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Prefontaine Classic, 2012

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

Track season started for me at the Pre Classic in Eugene this weekend. The Pre is a great meet in that it's televised and only lasts a few hours. The downside is that it's impossible to for one photographer to shoot every event. I missed a ton of great moments because I was stuck on the finish line. It was a nice primer for covering the Olympic Trials coming up on June 21.

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - Alysia Montano looks to the heavens as she crosses the finish line with a  victory in the 800 meter run during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, wins the Bowerman Mile at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012, with a time of 3:49.40. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mo Farah celebrates his win and Galen Rupp celebrates his third place finish in 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - James Kiplagat Magut wins the International Mile during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - USA's Alice Schmidt wins the 1500 meter run ahead of Jenny Simpson during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Cyrus Hostetler finished fourth in the javelin at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - Wilson Kiprop wins the Kenyan Olympic Trials 10k with a time of 27:01:98 during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012. Moses Ndiema Moses Masai also qualifies with his second place finish. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Justin Gatlin finished first in the 100m with a time of 9.90 during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Milcah Chemos started fast and finished first in the 3000m steeplechase during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu set a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mariem Alaoui Selsouli breaks the tape in the 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 -  Boaz Kiplagat Lalang and Nick Symmonds start the 800m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Abubaker Kaki finishes just ahead of and Mohamed Aman in the 800m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Sanya Richards-Ross wins the 400m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Track and field athletes compete in the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian'

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mo Farah celebrates as he wins the 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012.  Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian