Timeline of Historic Hayward Field through the years
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On this week's Talkin' Ducks Podcast with Jordan Kent, the show welcomed Olympics broadcaster and Oregon track and field broadcaster Paul Swangard to discuss the new additions to Historic Hayward Field and what it's like to call meets at such an iconic venue.
Link here.
So we thought why not go through the timeline of Hayward Field.
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1919 - Constructed as a Football Field
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1937 - Turf installed
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1949 - Additional Seats Added
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1962 - Hosted NCAA Championships
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1966 - Last Football Game at Hayward Field
The last football game played at Hayward Field was a 14-13 loss to Washington State.
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1970 - Becomes designated solely for track and field
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1972 - Hosts the Olympic Trials for the first time
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1975 - Rebuild West Grandstands
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1984 - Weight room moved to separate building
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1988 - Track changed to 400 yards, from 440 yards and East grandstand moved
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1992 - Bowerman Family Building completed
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2000 - Bill Bowerman statue added
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2005 - Powell Plaza
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2007 - Permanent lighting built
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2008 - New scoreboard
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2014 - Hosted IAAF World Junior Championships
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2017 - Complete Renovation begins
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2020 - Complete
Now it's complete and ready to host events once college athletics restart!
[RELATED]: New Hayward Field is complete and it looks absolutely stunning
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