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1. After the Pride Track & Field Meet (July 2007): Press, Blogs, Links, Articles etc... 

Article by Damin Esper at RealJock.com:

Inaugural Pride Track and Field Meet

By Damin Esper

Athletes of all levels came from across the country to San Francisco State University on July 7, 2007 to compete in the inaugural Pride Track and Field Meet, the first gay and lesbian track and field meet of its kind.

Over 120 competitors ran, jump, and threw their way through a day packed with events ranging from the 100-meter dash and 400-meter relay to the pole vault and long jump. With strong competition results and the obvious enjoyment of participants and spectators alike, the meet was a successful first for what will hopefully become an ongoing yearly competition.

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Article by Roger Brigham at the Bay Area Reporter (BAR):

Inaugural track meet a major success

By Roger Brigham 

Trent Hagler of Dallas competed in the hammer throw, the high jump, the javelin, the 100- and 200-meter sprints, the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, and in the fun run. This wasn't about world records, although one was shattered. This wasn't about personal bests, although many were achieved. This was about just doing it.

Saturday, it was done with style and pride.

Organizers of the inaugural Pride Track and Field Meet held at San Francisco State's Cox Stadium were understandably antsy heading into the weekend. They were not sure how many athletes would show up, how smoothly they could administer the event, and they knew their budget had about as many shoestrings as the athletes had on their feet.

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Article by Chuck Martin at Outsports.com:

http://outsports.com/local/2007/pridemeetrecap0710.htm

 

From MasterRankings:

http://www.mastersrankings.com/meetresults.php?pseason=Outdoor&cyear=2007&meetno=603

 

Blogs:

http://adariansspeedandpowertraining.com/asaptraining/?p=66 

http://www.outsports.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=38325&view=findpost&p=333076

http://nextlevelathleticsandfitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=1

http://trackandfieldtechnique.com/technique/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=1

 

2. Excerpt from RealJock , March 29, 2007:

Fast Fun: The New Pride Track and Field Meet

More than 20 years ago, aquatic sports competitors at Gay Games II in San Francisco had so much fun that they came up with the idea to hold a gay and lesbian swim meet the following year in San Diego. That first grassroots meet eventually evolved into the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA), a successful global organization that promotes participation in aquatic sports by LGBT people and hosts the popular IGLA championships each year in different cities. It's been a big boon to gay swimming and aquatic sports.

Can the same formula be applied to track and field?

Andrew Bundy thinks so. He's the president of the planning committee for the first international Pride Track and Field Meet to be held on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Cox Stadium at San Francisco State University. Bundy and his teammates on the San Francisco Track and Field Club are creating and hosting this first event in the hopes that, like the first IGLA championship event held back in 1987, it will herald the beginning of a yearly track and field competition for the LGBT community, and perhaps even an international track and field organization modeled after IGLA.

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3. Excerpt from Bay Area Reporter (BAR) , Mar 29, 2007:

Something new, something old for local runners

We may not yet have the legal right to get married, but members of the local LGBT running community will still be able to celebrate this year with a combination of something old and something new.

The old will be the 28th annual San Francisco Frontrunners Pride Run. The event, Saturday, June 23 in Golden Gate Park, will offer a 5-kilometer walk and 5k and 10k runs. Net proceeds, which in the past have ranged from $8,000 to $12,000 and gone to selected local charities, will be donated this year to the AIDS Emergency Fund.

The new will be a first-of-its kind international Pride Track & Field Meet, July 7 at San Francisco State's Cox Stadium. Andrew Bundy, president of the Pride Meet planning committee, said organizers expect to draw 100 to 150 competitors, probably 75 percent or so from the local area, but that the meet has already had inquiries from such locations as Mexico and Sri Lanka.

Similar in name and with a great overlap in constituency, the Pride Run and Pride Meet both draw on strong local organizational identities that took root in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and both draw their strength from their potential for bringing together LGBT individuals in a competitive running environment. The roles they fill in the sports calendar, however, are distinctly different and distinctly valuable.

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