University of Southern California
This is shooting toward the northwest from across the (closed) field. The
field will be torn up in 2004 to install underground equipment. This will close
the track for about a year I am told.
These photos are unfortunately one of my failed efforts to combine a panorama
as I have at so many other tracks. So this view is facing east and southeast.
I have no idea why they have the partial dirt warm up lane only at this end
of the track. The metal legal curb was added after the installation of the track.
The installer insisted on shaving off the concrete curb to ease their installation.
In order to host the PAC-10 Championship meet, the curb had to be added to bring
the track into conformity for such a high stature meet. The cost to add the
curb was over $10,000. I keep on this issue, but if you ever intend to use your
track for a serious event other than High School level, please do the installation
right, with a curb in your initial expenditure. If you do it in concrete, the
extra cost is negligible.
And this is the continuation to the south.
With the bidirectional hurdles comes a multitude of hurdle marks. White 400h,
blue reverse 100h, red, reverse 110h, green normal 100h, I can't tell (nor remember"
the normal 100h marks.
At the east end of the chute, there is still another 25m or so past the 100m
start (the reverse finish line) for all races. At least doing this kept operating
a normal NCAA meet down to three camera positions (common finish, reverse finish
and the steeplechase that finishes on the backstretch).
And this is another view I found elsewhere.