PHOTO CREDIT: JAN FIGUEROA
America's 250th birthday fell on a Saturday. Hayward Field had a fitting gift ready. Four athletes who spent this past year putting high school athletes on the map, showed up at the Prefontaine Classic and raced the people they are about to become. One beat the Olympic champion. One ran faster against professionals than she had to qualify for the World U20 Team. One chased a record that has been waiting at this exact meet for 25 years. Here is the week.
