ago. You won't get noticed if you are not at the top tier of FBS, then you do not get any tv coverage, and no chance of getting track meets or Olympics.