For the United States' track and field team, the run-up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro begins nearly 7,000 miles away at Hayward Field in the city of Eugene, Oregon.
This is the sixth time Eugene has hosted the U.S. Olympic track and field trials since the men's and women's divisions combined their trials in 1976. There probably isn't a more fitting location for such an event in the entire country.
Eugene is Track Town, USA, the birthplace of Nike. It's the home of the University of Oregon, which has produced the likes of the legendary Steve Prefontaine and many other great Olympians.