Bowerman also invented the waffle sole for running shoes in Eugene, and with Oregon alumnus Phil Knight founded shoe giant Nike. The city has dozens of running clubs. The climate is cool and temperate, good both for jogging and record-setting. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon's Hayward Field track, which hosts numerous collegiate and amateur track and field meets throughout the year, most notably the Prefontaine Classic. Hayward Field was host to the 2004 AAU Junior Olympic Games, the 1989 World Masters Athletics Championships, the track and field events of the 1998 World Masters Games, the 2006 Pacific-10 track and field championships, the 1971, 1975, 1986, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2009, and 2011 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships and the 1972, 1976, 1980, 2008, 2012, and 2016 U.S. Olympic trials. Eugene was the host of the delayed 2021 World Athletics Championships. The city bid for the 2019 event but lost narrowly to Doha, Qatar. thumb|184x184px|Eugene's Autzen Stadium Eugene's Oregon Ducks are part of the Big Ten Conference. American football is especially popular, with intense rivalries between the Ducks and both the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Washington Huskies. Autzen Stadium is home to Duck football, with a seating capacity of 54,000 but has had over 60,000 with standing room only. The basketball arena, McArthur Court, was built in 1926. The arena was replaced by the Matthew Knight Arena in late 2010.
Bowerman also invented the waffle sole for running shoes in Eugene and with Oregon alumnus Phil Knight founded shoe giant Nike The city has dozens of running clubs The climate is cool and temperate good both for jogging and record-setting Eugene is home to the University of Oregon's Hayward Field track which hosts numerous collegiate and amateur track and field meets throughout the year most notably the Prefontaine Classic Hayward Field was host to the 2004 AAU Junior Olympic Games the 1989 World Masters Athletics Championships the track and field events of the 1998 World Masters Games the 2006 Pacific-10 track and field championships the 1971 1975 1986 1993 1999 2001 2009 and 2011 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships and the 1972 1976 1980 2008 2012 and 2016 US Olympic trials Eugene was the host of the delayed 2021 World Athletics Championships The city bid for the 2019 event but lost narrowly to Doha Qatar thumb|184x184px|Eugene's Autzen Stadium Eugene's Oregon Ducks are part of the Big Ten Conference American football is especially popular with intense rivalries between the Ducks and both the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Washington Huskies Autzen Stadium is home to Duck football with a seating capacity of 54000 but has had over 60000 with standing room only The basketball arena McArthur Court was built in 1926 The arena was replaced by the Matthew Knight Arena in late 2010