Steve Prefontaine ran his last race on May 29, 1975, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. He died in a single-car accident the following day. A detailed view of Pre’s Rock, a memorial is at the base of ...

When Crater’s Josiah Tostenson took his final steps in the boys 3,000-meter race at the 2024 OSAA Class 5A state championships, he soaked in his Hayward Field moment. Then a junior, Tostenson waved to ...

Five decades after the shocking death of Oregon running icon Steve Prefontaine, the track and field meet named in his honor continues to carry on his legacy. The Prefontaine Classic, which first took ...

The 44th annual Prefontaine Memorial Run is fast approaching and will offer prize money for the first time and a visiting group from New Zealand. The race honoring the late Steve Prefontaine will be ...

Track and field shimmers with names that transcend the sport—Jesse Owens, Florence Griffith Joyner, Usain Bolt. But perhaps no name carries the power and poignancy of Steve Prefontaine, the gritty, ...

Super Jock ’n Jill, opened by Laurel James in 1975, celebrates its anniversary ahead of the Seattle Marathon, marking decades ...

Three distinguished runners, including a pioneer marathoner, will be in Coos Bay next weekend for the Prefontaine Memorial Run, said Pre's sister, Linda. Jackie Hansen, Joan Hansen and Kaarin Knudsen ...

Steve Prefontaine, the brash distance-running prodigy who died young 50 years ago, wanted to be a miler. But his top-end speed wasn’t up to snuff for that event. So one day, spotting sprinter Vince ...

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When she takes to the track to run the Mutola 800m at the 50th Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field here on Saturday, it will have been 351 days since Athing Mu-Nikolayev will have competed at the ...