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US College Track and Field Programs Helping1 to Train International Competitors

American colleges and universities are fast becoming training grounds not only for members of the U.S. Olympic team, but Olympians from other countries.

A recent example of this was at the National Collegiate Athletic2 Association3 track and field championships in Austin, Texas. Among the many top athletes competing there, 230 came from countries other than the United States.

Many of these athletes will face each other, starting on Friday, in events at the IAAF World Athletics4 Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Clyde Hart directs the track and field program at Baylor University in Texas. Hart has worked with many Olympic champions at Baylor. “We are the minor5 leagues for our track and field in this country to get to the next level,” he said.

College athletes are a big part of American success in winning medals at the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 176 medal winners came from U.S. college programs, the Associated Press reports.

Most of these men and women came from big universities that belong to conferences: groups of schools that compete against each other. These conferences negotiate6 deals for television (TV) broadcasts of college football and basketball games. The TV deals provide them with hundreds of millions of dollars. That money is used, in part, to pay for other sports which do not earn a lot of money or actually lose money.

Colleges outside of the major conferences often struggle to make money from their sports programs. Others are cutting sports. The number of men’s gymnastics and wrestling teams, for example, has been decreasing for more than 20 years.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee recognizes the importance of its ties to the NCAA and college athletics programs. It is pushing for rule changes that will make it easier for track and field athletes to compete in college sports.

Track and field is doing better at many colleges than most other sports. Numbers from the NCAA show that there were 286 men’s teams and 338 women’s teams in the top division7 of colleges in 2018. That is a slight increase over the last 10 years.

Part of the reason, the AP reports, is that a U.S. law, known as Title IX, requires colleges to offer the same opportunities for women to play sports as for men.

Good for U.S. and international athletes

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, all but four of America’s 129 track and field athletes were from NCAA programs. But U.S. colleges have also developed champions for other countries.

Teams from around the world will compete in the track and field IAAF World Championships in Doha. Five of Jamaica’s 42 athletes competed in the NCAA Championships in June.

Germany, Canada, Nigeria and Grenada are among the countries that have athletes competing in both the NCAA and world championships.

Anderson Peters is an international track and field athlete. He holds Grenada’s national record in the javelin8 throw. He also is the NCAA champion who competes for Mississippi State University.

“I think it’s done a lot for me,” Peters said of attending an American college, “The facility is for sure 100% better than the facilities I had at home.”

Max Siegal is the chief executive9 officer of USA Track and Field, a group that seeks to improve sports in the United States and other countries.

“We all benefit by collaborating10,” Siegel said, “We take pride in that.”

I’m Mario Ritter Jr.

Words in This Story

minor league – n. used to describe a level of competition just below the top level in a sport

opportunity – n. a chance or a period of time in which something can be done

facility – n. a place, piece of equipment or service

collaborating – n. to work with others in order to reach a goal

pride – n. a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction


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1 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
2 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
3 association 6O1yp     
n.联盟,协会,社团;交往,联合;联想
参考例句:
  • Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
  • I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。
4 athletics rO8y7     
n.运动,体育,田径运动
参考例句:
  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
  • Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中,我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。
5 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
参考例句:
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
6 negotiate rGtxc     
v.洽谈,协商,谈判,顺利通过,成功越过
参考例句:
  • I'll negotiate with their coach on the date of the match.我将与他们的教练磋商比赛的日期问题。
  • I managed to negotiate successfully with the authorities.我设法同当局进行了成功的协商。
7 division bsDxb     
n.区分,分开,除法,公司,部门,师(军队里)
参考例句:
  • Have you learnt division?你学会除法了吗?
  • The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。
8 javelin hqVzZG     
n.标枪,投枪
参考例句:
  • She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event.在掷标枪项目中,她掷了60米远。
  • The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.教练教我们投标枪。
9 executive Ymlxs     
adj.执行的,行政的;n.执行者,行政官,经理
参考例句:
  • A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
  • He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。
10 collaborating bd93aed5558c4b146fa553d822f7c432     
合作( collaborate的现在分词 ); 勾结叛国
参考例句:
  • Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
  • He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福?汤姆逊学习,而且也是在和他合作。

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