UCGIS Summer Assembly in Minneapolis, MN plus U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR </head> <BODY BACKGROUND="deep.gif" VLINK="yellow" LINK="yellow" TEXT="#FFCCFF"> <font face=verdana,arial,courier,sans-serif> <center> <a href="../index.html"><img src="../header2.gif" border="none"><img src="../lil_head.gif" border="none"></a><br> </center> <h2 align="center"> UCGIS Summer Assembly in Minneapolis, MN<br>plus<br> U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR </h2> <b>Click on thumbnails for larger image</b><br><br> <a href="index.html">Page 1</a> | Page 2 | <a href="index3.html">Page 3</a> <p><br> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/31.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/31.jpg"></a><br><br>Nickelodeon Universe is now the amusement park in the center of the mall, replacing Camp Snoopy. It is the largest indoor theme park in the U.S. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/32.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/32.jpg"></a><br><br>Nickelodeon Universe </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/33.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/33.jpg"></a><br><br>Rugrats bumper cars. Note that the sign would be appropriate for faculty meetings as well! </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/34.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/34.jpg"></a><br><br>SpongeBob SquarePants' roller coaster, the Rock Bottom Plunge! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/35.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/35.jpg"></a><br><br>And the hero in person! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/36.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/36.jpg"></a><br><br>Spongebob and Patrick </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/37.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/37.jpg"></a><br><br>Lego imagination center at the mall </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/38.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/38.jpg"></a><br><br>Launch ramps where kids can roll their new creations </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/39.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/39.jpg"></a><br><br>Lego motocross racer </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/40.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/40.jpg"></a><br><br>Nothing really to do with this trip, but when I returned to Corvallis, I saw one of those wild Zap electric cars! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/41.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/41.jpg"></a><br><br>Zap electric car </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/42.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/42.jpg"></a><br><br>After Minnesota we were back in Oregon for the 2008 Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, "Track Town USA" </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/43.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/43.jpg"></a><br><br>Hayward Field before opening ceremonies. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/44.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/44.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/45.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/45.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/46.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/46.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/47.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/47.jpg"></a><br><br>New jumbo-tron at Hayward Field. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/48.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/48.jpg"></a><br><br>Note that the Nike swoosh changes color every few minutes! </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/49.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/49.jpg"></a><br><br>Footage from past Olympic Trials here was very poignant. If my dream to make it to the Trials in the long jump in 1980 had come true, I would have been here too! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/50.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/50.jpg"></a><br><br>Chinese good luck dance as part of opening ceremonies </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/51.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/51.jpg"></a><br><br>Members of 1980 team were introduced and marched around the track. I believe hurdler Stephanie Hightower is in this group. Note that these great athletes were not allowed to actually go to the Olympics due to Jimmy Carter's horrendous and heartless (and futile) boycott of the 1980 games. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/52.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/52.jpg"></a><br><br>This group includes Steve Scott and Mary Decker Slaney in the front!!! Steve Scott has thus far run more sub-4:00 miles than any other runner in history. Mary Decker Slaney held world records ranging from the mile to the 10,000 meters. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/53.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/53.jpg"></a><br><br>The women's heptathlon 200 m. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/54.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/54.jpg"></a><br><br>Eugene Festival 08 surrounded Hayward Field. Those without tickets could watch on this other jumbotron. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/55.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/55.jpg"></a><br><br>Eugene Festival 08 </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/56.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/56.jpg"></a><br><br>... even with rappelling! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/57.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/57.jpg"></a><br><br>A qualifying heat of the men's 100 m. Tyson Gay is not in this picture, but we saw him later set a new American, Olympic Trials, and Hayward Field record in 9.77 seconds! He would later go on to win the final in an astonishing wind-aided 9.68! </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/58.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/58.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/59.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/59.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/60.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/60.jpg"></a><br><br>Wheelchair 1500 m race exhibition </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>