Coffee with Larry, February 24, 2025, Thoughts on the first day of the USATF Indoors!

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February 2, 2025
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Our topics;

1. The 2025 USATF Indoor Championships, held at Ocean Breeze Athletics Complex, was held February 22-23, 2025.

2. The crowd at USATF Indoor went from about 70 percent full on Saturday to 95 percent complete on Sunday.

3. I like the two-day schedule for the championships.

4. Friday’s presser was well done. Grant Holloway, Alexis Holmes, Jasmine Jones, Katie Holmes, Vernon Norwood, and Josh Hoey did a nice job. Enjoyed our discussions! 2025 USATF Indoor Presser, some thoughts, some observations, by Larry Eder, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/2025-usatf-indoor-presser-some-thoughts-some-quotes.html

The 2025 USATF Indoor Champs presser, emcee: Paul Swangard, Josh Hoey, Grant Holloway, Alexis Holmes, Katie Holmes, Jasmine Jones and Vernon Norwood, photo by Jeff Benjamin

5. The 3,000 meters on Saturday were exciting and big wins for Nikki Hiltz and Hobbs Kessler!

Nikki Hiltz, USATF National Indoor Track & Field Championship
Staten Island, New York, United States, photo by Kevin R. Morris

6. The 60-meter hurdles were won by Masai Russell and Grant Holloway.

Grant Holloway, USATF National Indoor Track & Field Championship
Staten Island, New York, United States, photo by Kevin R. Morris

Saturday was a soundtrack and field day, and the heat kept us interested.

Grant Holloway asked fans not to watch the USATF streaming on day one, as he was not happy that, for the third time, USATF did not provide coverage for fans of the meet without a paywall. We agree with Grant. USATF is short-sighted and continues to forget the big picture.

See you tomorrow with #CoffeewithLarry.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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