# @tracktownusa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/kI7V3rPIS5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18979645-tracktownusa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/46ff6231b2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2014-02-08T03:09:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TrackTown USA (@TrackTownUSA) — https://gondola.cc/TrackTownUSA

## Caption

From its southwest corner, a statue of Bill Bowerman watches over Hayward Field. Created by artist Diana Lee Jackson, the statue stands atop a plate of waffle irons with a plaque that reads, "Teacher, Innovator, Visionary, Motivator... And then there was that waffle iron." #Bowerman coached #Oregon track and field from 1948 to 1972, two of his most notable athletes being Steve #Prefontaine and Phil Knight, the latter of whom he went on to co-found Nike, Inc. (originally Blue Ribbon Sports) with in 1964. He created the first 'waffle sole' running shoes in 1971, using his wife's waffle iron. He is also a co-founder of one of the first American post-collegiate #track clubs, Athletics West, and credited with starting the American #jogging boom in the 1960s after a trip to New Zealand.

Behind Bowerman's statue, the 15,000 square-foot Bowerman Building houses the #UO's Institute for Sport and Human Performance, athletic treatment facilities, locker rooms, meeting rooms, and various exhibits and memorabilia commemorating great athletes and moments in track and field #history.

Photo by Jeffrey Mercado. 
#HaywardFieldFriday #TrackTown #RaiseYourFlag @Oregon14wjc #Snow #Eugene

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jogging, eugene, haywardfieldfriday, history, tracktown, snow, oregon, track, bowerman, uo, raiseyourflag, prefontaine

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