The forecast calls for cool, dry weather tonight, which means it should be perfect for the start of the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field.
The Friday night program begins at 6:37 p.m. with the men's pole vault. It also includes the men's javelin and four events on the track, the B sections of the women's 800 and 1,500, the men's 800, and the men's two mile
The two-mile is the evening finale, and features former Oregon Duck and Hayward crowd favorite Edward Cheserek.
King Cheserek will be tangling with a world-class field. Among the entries for the race are Olympians Paul Chelimo, Mohammed Ahmed, Lopez Lomong, Hassan Mead and Paul Tanui and reigning world 5,000 champ Muktar Edris.