TrackTown USA

{{Short description|American NGO}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox organization

| logo = File:Logo_for_TrackTown_USA.png

| type = Non-governmental organization

| name = TrackTown USA

| location = Eugene, Oregon, United States

| area_served = United States

| focus = track and field competition, fitness

| website = {{URL|https://www.gotracktownusa.com/}}

}}

File:Welcome to Track Town USA.jpg]]

TrackTown USA is a non-governmental, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization

{{cite web

|url=https://www.registerguard.com/article/20151220/news/312209996

|title=Earnings come from a variety of sources

|website=The Register-Guard

}}

based in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

{{cite web

|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/a-brief-history-of-tracktown-usa/article_6d27fa50-ccca-11eb-9e74-631b6cb2e51b.html

|title=A brief history of TrackTown, USA

|website=Daily Emerald

}}

{{cite web

|url=https://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2012/6/tracktown-usa-identity-focus-new-research-paper

|title=TrackTown USA identity is focus of new research paper

|website=AroundtheO News

}}

The long history of the sport of track running in Eugene,

{{cite web

|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/news/news/tracktown-history-and-legacy

|title=TRACKTOWN HISTORY & LEGACY

|website=World Athletics

}}

particularly at University of Oregon's Hayward Field,

{{cite web

|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20829281/why-eugene-is-tracktown-u-s-a/

|title=Why Eugene is TrackTown, U.S.A

|website=Runner's World

}}

earned the city its nickname as the "Track Capital of the World"{{cite book

|title=Masters Track and Field: A History

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC

|last1=Olson

|first1=Leonard T.

|date=Nov 29, 2000

|publisher=McFarland

|isbn=0786408898

}}{{rp|187}}

and as "TrackTown USA." So the term "TrackTown USA" may refer to the nonprofit organization, Hayward Field, the Eugene-Springfield region, or the entire state of Oregon.

{{cite web

|url=https://www.eugenecascadescoast.org/running/history/

|title=History, Legacy & Legends of TrackTown USA

|website=EUGENE, CASCADES & COAST

}}

{{cite news

|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/city-of-springfield-granted-75-000-to-accommodate-tracktown-usa-s-cash-shortage/article_22068636-7558-574b-bb44-3043db6f7ad7.html

|title=City of Springfield granted $75,000 to accommodate TrackTown USA's cash shortage

|author=Tran Nguyen

|date=Jun 23, 2016

|newspaper=Daily Emerald

|publisher=Emerald Media Group

}}

Besides organizing track and field competitions, TrackTown USA also provides community track & field awareness and youth fitness development activities.

{{cite web

|url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/tracktown-usa,461562797/

|title=TrackTown USA

|publisher=Nonprofit Metrics LLC

}}

{{cite web

|url=https://www.gotracktownusa.com/tracktown-fitness

|title=TrackTown Fitness

|publisher=TrackTown USA

}}

During track season, it holds a monthly town hall-style meeting at the Downtown Athletic Club called "TrackTown Tuesday."{{cite web

|url=https://www.gotracktownusa.com/tracktown-tuesday

|title=TrackTown Tuesday

|publisher=TrackTown USA

}}

{{cite news

|url=https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/track-field/2020/06/10/tracktown-tuesday-goes-digital-for-final-show-of-season/112805466/

|title=TrackTown Tuesday goes digital for final show of the season

|author=Chris Hansen

|date=June 10, 2020

|newspaper=The Register Guard

}}