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USATF's troubles, Roger Bannister's passing, the World Indoor; Oregon track & field rundown

A few things ...

-- In the fifth part of her series about the Undermining of USA Track & Field, Becca Gillespy Peter contends the USATF Board of Directors sabotaged president Vin Lananna's reputation, probably permanently, apparently with little or no evidence.

In the process, she writes, the organization itself has been dealt a crippling blow.

-- Despite its many problems, track and field at its best continues to be about pushing back the barriers of human performance.

Maybe no single individual in the history of the sport demonstrated this better than Roger Bannister.